I tried explaining one of my friend what a saree means and how to wear it:
Saree is a 6m long and 1m wide drape with beautiful weaving, stones
and embroidery, which Indian women wear. First you wear a blouse and a petticoat.
Then wrap 3 meters of this cloth around a waist like a long skirt,
fold the rest of the saree along the width in 8-10 pleats and tuck it in from the front side,
Finally turn around again, bring it round your hips to the front and finally diagonally across your side over your breast to your left shoulder allowing the excess cloth hang behind your back.
Pathetic descriptions, isn’t it… Finally gave it up. A picture is worth a thousand words, so send her links to these 2 websites.
picture
drawing
Well if you still could not get it, then here is a nice youtube video to help you out (courtesy DDeden)
Inspired I even browsed for Dhoti. I always wanted to wear one, but never had a chance to try my hands on it. The instruction manual read something like this:
How it is done:
1. The dhoti is one long piece of cloth. Start by folding it in half so that it is half its original length.
2. Drape the dhoti behind you. The stripe should be vertical and held at the top by the left hand. The top of the folded side should be in your right hand and the dhoti should drape almost to the ground behind your heels.
3. Bring together in front of you the folded side in your right hand to meet the stripe side in your left hand.
4. Hold both the folded and stripe side in your left hand and bring them at even tension directly to your left side, keeping the bottom of the dhoti level and near the ground.
5. Hold the stripe side in your left hand as you accordion fold the fold side with your right hand until it is even horizontally with your left leg.
6. There should now be a folded bunch in your right hand. Slightly lift this bunch in your right hand as you bring the stripe side over it to your right side. The dhoti is now wrapped around you. What is left is adjusting the tightness and rolling it down to hold the tension in place.
7. Take the bunch in your right hand twist it slightly together and to the left and slip the top side of the dhoti just over the bunch to hold it in place.
8. Even up the stripe side so that the stripe is vertical and the dhoti drapes level just above the floor.
9. Roll the top of the dhoti down to a comfortable waist level, somewhere below the belly button.
Scary 
I read all the 9 steps, yet it made no sense. Let me try once more, maybe there is somewhere a step by step pictorial procedure that might be more informative.
PS: thanks to Sathiyan for providing me with the link on Dhoti wearing.
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September 5, 2008 at 9:19 am
[quote]The best way to learn how to drape one is to remove many till you become an expert – in saree wearing that is
) nice one.. but i still wonder why a guy would like to learn how to wear a saree
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[quote = Ankur]
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Errr u become an expert at removing it as well?
September 5, 2008 at 2:35 pm
so what level of expertise have u achieved?
September 16, 2008 at 10:36 pm
a woman should show navel, it is the god gift. wear the saree below two inches from navel, cover slightly with pallu and it should be visible even there is a slight wind……
October 17, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I am a Hispanic woman ( really light skinned ) and I want to take a trip to India. I bought a blue saree but am wondering if I should wear it when I go? I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to dispresct anyone.
July 17, 2009 at 6:28 am
Hi
My name is Lakshmi and I am 4′ 11” . How to wear for my height which shows me look taller
Also need suggestions for blouses also
July 18, 2009 at 2:34 am
@lakshmi
could you email me a couple of snaps of yourself at my email ankur at enagar dot com and let me see what I could recommend
September 19, 2009 at 6:04 am
I am partially agree with all my friends who are participating their I gude then some better way i am a medical student. but wear only 2-3 inch below is common now days if she wanted to fell the feellings she must wore minimum 6 to 7 inch below the pubic line that is called the low hip saree or below neval saree or low rise saree. Most of us Indian womans pubic line starts from 5 inch so then she need to remove the hair its simple we also did it on arm pits also
I myself did it even most of time i wore low weist jeans below my pubic i says my friend that not creat any offence to my boy friends in my collage they also wear some jeans like that way last seminar I told the usefull ness to wear the saree below neval and I have to wear the saree below my pubic line infront of all prof,Doc,foreign deligets, and all student and frinds of mine the sensuallity come by that area i dont express . I has a helthy benifits i makes less streach of belly remove the womans back pain and headech, eye problems and many more which we ignored so pls wear saree atleast once at below ur pubic line ie 6 to 7 inch below then the healthy beni fits comes but in only 2-3 inch below nothing can happen, Wise person wear for health effect first then personality then lookings but most of woman thinks its only for hot lookings ______n its wrongs Its a fashion tahts comes with a healty benifits most of model super model of outer country also accept our saree for this reason [keria,anna kournikova,giselie bunchum,pussy cat dolls , katrian kaif ,aisha takia,dipika padukone,]and many more normaly use to wear below 6-7 inch below puic line . if u wannt any argument reply me soumallisa22@yahoomail.com
Mallisa De’Souza
December 13, 2009 at 6:15 pm
Mallisa I agree with you. Every one must try atleast once and if she feels better comfortable can continue. Not only saree, Salwar or jeans should wear also below navel as much low as possible below pubic hairs. If any one doesn’t like to show her pubic hairs, she can clean her pubic hairs and in my opinion it is anyone’s choice to keep or clean her pubic hairs. I will say the show pubic hairs makes more sexy.