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Midweek Post-2
Women in blue saris playing cards, B Prabha George Keyt‘s cubist work, Woman in a Blue Sari, mid 1940s
Posted in 1940s, 20th century, Art, Early 20th Century, India, Indian Dress, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sri Lanka, vintage art, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged B Prabha, Blue Sari, Ceylon, George Keyt, india, paintings
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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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The Goa Post – 2
Angelo da Fonseca, who was known for his Indianised Christian themed art. The two paintings, dated 1967 and 1959, represent the two most common dress forms worn in India, the sari and the three piece that includes a dupatta and … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, 1960s, Art, Christianity, Goa, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1950s, 1959, 1960s, 1967, Angelo da Fonseca, art, Christian Art, goa, Goan Art, india, painting
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The Goa Post – 1
The Reis Magos Fort in Goa has an exhibition of Mario Miranda’s 1951 illustrated diary. It is an amusing and interesting look at Goan society (largely the Catholic part of it) circa 1951. I loved the captions and little quirky … Continue reading
Posted in 1950s, Art, Christianity, Comics, Early 20th Century, Goa, Illustration, India, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Travel, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women
Tagged 1950s, diary, goa, Goan Art, illustrations, india, Mario Miranda, mumbai, Portugal, Reis Magos
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Kumbakonam
My grandparents came from the villages around Kumbakonam but lived most of their adult lives in Maharashtra and Bihar. My great grandparents had a house in Tiruvidaimarudur, they moved here in the 1950s from Mumbai. Given their long lives, we … Continue reading
Posted in 20th century, Contemporary, Culture, fashion, Flowers, Girls, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, Tamil, Village, Women
Tagged Contemporary Tamil Clothing, Darasuram, fresco, india, Kumbakonam, salwar kameez, sari, sari blouse, sculpture, Tamil Nadu, Tiruvidaimarudur
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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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Circus!
Shavanaas Begum with Her Three-year-old Daughter, Parveen, Great Gemini Circus, Perintalmanna, India, 1989. Mary Ellen Mark I guess you could call her a strong role model! Have a good weekend! [X]
Posted in 1980s, Circus, India, ircus, Strong Lady, Vintage, Women
Tagged 1989, Circus, Gemini Circus, india, Kerala, Mary Ellen Mark, Weightlifter
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Stunt Queens of the 1930s
Next evening we too saw her as she sat in front of the Well of Death, looking bored, chain smoking Scissors cigarettes. She wore a “birjis”* of shining blue satin, and her heavily painted face looked weirdly blue in the … Continue reading
Posted in 1930s, Actor, Cinema, Early 20th Century, Feminism, Indian Cinema, Indian Women, Old Bollywood, Vintage Dress, Women
Tagged 1930s, Bhumika, Fearless Nadia, Gohar Karnatki, Hindi cinema, india, Pramila, Smita Patil, strong ladies, stunt queens, swashbucklers
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Vintage Indian Clothing 