Don't bind sari to just occasions, says designer Anavila

Designer Anavila Misra says women should not restrict wearing saris to just occasions like weddings or festivals and rather don them on regular basis.

On the Sustainable Fashion & Textile Day at Lakme Fashion Week Summer Resort'17 Anavila presented "What is the Sari for, in 2017'.

The designer's brand has always been about 'sustainable', 'organic', 'handwoven' and 'saris'.

Anavila says her endeavor is to keep the sari relevant through time.

"Don't brand the sari particularly to occasions like festival s and weddings. We need to change that mindset. We all have to make sari more wearable," Anavila told

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