We all love flaunting ethnic, heavy and Indian traditional clothes in our wardrobes but in our fast-paced life, we rarely get to wear them. They aren’t as comfortable as other readymade clothes and sometimes, they can also make you feel suffocated in public places and humid areas. You do make the most out of family gatherings and weddings by wearing them. Very often a new pair comes in and the old pair fades off and you rarely get to wear them considering the distant intervals in which you wear them. Therefore, we are going to discuss a few ways in which you can reuse your heavy Indian clothes and do not regret spending fortunes on a piece of clothing that you don’t get many occasions to wear.
Rent-it
People might get image conscious, not wanting to make fortunes out of pieces of their dress and look down upon renting out clothes. Renting is not only a way of compensating for the money spent on the dress but also an Eco-friendly option to buy clothes. Renting it out for cheaper rates keeps the attire in circulation and effort spent on it also gets justified. To look at the brighter side, you end up making a lot of money to buy a more expensive dress for the next wedding season.
Auction-it
Making heavy Indian clothes is a part of the Indian tradition and the style has seen a revival in the recent past. If it is just a one-time wear that you are comfortable spending huge amount on it and let it gather dust in your wardrobe later, then find a better future for the dress. You can auction your dress and use that money for charity. Charity surely begins at home, but with this, you see how charity also begins from home. This way a new culture will evolve which is not just Eco-friendly but also philanthropic.
Alter-it
With lehengas and densely embroidered salwar kameez, we always have an option of wearing the whole attire at once or wearing its pieces separately. If you have an embroidered kurti, altering it from front by cutting it in slants gives it a sharp and edgy look. You can also do the same with bottom wear and pair them with T-shirts and tops. Alteration makes you reuse different pieces of the attire separately.
Make a stylish bag
The heavy embroidery and glass work on Indian traditional wear makes them distinctive pieces for numerous things if cut out. Making handbags from embroidered cloth saves you a lot of money, makes you reuse your clothes productively and gives you beautiful looking bags to wear and gift away. Anything which is handmade, always sells.
Pillow covers
This is a complicated process but easy to learn. One long embroidered kurta can make close to 4 small cushion covers or two pillow covers. With each new attire, you get to make complete sets that can let you change the look of your drawing room every week. This reuse is also profit-worthy and one can even begin a cottage industry out of it.
Cloth pieces
Cutting out cloth pieces from embroidered, heavy clothes might sound silly and basic but they have multiple uses if tailored well. Curtains, table cloth or aprons, if the cloth is heavy then coasters and numerous other things can be made out of your expensive, heavy Indian clothes when they are out of use. You can also make good wall-hangings out of them.
There are many other ways in which you can reuse your heavy Indian clothes without regretting the amount of money that you had spent earlier. Even if you don’t want to continue with the same piece of clothing, you can always re-use them in various forms as mentioned above.
