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Posted on 07/09/2012 by Anu M

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The 1930s Actress Post

Posted on 04/09/2012 by Anu M

Miss Kajjan. On chair as helpfully indicated. Also elegant shoes!

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The 1930s Actress Post

Posted on 04/09/2012 by Anu M

I love Miss Kajjan’s dress here from that little cutwork/embroidered blouse to the casual pinning of the saree with those long pins that seem to have been around at the time. The waved hair is so common in the 20s/30s … Continue reading →

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Posted on 02/09/2012 by Anu M

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The Adaptation Post

Posted on 01/09/2012 by Anu M

  Not many period dramas in India get their period details right.  I am not sure a leg of mutton sleeve blouse was the way to go in 1942 but its the evoked emotion rather than authenticity that matters in … Continue reading →

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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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Josephine Baker

Posted on 26/08/2012 by Anu M

The sari influenced western attire in the early part of the 20th century to some extent – though there was no separation of the bodice and skirt as in India. Elsa Schiaparelli for e.g. was known for her “sari dresses”. I … 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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Just the Blouse

Posted on 20/08/2012 by Anu M

  Now and then a post where it is just the blouse without the upper drape.  

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