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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
Posted in 1960s, 20th century, Actor, Cinema, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, Movies, salwar, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Sets, South India, South Indian Cinema, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
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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Lootera Deconstructed
There is nothing as much of its time as the period film – see successive Jane Austen adaptations for e.g. I am therefore not terribly fussed about authenticity in period films, though it is always pleasurable if filmmakers do their homework … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 20th century, 21st century, Actor, Bengal, Bollywood, Cinema, Contemporary, Costume, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, Movies, Old Bollywood, Period Drama, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Tumblr, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
Tagged 1950s, 1953, Bollywood, Dev Anand, Indian fashion, KN Singh, lootera, ranveer singh, sari, sari blouse, sari history, sonakshi, vikramaditya motwane, Vintage Fashion
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The Spring Post
पुष्पिताग्रांश्च पश्येमान्कर्णिकारान्समन्ततः। हाटकप्रतिसंचन्नान्नरान्पीताम्बरानिव॥ And look at these flower-tipped karnikāras everywhere – they look like men robed in yellow and laden with golden jewellery. [X] Spring (Vasanta) in India is generally in the months of Phalguna and Chaitra (roughly March and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Contemporary, Culture, Flowers, Hinduism, History, Indian Dress, Indian men, Late 19th century, Literature, Paintings, Sanskrit Drama
Tagged amaltas, garments, radha krishna, Sanskrit Poetry, spring, vasanta, vogue india, yellow
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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 Tamil Historical Post
The illustrations for Tamil periodicals have a long history and some illustrators are nearly as well known as the writers. A number of serialised stories are historical romances (think Chola empire, Pallavas) and the drawings are fairly vivid in recreating an era, albeit … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Ancient India, Costume, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, History, Illustration, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian men, Indian Women, Jewellery, Love, Novels, Period Drama, Romance, Royalty, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage, Women
Tagged ancient india, chola, historical costume, historical drama, illustrations, kalki, pallava, parthiban kanavu, sandilyan, sujatha, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Tamil magazines, tamil women, Vyjayanthimala, yavana rani
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Vintage Illustration
Gaganendranath Tagore‘s “Respecting Women?” illustration of 1916. (via sotheby’s). Things haven’t changed vastly in a 100 odd years.
Posted in 1910s, Bengal, Early 20th Century, Feminism, Illustration, India, Indian men, Indian Women, Sari, Women
Tagged 1916, Bengal, Gaganendranath Tagore, illustration, india, male gaze, vintage art, vintage illustration
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Vintage Indian Clothing 