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The Tilaka Post
On the tilaka/bindi/the red dot. I wish I had proper referencing for this but it is a bit difficult since there are stray lines here and there in texts which discuss costume on the whole or the odd artwork and nothing substantive. … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient India, Culture, Hinduism, India, Vintage, Women
Tagged bindi, face decoration, india, Indian Women, sandalwood, tilka
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The South Africa Post
As with many diasporas, the clothing of South African Indians harks back to India and also takes in local influences. A few pictures here. In the photographs here there is a distinct Gujarati influence (some of Stern‘s paintings in … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, Diaspora, South Africa, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged diaspora, Indian Women, sari, sari blouse, South Africa, South African Indians
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Regional Dress in the 1920s
From MV Dhurandhar’s set of watercolours from the 1920s. It pretty much covers the diverse costumes of communities at the time and you can see a number of regional variations at play. This set largely has attire worn in Bombay and Gujarat … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, Art, Colonial, Early 20th Century, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged Costume, Indian Women, MV Dhurandhar, painter, Regional, sari, sari blouse, Watercolours
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International Women’s Day
Russia appears to have an International Women’s Day that is also Mother’s Day. On the other hand of late Mother’s day seems to fall in November there. This is a 1986 postcard commemorating the day (they seem to have had a number … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s, Postcards, Vintage, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged 1986, india, International Women's Day, Japan, Mother's Day, postcard, Russia, vintage, women
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Bits n Pieces
I have been fairly active of late on tumblr (mainly because I have a good degree of material). These are just short posts so I will post only the links: Ellis Dungan and Meera Temple Visit Hemendranath Mazumdar’s 1930s painting … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdur Rahman Chughtai, An American in Madras, Ellis Dungan, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Meera, Sadhana
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The Tribal Sari
Post on the tribal sari. Doing this post was an exercise in paring. The tribes in India (I am going with the nomenclature of tribes here though that itself makes one curious) are extremely varied, their dress changes with region as does their socio-economic … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Tribal, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged Central India, Gond, india, Muria, Orissa, Santhal, sari, sari blouse, short sari, tribal
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The Marilyn Silverstone post
Marilyn Silverstone‘s 1959 photograph of Waheeda Rehman. More on her here.
The Music Post
Women and Stringed Instruments: a) Temple Sculpture (anklets!) b) Kalighat Painting (the women always have anklets and pointy shoes) c) Mid 19th century portrait (the attire appears late Mughal) d) Raja Ravi Varma’s woman playing sitar (love the casually discarded footwear detail, the sari is the … Continue reading
Classical Drape
Post Alexander’s North Indian excursion, there were a number of Hellenic influences in that part of India. It is hard to say how much the Greeks influenced the precursor of the sari (Greek garments at the time included the peplos and chiton) but thedepiction of … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, Colonial, Paintings, Sari, Victorian, Vintage, Vintage Dress
Tagged 19th century, Albert Joseph Moore, Classical Age, Drapes, Frederick Leighton, greek, hellenism, indian, Indo Greek, Painters, Raja Ravi Varma, Victorian
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The Tamil Cinema Poster Post
I love that so many old Tamil film posters have just the actresses on them and you get to see different kinds of attire. The first film is Madanamala, where the heroine is a dancer. The second,Devamanohari, features a princess. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 20th century, Cinema, Courtesan, Dancer, Indian Cinema, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tamil Cinema, Women
Tagged film poster, randor guy, sari, sari blouse, Tamil Cinema, Tamil heroines
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Vintage Indian Clothing 