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Posted on 07/09/2012 by Anu M

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Posted on 06/09/2012 by Anu M

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Posted on 02/09/2012 by Anu M

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The Studio Photograph

Posted on 30/08/2012 by Anu M

Lady Abbas Ali Baig by Lafayette (Lafayette Ltd), half-plate film negative, 14 May 1929. Love all the elements here – the cacophonous sari and a rather magnificent cape-shawl.

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The White Blouse Post

Posted on 28/08/2012 by Anu M

Homai Vyarawalla is a favourite so I am featuring her again. She looks totally professional and totally at ease in cute, simple blouses teamed with a saree and lugging around her ever present camera. The Illustrated Weekly cover of 9/12/1945 is from a … Continue reading →

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Taking your Fashion Cues from a Man

Posted on 24/08/2012 by Anu M

He would choose saris from Benares and Indore – centres of fashion – and wear embroidered georgettes and silks from Bombay, fabrics and designs which became fashionable with middle class Maharashtrian women in the period between the two world wars. … Continue reading →

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Posted on 21/08/2012 by Anu M

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Posted on 16/08/2012 by Anu M

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The Blue Blouse

Posted on 12/08/2012 by Anu M

Kanan Devi, in a pretty blue, gold-edged blouse with a nicely coordinated sari.  I love the quiet beauty of this picture. OK I really like Kanan Devi. Full stop.  

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The 1930s Actress Post

Posted on 10/08/2012 by Anu M
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