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Category Archives: Indian Women
The Group Photo Post
Group photographs are great because they give an actual sense of what people wore back in the day. The first pic for example is probably Madras in the 1930s. All the women are in the then modern six-yard sari. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, churidar kameez, Colonial, Costume, Early 19th century, Education, fashion, Girls, History, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Photography, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Tamil, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, chennai, freedom fighters, india, Indian Women, Lahore, salwar kameez, sari, sari blouse, students
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Notes
I haven’t updated this site in a long time meanwhile the tumblr keeps getting refreshed. Partly this is because I have just been doing simple posts and there is no grand theme: Newish movies; Recurring patterns in Hindi cinema [X, … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Actor, Colonial, Contemporary, Costume, Culture, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Personal, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
Tagged Edwardian, halter neck, haryana, kunjalam, long shirt, modest blouse, pallu, pompoms, sari, sari blouse, shahana goswami, sleep, vara the movie, Victorian, vintage blouse, women sleeping
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Orange is the New Black – 2
Untitled, MV Dhurandhar, 1917
Posted in 1920s, Art, Asia, Early 19th century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, bombay painters, Indian Art, Indian Painters, MV Dhurandhar, orange sari, sari, sari blouse, vintage, Vintage Fashion
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Orange is the New Black-1
Shabana Azmi (X)
Posted in 1970s, Actor, Cinema, fashion, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage fashion
Tagged 1970s, cinema, fashion, Indian Actress, orange sari, sari, sari blouse, Shabana Azmi, vintage, vintage cinema
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Women of India
–Women of India – MV Dhurandhar via Santanus. X X
Posted in 1920s, Art, Costume, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1920s, india, indian paintings, Indian Women, Maharashtra, MV Dhurandhar, women
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The 1960s churidar kameez
In the 60s, churidars and short tunics [X]. This is likely silk. And a close up of the kameez. And you can see the footwear in the first pic. The women: Persis Khambatta and Meher Mistry.
Posted in 1960s, churidar kameez, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Islamic Dress, vintage fashion
Tagged 1910s, 1960s, 1960s style, churidar, churidar kameez, dupatta, kameez, kurta, Meher Mistry, Persis Khambatta, silk
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The 1940s Salwar Kameez
The adaptation of the salwar kameez with modernity is perhaps less documented than the sari. In the 1920s and 1930s, the new kind of sari drape was the on trend garment. By the 1940s, the salwar-kameez (or on occasion the … Continue reading
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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Vintage Indian Clothing 