MaryKay went sari shopping in CP

A few days back, MaryKay Carlson , Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy , sought help from the Twitterati in choosing a sari to wear on Independence Day. She finally went with the 'voters’ choice' and wore a maroon green Kanjeevaram. She shared a picture of her wearing the sari and wrote, "#SareeSearch success! Excited to attend #IndependenceDayIndia celebration wearing the voters' choice - Kanjeevaram. #WeWearCulture."MaryKay went sari shopping in CPEarlier this month, Carlson had tweeted about her love for saris and ran an online poll to help her select a sari to wear on August 15. She regularly posted videos and pictures of her selected saris. Carlson went shopping at Khadi Bhawan in Connaught Place in the first week of August and surfed more than three dozen sarees to finally select five best ones. The five varieties selected by her were jamdani, dupion, Kanjeevaram and tussar.Carlson's online sari campaign is another addition to the list of social media campaigns to promote Indian handloom. In the past, Smriti Irani's #CottonIsCool and #IWearHandloom have been a huge success.