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Two Women
The Colours of India: Abanindranath Tagore, Jamuna,1926. [X] Norman Rockwell, Portrait of an Indian art student (1962). [X]
Posted in 1920s, 1960s, 20th century, Art, Bengal, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, vintage art, vintage fashion, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, 1960s, Abanindranath tagore, art, Indian Women, norman rockwell, sari, vintage art
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The 1960s in Film – Love in Tokyo (1966)
Love in Tokyo (1966) hardly needs any introduction. It’s the kind of frothy romance set in an exotic foreign locale (or at the very least Kashmir) that the 1960s specialised in. Naturally the leads are in their 60s best. With … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, Actor, Asia, Bollywood, churidar kameez, Cinema, East Asia, Film Costuming, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Women, Japan, Movies, Old Bollywood, Romance, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage sari, Women
Tagged 1960s, 1966, Asha Parekh, Bollywood, cheongsam, churidar kameez, Hindi cinema, joy mukherjee, kimono, love in tokyo, sari, sari blouse, sari history
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The 1960s in Film – Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964)
Kadhalikka Neramillai (is a 1964 Tamil film. Given that it’s heroines are a pair of wealthy young girls you get plenty of 1960s fashions with a dash of the 1950s. Saris, salwars, slacks and half-saris all make an appearance. The … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, 1964, fashion, Indian fashion, Kadhalika Neramillai, Kanchana, Muthuraman, Ravichandran, sari, sari blouse, sari history, slacks, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage Fashion
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The 1960s in Film: Mahanagar (1963)
Mahanagar is Satyajit Ray’s 1963 film on a housewife who becomes a working-woman due to circumstances and is a critique of traditional Bengali society as well as a changing middle class India. I meant this to be a 1960s fashions … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 20th century, Actor, Bengal, Cinema, Film Costuming, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, Movies, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Working Women
Tagged 1960s, 1963, Bengali cinema, film, film costumes, indian cinema, madhabi mukherjee, Mahanagar, sari, sari blouse, sari history, Satyajit Ray
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The 1960s Post
Sleeveless blouses and kameez, the just got up and squeezed into my sari/kameez look, mile high hair and dramatic eyes. A bit of a 50s hangover until the decade is it’s own self. Documenting the 60s on tumblr! Don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960s, churidar, kameez, kollywood, Sadhana, Saira Banu, sari, sari blouse, sari history
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On Clothes
Now and then i think of the underlying philosophy of clothes and how markedly this differs from country to country but haven’t sat down to pen a deeper piece. So I have kind of relied on extracts as preliminary thoughts. … Continue reading
Posted in 1850s, 18th century, 1900s, 1990s, 19th century, 20th century, Costume, Culture, fashion, historical costume, History, Philosophy, Vintage, Women
Tagged clothing, Eatern clothing, essay, fashion, Great renunciation, philosophy
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The SE Asia/East Asia Post
South-East Asia/East Asia 1. Thailand (1905) 2. Cambodia (1928) 3. Laos (1930) 4. Bali (1935) 5. Malaysia (Peranakan) 1930s 6. Indonesia (1940) 7. Vietnam (1930) 8. China (1930s) 9. Korea 10. Japan (1930s). I have spent a fair bit of … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Asia, China, Colonial, Costume, Culture, Dress Reform, Early 19th century, East Asia, fashion, Girls, historical costume, History, Photography, Postcards, South East Asia, Studio Portraits, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged Cambodia, chang kben, China, Colonial, hanbok, hanfu, historical fashion, Indonesia, Japan, java, kebaya, khmer, kimono, korea, Laos, Malaysia, qipao, sinh, Thailand, Vietnam, vintage, Vintage Costume
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Personal Notes
Just a note. I don’t make any money from my tumblr/wordpress site – or leverage it in any way – and that’s fine by me. I enjoy doing it and if people learn something from it and go off and do … Continue reading
Posted in Citations, Credit, Indian Dress, Personal, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion
Tagged credit, original material, personal
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Modern Times
I love all those illustrations back in the day (largely the 20s) that have men terrified of the forthcoming emancipation of women. More often than not, the women in the illustrations look so nonchalant and cool. Pic 1 from Korea … Continue reading
Posted in 1910s, 1920s, Asia, Comics, Early 20th Century, Feminism, Flapper, Illustration, India, Magazine, Vintage, vintage art
Tagged China, comics, feminism, flapper, illustrations, india, korea, vintage illustration
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Vintage Indian Clothing 