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Category Archives: Working Women
The Polka Dot Post
Today let’s look at Rekha’s commitment to the polka dot – with a side serving of leheria (diagonal stripes or literally waves)! As with Vijeta, the look is very consistent, bar a “dream sequence” and a wedding. The movie: 1982’s … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s, 20th century, Accessories, Actor, Cinema, clothing, colour, costume design, Costumes in Cinema, fashion, film costumes, Film Costuming, Hindi cinema, Indian Actors, Indian Cinema, Indian Costume, Indian fashion, indian style, Indian Women, late 20th century, retro cinema, retro fashion, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Working Women
Tagged 1980s, 1980s cinema, high necked blouse, Hindi cinema, Indian fashion, jeevan dhaara, leheria, piping, polka dots, Rekha, retro, saree style, stripes, vintage, vintage blouse, vintage saree
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Sparsh (1980) deconstructed
Just 4 years separate Kadambari and Sparsh but the former is firmly rooted in 70s styles while Sparsh gives a glimpse of the styles of the early 80s with barely a hint of the 70s. So let’s look at what … Continue reading
Posted in 1980s, 2017 posts, Actor, arthouse, Cinema, Costumes in Cinema, fashion, film costumes, Film Costuming, Hairstyles, handlooms, Indian Actors, Indian Aesthetics, Indian Cinema, Indian fashion, Indian Textiles, Indian Women, late 20th century, Men, retro cinema, retro fashion, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Sets, Vintage, vintage cinema, vintage costume, vintage sari, vintage style, winterwear, Working Women
Tagged 1980s, 1980s cinema, 1980s india, bengal cottons, film costumes, Hindi cinema, indian cinema, indian handlooms, indian silks, naseeruddin shah, odisha sarees, Shabana Azmi, south cottons, sparsh, vintage sari
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Teachers’ Day, 2017
Today is Teachers’ Day in India. A piece on one of our first women educationists. The pics: Girls School at Jaipur :- The Primary Class (1950). An interesting mix of frocks, uniforms and sarees for the young students. Students of … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 2017 posts, 20th century, Children, Education, Girls, India, Indian Dress, Indian Women, mid century, photodivision, Photography, retro, Sari, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage photography, Women, women doctors, Working Women
Tagged 5 september, girls, indian education, photodivision, students, teachers, teachers day, vintage photography
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Internet Sleuthing – Mary Bhor
Mary Bhor (1865?-1913) Daughter of Rao Saheb Ramji Gangaji Bhor and a second generation Christian, she took advantage of her English education and fairly liberal background provided by her parents. She had obtained a teacher’s training certificate from London and … Continue reading
Posted in 1900s, Christianity, Colonial, Costume, Early 20th Century, Feminism, Indian Costume, Indian Women, Maharashtra, regional styles, Sari, Sari Blouse, Victorian, vintage costume, vintage sari, women writers, Working Women
Tagged 1899, 1900s, book quotes, early feminism, indian christians, indian feminism, Maharashtra, marie bhor, mary bhor, padma anagol
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Gandhi, 19.11.1917-31.10.1984. When I was a schoolgirl in Delhi, our school was called upon to be part of the welcome for the visiting Soviet leader – we are probably part of some long lost Films Division footage of bright … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 20th century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Politicians, Politics, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari drape, sari history, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women Rulers, Working Women
Tagged 1940s-1980s, Birth Anniversary, handlooms, indian style, Indian Women, Indira Gandhi, sari, sari blouse, vintage sari, women politicians
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The 1960s in Film: Mahanagar (1963)
Mahanagar is Satyajit Ray’s 1963 film on a housewife who becomes a working-woman due to circumstances and is a critique of traditional Bengali society as well as a changing middle class India. I meant this to be a 1960s fashions … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, 20th century, Actor, Bengal, Cinema, Film Costuming, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, Movies, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Working Women
Tagged 1960s, 1963, Bengali cinema, film, film costumes, indian cinema, madhabi mukherjee, Mahanagar, sari, sari blouse, sari history, Satyajit Ray
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The Ayah Post-3
A look at how past fashions influence modern fashions: Detail from Warren Hastings with his wife and Indian maid, painted sometime between 1784-87. Floor length “anarkalis” (no doubt known by a different name) can be spotted in 18th century/19th century … Continue reading
Posted in 1780s, 1880s, 18th century, 19th century, British Raj, Colonial, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Late 19th century, Paintings, Photography, Sari, Sari Blouse, servind maid, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women, Working Women
Tagged 1780s, 1880s, 18th century, 19th century, anarkali, ayah, Colonial, goa, half sari, johan zoffany, maid, sari, serving maid
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The Ayah Post-2
Ayahs on film: Nandita Das in Earth. Ayahs on Stage: Anneika Rose in The Empress.
Posted in 20th century, Actor, British Raj, Colonial, Contemporary, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Movies, Period Drama, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women, Working Women
Tagged Anneika Rose, ayah, cinema, Earth, nandita Das, The Empress, theatre
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The Ayah Post-1
By the 1930s the image of a cherished ayah had been enshrined in the nostalgia of the Raj that had been generated at the close of the nineteenth century. As that image took on a life of its own, individual … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, British Raj, Colonial, Early 20th Century, History, India, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Late 19th century, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Dress, Women, Working Women
Tagged 19th century, ayah, British Raj, Colonial, Domestics, early 20th century, india, late 19th century, Nanny, sari
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Vintage Indian Clothing 