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Category Archives: historical costume
The Fashion Illustration Post
Paul Louis de Giafferri’s pochoir prints which cover a number of historical costumes, including India (~1925). Some are accurate and probably based on photographs of India at the time, some are a bit whimsical and fanciful and European in … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, french illustrations, historical costume, Illustration, Indian fashion, Sari, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage illustrations, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, fashion, fashion illustrations, illustration, Indian fashion, Paul Louis de Giafferri, pochoir, sari, sari blouse, Vintage Fashion
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Recreating Vintage/Historical Art
Like him or hate him, Raja Ravi Varma remains influential more than a 100 years after his death. Recreating his work seems to be a bit of a thing ranging from the recent Rang Rasiya to Makaramanju to Pushpamala’s photo … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 1900s, 1930s, Art, art recreation, Asia, Bengal, Documentary, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Women, Malayalam Cinema, miniature paintings, Paintings, Sari, Vintage, vintage costume
Tagged 16th century, 1930s, Amit Dutta, Ananthabhadram, art, fashion, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Kavya Madhavan, Nainsukh, Raja Ravi Varma, style, vintage
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Abhisarika Nayika
She’s taken off her belt (with it’s tingling bells) also her jingling anklets her silk sari is soaked through-her body too, to the bone. Thank God! for the lighting flashes: They show her the path the one her messenger described. … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 17th century, Art, churidar kameez, Costume, fashion, historical art, historical costume, historical dress, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian Women, Islamic Dress, miniature paintings, Mughal, Poetry, Sanskrit, Sanskrit Drama, Sari, Women
Tagged abhisarika nayika, anarkali, Bhavana Purushottama, blue, blue dress, nayika, Srinivasa Dikshitar, white, white dress
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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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The Salwar Post-North & South
North and South: Punjab Hills, circa 1840-50 Mohammedan Girl, Madras, Illustration by Lady Lawley, 1914. __*__ All the salwar posts on tumblr.
Posted in 1840s, 1910s, 19th century, Art, Birds, churidar kameez, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, eez, fashion, Girls, historical costume, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Islamic Dress, Paintings, salwar, Salwar Kameez, upatta, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1840s, 1910s, dupatta, indian painting, kameez, Lady lawley, Muslim Girl, North India, painting, punjab, salwar, South India
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The salwar/churidar/kameez post – 3
Unlike the chudidar where the cloth is constricted at the knee and the salwar which is constricted at the ankle, flared trousers were also worn with the kameez. The kameez initially was a tunic with skirt but later you can … Continue reading
The salwar/chudidar/kameez post-2
Though the Mughal-e-Azam characters have become a part of Indian cinema folklore, the film was anything but historically accurate in the matter of textual details, costumes, sets and music. For instance, thumri, a 19th century musical form, is used along … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 19th century, churidar kameez, Costume, Courtesan, Culture, historical costume, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Women, Islamic Dress, Mughal, Women
Tagged churidar, dupatta, kameez, Mughal, mughal fashion, mughal style, mughal-e-azam
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The Salwar/Churidar/Kameez Post – 1
A SHORT AND INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF THE CHUDIDAR, SALWAR, KAMEEZ ETC. India’s links with West Asia date back to antiquity. It’s significant influence on attire, particularly in North West India, is probably best documented during Mughal rule, especially from the … Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, 19th century, churidar kameez, Contemporary, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Girls, historical costume, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Islamic Dress, Late 19th century, Mughal, Paintings, Pakistani Artists, Salwar Kameez, vintage fashion
Tagged 1940s, 1960s, 1980s, Afghani, anarkali, churidar, dupatta, Islamic Dress, kameez, Mughal, Punjabi suit, salwar
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Vintage Indian Clothing 