Tag Archives: Modern Girl

The Indian Flapper

Posted on 01/12/2012 by Anu M

  I didn’t do this post for awhile because I wasn’t able to locate any good pictures, apart from the usual ones of Devika Rani circulating on tumblr, though of course I have posted on fashions of the 20s and 30s. So this post … Continue reading →

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The Modern Girl Post

Posted on 12/09/2012 by Anu M

Rehana Mogul’s very demure blouse with the puff sleeves common for young women and girlish plaits contrasted with a hitched up sari (was it a sari or just draped cloth?). The pic source site has interesting bits on the modern girl in … Continue reading →

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