If you do decide it's worth the trip, you can be sure of a tour guide (and a bed for the night if you need it!!) in me :) The little local shop can be hit and miss (although it did give me my gorgeous new ball gown!) but there is the street full of Sari shops in Leicester! If you're planning a trip down to London at all, there will be some areas full of sari shops there as well, and there is the Goldhawk Road where I do my fabric buying when I'm in London. A sari is usually 5yds long, with 1yd making up the pelu (highly decorated, or contrasting, end that hangs over the shoulder when a sari is worn), and either a made up blouse or a seperate length for the blouse, if it's an embroidered sari there will be 2 little bits of embroidery for the sleeves on the blouse piece as well. The ones I've bought have varried wildly in price. Clare's red and gold and Mummy's black with the gold brocade border both cost £15 I think, Mummy's black with gold spangles and Clare's cream with gold spangles both cost £35 (they were in a sale) and my gold spot with the beads and spangles was the most expensive at £65.
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A sari is usually 5yds long, with 1yd making up the pelu (highly decorated, or contrasting, end that hangs over the shoulder when a sari is worn), and either a made up blouse or a seperate length for the blouse, if it's an embroidered sari there will be 2 little bits of embroidery for the sleeves on the blouse piece as well.
The ones I've bought have varried wildly in price. Clare's red and gold and Mummy's black with the gold brocade border both cost £15 I think, Mummy's black with gold spangles and Clare's cream with gold spangles both cost £35 (they were in a sale) and my gold spot with the beads and spangles was the most expensive at £65.