-
Taaza
Megh
19th century 20th century 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s Actor Ancient India Art Cinema Colonial Costume Culture Early 20th Century fashion India Indian Cinema Indian Dress Indian fashion Indian men Indian Women Paintings Sari Sari Blouse Vintage Vintage Blouse Vintage Dress vintage fashion vintage sari WomenVishay
Lokpriya
Category Archives: Jewellery
Navaratna
The navaratna (nine gems) consists of the marakata (emerald), vajra (diamond), mukta (pearl), pushyaraga (topaz), manika (ruby), vidruma (coral), vaidurya (cat’s eye), nila (sapphire), and gomedaka (garnet), Generally this is set in order in a grid as in pic 1 … Continue reading
Posted in 18th century, 19th century, antique, gems, Indian fashion, Jewellery, vintage jewellery
Tagged auspicious, jewellery, navaratna, nine gems, sothebys
Leave a comment
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
3 Comments
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
Leave a comment
On the Street, India
Hair Ornaments, Tie String blouses and saris worn “seedha pallu”; sequinned saris; fluorescent colours; kurtas with lace borders; skinny jeans worn with kameez and dupatta; handloom singlets; the enduring popularity of chikankari; gold and yellow thread. One of the nice … Continue reading
Posted in Contemporary, fashion, India, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Jewellery, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets
Tagged bangalore, chikankari, hair ornaments, handloom, mumbai, on the street, sari, seedha pallu
6 Comments
The 1920s Paintings Post
Mazumdar tended to hint at nudity by draping his models in semi-transparent or wet saris, a technique that was later adopted by Indian cinema. Hemendranath Mazumdar‘s naturalistic oils of partially clothed, vaguely erotic looking women were unsurprisingly popular in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, Art, Bengal, Culture, Early 20th Century, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Jewellery, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, vintage art, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1920s, Bengal Artists, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, india, paintings, sari, sari blouse, semi-clothed, Shilpi
9 Comments
Odds and Ends
Notes from Singapore 15 August 1936 and Olympic Gold. Jewellery for a Pretty Girl Lipstick Ladies and my favourite: the waist brooch for a sari.
Posted in 1930s, 1950s, 1960s, Indian Women, Jewellery, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1930s, 1936, 1950s, 1960s, brooch, hockey, jewellery, musuem, sari, singapore
Leave a comment
The Girdle Post
Girdles have been in use in India for a very long time, since possibly the early chalcolithic age. The kanci aka girdle, is often a broad golden belt used to secure the sari to the waist, to which are often … Continue reading
Posted in Indian Dress, Indian Women, irdle, Jewellery, kanci, lt, ndia, Vintage, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged belt, girdle, india, Indian fashion, kanci, kayabandh, oddiyanam, sari belt, women
2 Comments
Bits n Pieces
William Gedney in Benares. Zohra is 101. Early 19th century attire for young Bengali gentlemen – (X), (X) Ornaments for the hair and arm. Ornaments : 1st century AD to the 19th century.
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, India, Indian Dress, Indian men, Jewellery, Women
Tagged bazuband, Bengal, india, indian men, jadai naagam, ornaments, paintings, vanki, vintage, William Gedney, Zohra Sehgal
Leave a comment
The Bangles Post
Soon after, a woman came in, with a large basket full of churees for the arms (bracelets), which were made of rings of glass, ornamented with beads. Every body at the wedding, from the Begam to the youngest slave, … Continue reading
Posted in Jewellery, Vintage, Women
Tagged bangles, Fanny Parkes, Indian Women, jewellery, Sarojini Naidu, vintage
3 Comments
Vintage Indian Clothing 