Does this Missguided dress look like the three-thousand-year-old style of saris?

Their maxi dress – available in black and white – is on offer for £35, while the prices of a sari can vary from cheap up to the thousands, depending on how heavily decorated it is.

Women of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani descent are often adorned with bright (often red) saris on their wedding day.

White saris are somewhat ominous within these cultures too as Hindu and Muslim women are expected to wear very plain clothing after their husbands’ passing.

Once they become a widow, Hindu women are expected to wear white as it is said to give positive energy to a widow to bravely face her life’s challenges.

Similarly, in Islam, a widow should wear simple clothes.

Missguided haven’t listed their influences or whether this was merely an unintentional similarity but non-Asian coopting of the sari has received criticism in the past.

Brands have been called out in the past for playing fast and loose with cultural items too.

So while users on social media are slowly starting to call on the similarities, Missguided might want to have a think about how it approaches cultural fashion in the future.

We’ve contacted Missguided for a comment and will update the article once they have responded.

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