Category Archives: Vintage Dress

The Women in Love Post

Posted on 29/05/2013 by Anu M

Lesbianism in 18th century art. And an extract from Ismat Chughtai’s Tedhi Lakir.

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Links

Posted on 29/05/2013 by Anu M

Contemporary Pakistani Art. A young woman in European male costume (I quite like this). Pretty Punjabi Women.  

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The Ancient India Post

Posted on 24/05/2013 by Anu M

Rather just a look at 2 early 20th century paintings recreating the era. From dawn until late into the night I worked. By day I copied the parts of the wall that were well lit, and by night I shifted on to … Continue reading →

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The Chinese Brushwork Post

Posted on 20/05/2013 by Anu M

From Ye Qianyu‘s Indian Dancing Gestures – painted in the 1979s (X, X, X)   Zhang Daqian‘s Indian Actress (1950).

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Tumblr Posts

Posted on 18/05/2013 by Anu M

  As always the tumblr posts have raced ahead of wordpress: 1. The half-saree aka pavadai-davani of South India. 2. Mekhela-Chador (I love these and they look splendid on my friend, Mosushumi Kandali. 3. Balika Badhu or the Girl Bride. … Continue reading →

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Bright Young Things in the 1940s

Posted on 12/05/2013 by Anu M

For upper class fashions of the late 1940s you can go no further than Andaz (1949) in which Nargis, Raj Kapoor, Dilip Kumar and Cuckoo play giddily modern Bright Young Things. The centrepiece of the film is Nargis and the actress looks perfect in … Continue reading →

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Radha

Posted on 03/05/2013 by Anu M

  When spring came, tender-limbed Radha wandered Like a flowering creeper in the forest wilderness, Seeking Krishna in his many haunts. The god of love increased her ordeal, Tormenting her with fevered thoughts, And her friend sang to heighten the … Continue reading →

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Cup of Wine

Posted on 24/04/2013 by Anu M

  The drinking post. 

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Himalayan Costumes

Posted on 24/04/2013 by Anu M

  More at tumblr.  

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The South Africa Post

Posted on 15/03/2013 by Anu M

  As with many diasporas, the clothing of South African Indians harks back to India and also takes in local influences.  A few pictures here.  In the photographs here there is a distinct Gujarati influence (some of Stern‘s paintings in … Continue reading →

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