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The Brooch Post

Posted on 20/10/2016 by Anu M

I had an anon query on tumblr awhile back on how sari pins were worn so I thought I would do a quick post on how brooches were worn in the 1930s and 1940s. Pins and brooches were around earlier … Continue reading →

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Odds and Ends

Posted on 23/08/2013 by Anu M

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.  

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Brooch – 1

Posted on 19/10/2012 by Anu M

Brooch 1: An unusual placement of the brooch on the saree blouse.  The blouse itself seems to be the square neck kind of style of the 40s. The photograph is of HH Maharani Krishna Kumar (the basis for Rekha’s character in Zubeidaa). [X]

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