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Category Archives: Sari
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
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The colours of Telengana
The vivid colours of Telengana – including turmeric and kumkum on the forehead – in Thota Vaikuntam‘s paintings. Shyam Benegal makes use of the same colour palette in films like Ankur and Nishant. Also [X] [X]
Posted in Art, Culture, Hinduism, Indian Women, Paintings, Rural, Sari, Sari Blouse, Women
Tagged Colours, Hindu Women, india, rural india, saree blouse, sarees, South India, Telengana, Thota Vaikuntam
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The “Sari Wrap” Post
Judging by portraits in the decade, a sari style like a warp was quite popular in the 1930s. It appears to be wound once so the sari border crosses or falls around the knee and then wound again to drape … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, 1960s, Indian Cinema, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sari Dress, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1930s, 1960s, india, Indian Women, Mumtaz, sari, sari dress, sari wrap
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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
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The Parsis Post
I mentioned in previous posts that Jnanadanandini was influenced by the blouse and sari style of Parsi women in Bombay. Here are a few examples. Most have “ribbon border” sari with motifs on the ribbon is quite common in Parsi … Continue reading
Posted in British Raj, Colonial, Dress Reform, Early 20th Century, Edwardian, fashion, Indian Dress, Late 19th century, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, Victorian, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, British Raj, Colonial, Garas, Parsis, Pestonji E Bomanji, Raja Ravi Varma, saree blouse
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The Art School Post
Two of early 20th century art/dance schools in India, Santiniketan/Viswa Bharati and Kalakshetra were not just involved with a revival of Indian dance and art traditions but were also responsible for a new kind of aesthetic. Khadi, so intregal to … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1980s, Art, Asia, Bengal, Culture, Dance, Early 20th Century, Education, Girls, Indian Dress, Indian History, Indian Women, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage fashion
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, art school, batik saris, bolpur, dance school, india, kaanth saris, Kalakshetra, Kalakshetra saris, Rabindranath Tagore, Rukmini Devi, Santiniketan
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The Independence Post
One of the most significant influencers of the way we dress in India was the freedom movement, in particular Gandhi’s thoughts on the moral dimension of clothing, the quest for an authentic Indianness and clothing as a unifier of India’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, 1940s, British Raj, Colonial, Dress Reform, Early 20th Century, History, Independence, India, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Men, Politics, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tumblr, Vintage
Tagged 1930s, 1940s, Emma Tarlo, Gandhi, Gandhi cap, india, Indian dress, Indian independence, khadi, swadeshi, swaraj, women
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The Village Post
Achhut Kanya was directed by Franz Osten and shot in the Bombay Talkies studio on Europeanized sets of a typical Indian village. It has been cloned times without number ever since in Hindi films.The Indian village, in its romanticized image … Continue reading
Posted in Bollywood, Early 20th Century, fashion, History, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Old Bollywood, Rural, Sari, Sari Blouse, Village, Vintage
Tagged Bollywood, gaon ki gori, ghaghra choli, india, indian cinema, poverty, rural india, sari, village girl, vintage
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The Sari School
And of course you need to know about the many drapes possible at The Sari School.
Posted in Sari, Sari Blouse, Women
Tagged india, rta kapur chishti, sari, sari school
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Mothers and Daughters-1 MS Subbulakshmi (MS) was one of India’s most famous and celebrated singers. Her mother, Shanmugavadivu (note that the S in MS is her mother’s name) was a famous veena player. Pic 1 is of her mother, Pic … Continue reading
Posted in Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian Singers, Indian Women, Music, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Women
Tagged Carnatic music, mothers and daughters, MS Subbulakshmi, Shanmugavadivel, veena
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