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The evolution of the modern sari
It’s been difficult for me to update this blog along with tumblr as I am a little hard pressed for time. The only significant thing that I need to update here are a series of posts I am doing on … Continue reading
Posted in 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 19th century, 20th century, Bengal, British Raj, Colonial, Early 20th Century, Flapper, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian History, Indian Women, Sari, Sari Blouse, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari
Tagged Colonial, sari, sari blouse, sari history, vintage, Vintage Fashion, Vintage India
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The Group Photo Post
Group photographs are great because they give an actual sense of what people wore back in the day. The first pic for example is probably Madras in the 1930s. All the women are in the then modern six-yard sari. The … Continue reading
Posted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, churidar kameez, Colonial, Costume, Early 19th century, Education, fashion, Girls, History, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Photography, Salwar Kameez, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Tamil, Vintage Blouse, Vintage Dress, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, chennai, freedom fighters, india, Indian Women, Lahore, salwar kameez, sari, sari blouse, students
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Notes
I haven’t updated this site in a long time meanwhile the tumblr keeps getting refreshed. Partly this is because I have just been doing simple posts and there is no grand theme: Newish movies; Recurring patterns in Hindi cinema [X, … Continue reading
Posted in 19th century, 20th century, 21st century, Actor, Colonial, Contemporary, Costume, Culture, Early 19th century, Early 20th Century, fashion, Hair, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Personal, Sari, Sari Blouse, Sets, Vintage, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari, Women
Tagged Edwardian, halter neck, haryana, kunjalam, long shirt, modest blouse, pallu, pompoms, sari, sari blouse, shahana goswami, sleep, vara the movie, Victorian, vintage blouse, women sleeping
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Orange is the New Black – 2
Untitled, MV Dhurandhar, 1917
Posted in 1920s, Art, Asia, Early 19th century, fashion, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Paintings, Sari, Sari Blouse, vintage art, Vintage Blouse, vintage fashion, vintage sari
Tagged 1920s, bombay painters, Indian Art, Indian Painters, MV Dhurandhar, orange sari, sari, sari blouse, vintage, Vintage Fashion
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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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The Ayah Post-3
A look at how past fashions influence modern fashions: Detail from Warren Hastings with his wife and Indian maid, painted sometime between 1784-87. Floor length “anarkalis” (no doubt known by a different name) can be spotted in 18th century/19th century … Continue reading
Posted in 1780s, 1880s, 18th century, 19th century, British Raj, Colonial, India, Indian Dress, Indian fashion, Indian Women, Late 19th century, Paintings, Photography, Sari, Sari Blouse, servind maid, Vintage, Vintage Dress, vintage fashion, Women, Working Women
Tagged 1780s, 1880s, 18th century, 19th century, anarkali, ayah, Colonial, goa, half sari, johan zoffany, maid, sari, serving maid
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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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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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Vintage Indian Clothing 