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The Goa Post – 2
Angelo da Fonseca, who was known for his Indianised Christian themed art. The two paintings, dated 1967 and 1959, represent the two most common dress forms worn in India, the sari and the three piece that includes a dupatta and … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Art, Christianity, Goa, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1950s, 1959, 1960s, 1967, Angelo da Fonseca, art, Christian Art, goa, Goan Art, india, painting
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The Goa Post – 1
The Reis Magos Fort in Goa has an exhibition of Mario Miranda’s 1951 illustrated diary. It is an amusing and interesting look at Goan society (largely the Catholic part of it) circa 1951. I loved the captions and little quirky … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, Art, Christianity, Comics, Early 20th Century, Goa, Illustration, India, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Travel, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1950s, diary, goa, Goan Art, illustrations, india, Mario Miranda, mumbai, Portugal, Reis Magos
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Kumbakonam
My grandparents came from the villages around Kumbakonam but lived most of their adult lives in Maharashtra and Bihar. My great grandparents had a house in Tiruvidaimarudur, they moved here in the 1950s from Mumbai. Given their long lives, we … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Contemporary, Culture, fashion, Flowers, Girls, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tamil, Village, Women
Tagged Contemporary Tamil Clothing, Darasuram, fresco, india, Kumbakonam, salwar kameez, sari, sari blouse, sculpture, Tamil Nadu, Tiruvidaimarudur
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The Bengal Cotton Sari
Shabana Azmi’s cotton saris in Swami (1977) [X] set in rural Bengal. There is a long history of cotton clothing from Bengal and the woven cloth has distinctive patterns so that even most urban users can recognise a Bengal sari. … Continue reading
Tumblring
Its easy to post on tumblr, far more difficult to compose a wordpress post, hence the hiatus. Costumes in Deccan Paintings. There is a freshness and vigour to Deccan paintings and it’s always interesting to stumble across them. Dancing Ladies: … Continue reading
Posted in Early 20th Century, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian Women, Medieval India
Tagged dance, Deccan, Deccan Paintings, Kashmir, Kashmiri Women, Kiss Curl, tumblr
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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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The Nose Ring Post
The bullaku/bulak or nolok – i.e. a ring that requires nasal septum piercing. Common in some parts of India up until the 19th century, it is now used in dance forms like Bharatanatyam albeit in a clip on screw on form.
Posted in India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Jewellery, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged bullaku, dance jewellery, indian jewellery, jewellery, nolok, nose ring, septum piercing
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1940s-1960s
A brief look at fashions on film. 1, The 1940s. Noor Jahan in Anmol Ghadi (1946). This kind of square neck blouse was popular in the late 40s and continued to be so in the early 50s. The sequinned sari of course has … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Actor, Cinema, Costume, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Movies, Old Bollywood, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Anmol Ghadi, Aranyer Din Ratri, early 20th century, fashion, india, indian cinema, Indian fashion, Kaberi Bose, Noorjehan, sari, sari blouse, Satyajit Ray, Sharmila Tagore, Shyama, Suraiya, Vintage Fashion
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Stunt Queens of the 1930s
Next evening we too saw her as she sat in front of the Well of Death, looking bored, chain smoking Scissors cigarettes. She wore a “birjis”* of shining blue satin, and her heavily painted face looked weirdly blue in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Actor, Cinema, Early 20th Century, Feminism, Indian Cinema, Indian Women, Old Bollywood, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged 1930s, Bhumika, Fearless Nadia, Gohar Karnatki, Hindi cinema, india, Pramila, Smita Patil, strong ladies, stunt queens, swashbucklers
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Vintage Indian Clothing 