Most of us, Westerners, think that people drape because they don't know how to stitch. This wasn't true of the Romans, and Indians have always had additional stitched garments. Even though Indian women, clad in their elegant saris, evoke in us visions of our Antiquity, they live right now in the 20th century. Drapes have many advantages over stitched clothes, especially when beauty is an important value. Saris are much more practical than we think, especially since they can be so easily modified.
Saris are fun to wear.
From the material of this book, they can be tried by anyone, and more styles can be created. By teaching workshops on draping, I learned that there is for each woman one drape that fits her perfectly. I also made this work for anybody who wants, at least once, to wear a drape, any kind of drape. Draping is an art. I hope my book will help it take its place as a heritage of mankind.