Tie Fashions of Today And How to Apply Them To You
How to tie Pareos - Also Includes an Extensive Video Tutorial Filmed in Hawaii - Sarongs are commonly designed to be worn as a skirt, shawl, or dress although you may be surprised to hear many also enjoy hanging them on the wall of a room. The colors capture light and help brighten up even the darkest rooms. They can furthermore be draped over coffee tables and miniature pareos are even used as centerpieces on dinner tables.
This page will explain as well as show you ways to tie your pareos. There are over 20 different ways to tie them that you can view in this video. You can also navigate down to the bottom of this page and find quick text references on ways to tie them as well as our video on male sarong tying. For those who own stores looking for wholesale solutions once you purchase your sarongs you may also copy the descriptions print them on cards for your buyers to refer to.
If you think about it, sarongs and pareos are simply amazing. You can take this colorful but normal rectangular shaped piece of fabric and mold it into so many different forms to fit your body! It's fashionable, sexy, and comfortable!
The above video is highly useful and we recommend it for everyone. Weather you have a draw full of sarongs or are simply purchasing your first pareo be sure to check our the video!
How to Wear / Wrap The Sarong Some use them as a head scarf or a dress, others have tying techniques that elegantly wrap them around their body. There are many ways how to wear a sarong. Get creative on your own pareo tying. Here are some of our suggestions to get you started.
For best results you'll find it easier to view the video and use these text references to help tie. Not before.
Neck Worn Style With Wrap Around Hold the two ends of the pareo and wrap them around your back in the horizontal position with the sarong resting on your back. Wrap / cross the upper two ends in front of you and pull so it is secure below your neck. Take the remaining slack and tie it around the back of your neck.
Elegant Dress Style (similar to a Roman type look) Hold the top two ends of the pareo in the horizontal position with the sarong or pareo resting on your back. Cross the upper ends in front of you coil it around 3 or 4 times. With the remaining slack twirl it around so it starts looking like a solid rope. Then move the end around the back of your neck and tie. Fix the front of the dress so the corner drapes freely.
Makimo Style Hold the ends of the sarong in front of you in the vertical position. Wrap around and finish under your armpit keeping the two ends at bust level. knot the two ends under armpit. Bring together with the other side on opposite end. Next grab the excess and fold in half keeping the crease just below your bust. Grab the outside edges of the pareo and wrap it around your back. Tie it about 6 inches above your waist.
Hula Style Hold the pareo or sarong in front of you at a vertically (lengthwise) and immediately wrap the top two ends around your neck. and tie them. Grab the edges of the pareo below waist level raise it a couple of inches to hip level and wrap it behind you moving one edge all the way around to the opposite hip. Tie the two edges in a knot at the hip, and adjust the top portion of the pareo.
Taaha Style Hold the ends of the pareo behind your back in a horizontal position. Make the ends meet and move your grip about a foot towards you chest and tie the knot on your chest. Reach further to the front where your grip previously was and fold it once or twice into a pleat. Tuck the top of the pleat into pareo at bust level. Straighten the pleat as needed.
Tukaro Style Hold the pareo and wrap it behind your back in the horizontal position. Wrap one end under your arm and drape it over the shoulder. Holding that end take the other end and bring it together with other side making the fold on the top of the shoulder. Tie a second knot over your shoulder.
Reatia Style Hold the ends of the pareo in the horizontal position and wrap around your back with the goal of arriving to one side of your shoulder with both ends. Take one end and place on top of shoulder behind arms and bring the other end to meet the top of the shoulder. Tie on top of the same shoulder.
For the Tubaway Style Hold the two ends of the pareo behind your back in the horizontal position. Wrap one end across the bust finishing up on the other arm. Go up about 2 feet and tie that end to the first end of the bust. Take the other end and drape it over your the same shoulder so it hangs freely down the back.
Tetiero Style Wrap both ends of the sarong across your back in the horizontal position. Wrap one end across the bust and hold it under the armpit. Wrap the other end around the opposite shoulder, join it with the first end, and tie the together at the shoulder.
Myria Style Hold the two ends of the pareo across your back in the horizontal position. Wrap one end around your bust the opposite shoulder while letting the excess drape down your back. Continue to wrap the other side around your back side to meet your bust. Push your arm through the gap and tie the ends off above your shoulder.
Halani Style Hold the top two ends of the pareo around your back in the horizontal position. With the two ends directly in front of you wrap them around each other and tie a double overhand knot at the ends. Pass the knot over the back of your head. Take both ends of the pareo and tuck one the fronts of each side in the front of your body. Fluff and front out.
Mareva Style Hold the sarong in front of you in a vertical position and wrap both ends around the back of your neck and tie them in a knot. With the front draping nicely grasp the sides of the pareo a little below waist level and lift the sides to create a fold. Wrap the fold against waist level to the back. With the sides firm twist the pareo behind you so that both ends meet. Tie the ends off above the hip or use a sarong buckle or pareo clip to hold it in place. Blouse out the top to adjust the draping.
Molali Style Hold out the top two ends in a horizontal position around your back but leave it about 2/3rds longer on each side. Wrap the shorter edge around your bust until it meets the longer side of the top edge under your arm. Twist out a coil from the longer side and tie it to the short end at the side of your bust. Now lift the hanging end above your head and pull the excess towards you and inside and drape that side over your shoulder. You may leave it hanging free or you can tuck it into the back if you wish.
Orama Style Hold the two ends of the pareo behind your back in the horizontal position. Bring the top ends in front of you, tie a single overhand knot, adjust it and fit it under you arms and pull the two ends until the knot is snug in the middle of your bust. Tie an overhand knot to secure the sarong and fluff out the ends so the drape nicely.
You may further more be interested in the ways men tie their sarongs. Check the following video to see how it's done!
