How to Tie a Sarong

Tired of Trying to Tie Your Sarong?

Tying a sarong or pareo is simple and enjoyable! Use your imagination by experimenting with your tropical sarong. There are so many ways to tie a sarong, depending on your style and shape. You can create your own length, with a few simple folds-something most swimsuit cover-ups on the market cannot do! The best part about tying a sarong is the fabric’s versatility: you don’t have to wear it only one way! You can tie the sarong or pareo around your waist for an easy bathing suit wrap, a short sarong skirt, or around your neck as a long sarong dress, or lay on it while you relax on the beach or poolside as a sarong towel. The purposes of a sarong are endless! Many people in the islands even use sarongs as table cloths, drapes, or bedspreads. Sarongs are beautiful fabrics you can use in an infinite number of ways.

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How to Wash & Sizing

We take pride in the quality and care of our sarongs/pareos, and we think you will too! Our sarongs are made from the finest rayon, cotton, and silk fabrics available. All sarong materials are screened for defects before, during, and after the Batik/Sarong making process.

Rayon/Cotton Sarong

A blend of synthetic textile fibers that is typically a heavier weighted fabric. Rayon and cotton sarongs are wrinkle-resistant if hang dried.

Our rayon and cotton sarongs are machine washable (gentle cycle). We recommend hand washing the sarong before the first time you wear it, as the colors of the sarong may bleed. Hang your sarongs to dry with fewer wrinkles than machine drying. The sarong will get softer to the touch the more wear they get.

Silk (Chiffon) Sarong

A blend of synthetic textile fibers consisting typically of a soft, sheer, light weight fabric.
The silk sarongs should be hand washed, or machine washed on a gentle cycle and hung dried or worn in the sun.

Our full-size sarong measures 65x45 inches, while the half-sarong measures approx:

We hope you enjoy your unique and beautiful new sarong!

What is a Sarong/Pareo?

The History of the Sarong

How is a Sarong MADE?

The sarong making process is most commonly known as ‘Batik’, which, in Indonesia, means “to ‘dot.’” This process is highly artistic and very technical. Hand-drawn designs are converted onto fabric with wax (this is the part of ‘batik’), then the fabric is dyed, scraped, and dyed again color by color until the design is complete. The Sarong is then air dried. Only the strongest natural fabrics such as silk, cotton, and rayon, will endure the blistering water temperatures and the Batik process and remain resilient and strong enough to be a ‘wash and wear’ sarong product.

Another method of sarong making includes hand painting images onto silk using a “gutta resist” technique. These images are then re-produced on silk screens and hand printed on to each sarong. The final product is a beautiful tropical sarong meant just for you!

Tropicalhulahut.com searches the world over for the finest quality and the most beautiful designs. We realize there are many sarong products to choose from, so we help you by finding the best tropical sarongs available and present them to you here at tropicalhulahut.com!

Many Names for ‘Sarong’

A Sarong is a beautiful handcrafted piece of fabric created in countries spanning the entire globe. The same piece of fabric referred to as a ‘sarong’ in Indonesia is also called a ‘pareo’ in Tahiti, a ‘malo’ in Tonga, a ‘sulu’ in Fiji, a ‘pakome’ in Thailand, a ‘lava-lava’ in Samoa, a ‘canga’ in Brazil, and so forth.

The word “sarong” or “pareo” is the most common term used today possibly due to the vast majority of sarongs being made and sold through Indonesia using the ‘Batik’ technique. Other forms of creating a sarong are also popular, and require many talented artisans to create the final product. Some of the products we sell are ‘batik’, and others are hand painted, and still others are recreated using a silk screening method. Every sarong is a work of art, and deserves to be recognized as an original.

Whatever your culture, whatever your style, a ‘sarong’ will come in handy in more ways than one! To find out all the many wonderful ways to use a sarong by viewing a video.

Tired of Trying to Tie Your Sarong?

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Tropical Hula Hut is committed to providing you with products that are only made from factories that are family owned and operated. We can assure you that your product is made by people who take pride in their products and are treated fairly. As mentioned in our About Us page, we have taken the time necessary to find the best available literally across the globe!

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You may find other products that are good, but we realize that ‘good’ products are not enough. We want you to enjoy your shopping experience, be valued as our customer, and be confident that you made the best decision to purchase with Tropical Hula Hut. We want you to return and share with us your stories, and even send us photos of you in your new sarong! We hope you will instantly notice the difference between another company and Tropical Hula Hut—so much that you will want to be a part of the vision!

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