An odhani is a beautiful, flowing garment that can be worn in many different ways. Here are five easy steps to help you wear an odhani in the way that best suits your style and occasion.
1. Wear as a scarf
Our favorite way to wear an odhani, step one is to drape the noppa around your shoulders and wrap it over your head like a hijab. The folds can be used as a shawl and draped over both shoulders or left hanging off of one shoulder (like in the picture above).
2. Make it into an overcoat
Take the odhani and drape it across your body like you would any other long coat. If you are wearing one of our eye-catching blouses, you can fasten the noppa behind your neck for a pop of color to match the skirt or trousers that you will be wearing underneath. If not, comfortable bottoms should suffice.
3. The side knot
Another way to wear an odhani as a scarf is to tuck the left end under right armpit and then bring it behind your back where both ends meet again at your waist level. Holding both ends, tie them together by lifting the loose end over top (see picture) You can let go here if you’d like to wear the odhani as a loose shawl or bring both ends to one side and use them as an arm loop (see picture below).
4. The Odhani Glasses trick
It’s not just for superheroes! Let your odhani shine with this trick. Drape the noppa over one shoulder and behind your head so that it covers your forehead and most of your eyes. Tuck the noppa under itself at cheek level and pull it towards you so that there is a diagonal fold on each side of the eye area. Bring the noppa over top of your head again, leaving only a small gap where you can see through. You’ll find that this creates a perfect eyewear spot without any strings digging into your face.
5. The sari-inspired method
Take your odhani and drape it as you would a sari – pleats in the front and the noppa hanging over your shoulder diagonally from the left side of your body. You can do this for a more formal or informal look depending on what you pair with your odhani. To make a statement, throw a waist coat over top!
Keep Accessories
Simple and minimum accessories with odhani as some of the Indian traditional dresses work best. Avoid using too much decorative elements on your outfit as it may spoil the look of whole attire.
Keep footwear:- Try to avoid wearing flat or full shoes as those may spoil the complete attire feeling. By doing this you can give more graceful look in formal occasions by selecting proper footwear which will go well with your entire dress selection.
Keep Covering:- The main purpose of wearing odhani is to cover your whole body so try to avoid exposing too much of skin. Avoid wearing tight stuff with the outfit as it may look odd in some places. At some places, you can use shawl for this purpose which will work fine if you are not ready to expose more.
Keep in Mind:- Try to match the color of odhani with your other accessories and footwear selection. Use proper stuff which is long lasting and give a good feeling while wearing without any problems.
Keep Comfortable:- Most of the woman feels uncomfortable while wearing odhani so try to select proper stuff which will give you perfect feeling while walking or running in entire function.
Keep Different Designs:– You should have different designs of odhani available with your wardrobe so that you can use it for different occasions and events without any problem. It is very important to select matching stuff with your odhani so that you can give perfect look in all situations.
An odhani is a traditional outfit comes in many designs and styles. It can be used in different events and functions like party, weddings, formal or casual get together, etc. You can wear it with complete outfit selection to get perfect look in all conditions. Try to select proper matching stuff to give handsome look while wearing this Indian traditional outfit.
