How to Tie a Sarong
Make a splash next time you hit the beach elegantly wrapped in a colorful sarong. It's the ultimate cover-up and can double as a towel or beach blanket. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Tie Skirt
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Step in front of your sarong.
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Pull the ends evenly forward and let the fabric sit on your waist. If you have a fringed sarong, let the unfringed end be the one you pull around your waist.
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Tie ends around your waist and secure a knot on your hip.
Wrap Skirt
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Put on your two-piece swimsuit.
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Wrap sarong evenly around your waist, pulling the ends forward. If you have a fringed sarong, let the unfringed end be the one you pull around your waist.
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Tuck one end into your bathing suit bottom at the opposite hip. Secure with a pin if the elastic of your suit or string of your bikini is not enough to hold fabric.
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Bring free end to the other hip, smoothing the fabric flat across your belly. Hold the fabric with one hand and begin to fold a few inches past your belly button.
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Make three pleats starting at four inches in length and decreasing to two inches.
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Fold pleated end into waistband.
Halter Dress
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Pull the ends of the sarong forward so that the material lies flat across your upper back. Keep ends even in length.
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Gather ends and tie once across your bust. Pull gently to secure.
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Bring ends up and over your shoulders.
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Tie behind your neck. Knot once if desired.
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Tips & Warnings
Practice this a few times before heading to the beach, as it may take some time to get a balanced look.
Create this same look by wearing a pair of stretch workout shorts over a one-piece suit. Tuck sarong into waistband of shorts as you would tuck it into a swimsuit bottom.
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I want to know how to tie it up as a dress. I have seen the way it looks and love it. its not the toga style.
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sunshineandrose
Mar 16, 2009
Good article Thanks.
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sunshineandrose
Mar 16, 2009
Good article Thanks.
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s1ren
Apr 25, 2007
Another wrap skirt look: With the sarong behind you, hold the right side out with your right hand; and bring the left corner over to your right hip (pull the fabric tight to the left side of your body - you'll have much more fabric on your right side at this point than on your left). Tie the left corner with a small knot to the right side of the sarong: not to the right corner, but to the middle of the fabric, so that the right side of the fabric hangs down loose on the other side of the knot. Take the right side and wrap around the front, *underneath* the left side, pushing the excess up through the top of the waistband, so that it folds over in front. The end result is a wrap-skirt look with a triangular flap over the stomach and hip area. This style won't fly open at the side when the wind blows, so you can wear it as a "real" skirt, without shorts or a bathing suit under
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s1ren
Apr 25, 2007
Another wrap skirt look: With the sarong behind you, hold the right side out with your right hand; and bring the left corner over to your right hip (pull the fabric tight to the left side of your body - you'll have much more fabric on your right side at this point than on your left). Tie the left corner with a small knot to the right side of the sarong: not to the right corner, but to the middle of the fabric, so that the right side of the fabric hangs down loose on the other side of the knot. Take the right side and wrap around the front, *underneath* the left side, pushing the excess up through the top of the waistband, so that it folds over in front. The end result is a wrap-skirt look with a triangular flap over the stomach and hip area. This style won't fly open at the side when the wind blows, so you can wear it as a "real" skirt, without shorts or a bathing suit under
