The idea behind the No Blouse Saree Challenge was, in Instagram user saree.man's own words, to "shirk off the vestiges of colonialism and reclaim the no blouse saree look." Sarees, after all, were ...

For centuries, Indian women wrapped themselves in yards of unstitched cloth with an elegance that needed no tailoring, fastening or ornament to hold it together. The saree—fluid, graceful, endlessly ...