Fawzia wore a saree for the first time when she was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her friend Assanta Silva, probably in 1968 or 69. This photo was taken on that occasion. Fawzia was still in secondary school.
Fawzia's cousin Diane Noordeen comments: "Yes, officially the 1st time at Assanta's wedding, she was her bridesmaid, unofficially, at the big match of St. Mathews, she wanted me to tag along and made me promise not to tell anyone at home that she wore a saree.I broke the promise today." (The Big Match was the one between St. Matthew's College and St. John's College, both of Dematagoda. Fawzia attended St. Matthew's.)
Fawzia loved sarees and continued to wear them to formal occasions, and always to weddings. As this photo proves, she was gorgeous in saree.
