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The Bengal Sari
The stripes and greens of a Bengal sari. All prints by Lalu Prasad Shaw.
Posted in Art, Bengal, Contemporary, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Prints, Sari, Sari Blouse
Tagged art, cotton, cotton sari, fashion, Indian Art, Indian fashion, lalu prasad shaw, prints, sari, sari blouse, stripes
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The Fashion Illustration Post
Paul Louis de Giafferri’s pochoir prints which cover a number of historical costumes, including India (~1925). Some are accurate and probably based on photographs of India at the time, some are a bit whimsical and fanciful and European in … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, french illustrations, historical costume, Illustration, Indian fashion, Sari, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage illustrations, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, fashion, fashion illustrations, illustration, Indian fashion, Paul Louis de Giafferri, pochoir, sari, sari blouse, Vintage Fashion
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Recreating Vintage/Historical Art
Like him or hate him, Raja Ravi Varma remains influential more than a 100 years after his death. Recreating his work seems to be a bit of a thing ranging from the recent Rang Rasiya to Makaramanju to Pushpamala’s photo … Continue reading
Posted in 16th Century, 1900s, 1930s, Art, art recreation, Asia, Bengal, Documentary, ghaghra, historical art, historical costume, indian art, Indian Women, Malayalam Cinema, miniature paintings, Paintings, Sari, Vintage, vintage costume
Tagged 16th century, 1930s, Amit Dutta, Ananthabhadram, art, fashion, Hemen Majumdar, Hemendranath Mazumdar, Kavya Madhavan, Nainsukh, Raja Ravi Varma, style, vintage
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The 1960s in Film – Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964)
Kadhalikka Neramillai (is a 1964 Tamil film. Given that it’s heroines are a pair of wealthy young girls you get plenty of 1960s fashions with a dash of the 1950s. Saris, salwars, slacks and half-saris all make an appearance. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1960s, 20th century, Actor, Cinema, India, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian men, Indian Women, Movies, salwar, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, sari history, Sets, South India, South Indian Cinema, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
Tagged 1960s, 1964, fashion, Indian fashion, Kadhalika Neramillai, Kanchana, Muthuraman, Ravichandran, sari, sari blouse, sari history, slacks, Tamil, Tamil Cinema, Vintage Fashion
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On Clothes
Now and then i think of the underlying philosophy of clothes and how markedly this differs from country to country but haven’t sat down to pen a deeper piece. So I have kind of relied on extracts as preliminary thoughts. … Continue reading
Posted in 1850s, 18th century, 1900s, 1990s, 19th century, 20th century, Costume, Culture, fashion, historical costume, History, Philosophy, Vintage, Women
Tagged clothing, Eatern clothing, essay, fashion, Great renunciation, philosophy
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Orange is the New Black-1
Shabana Azmi (X)
Posted in 1970s, Actor, Cinema, fashion, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage fashion
Tagged 1970s, cinema, fashion, Indian Actress, orange sari, sari, sari blouse, Shabana Azmi, vintage, vintage cinema
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1940s-1960s
A brief look at fashions on film. 1, The 1940s. Noor Jahan in Anmol Ghadi (1946). This kind of square neck blouse was popular in the late 40s and continued to be so in the early 50s. The sequinned sari of course has … Continue reading
Posted in 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Actor, Cinema, Costume, Culture, Early 20th Century, fashion, Indian Cinema, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Movies, Old Bollywood, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress
Tagged 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, Anmol Ghadi, Aranyer Din Ratri, early 20th century, fashion, india, indian cinema, Indian fashion, Kaberi Bose, Noorjehan, sari, sari blouse, Satyajit Ray, Sharmila Tagore, Shyama, Suraiya, Vintage Fashion
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1925 – Karachi and Kolkota
Saris in the 1920s on either side of the subcontinent 1) A Parsi family in 1925 Karachi and 2) A Calcutta Cup Race where “horses take second place to fashion” (from the film Calcutta Topical No 1-1925) . The pallu is worn … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, British Raj, Colonial, cycling, Early 20th Century, fashion, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged 1920s, 1925, Calcutta, fashion, india, Karachi, sari, sari blouse
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The Paintings Post – 1920s
Damerla Rama Rao, who died in 1925 at the early age of twenty-eight…..paintings remained practically lost in an obscure collection in Rajahmundry till they were brought to Delhi and exhibited in 1991 by CMC, the public sector corporation. He … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, India, Paintings, Sari Blouse, Vintage
Tagged Andhra Pradesh, Damerla Rama rao, fashion, india, Indian Painters, Indian Women, painting, sari, sari blouse, vintage
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