AWWWWWWWWWW YEAHHHHH LOOK AT THAT FLAWLESS TAMIL WOMAN
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A wide variety of things. Proud Mexican-American. Child of immigrants. Recent college grad, job-searching. Raqs sharqui and baladi/shaabi dancer (with a little fusion thrown in). Dance costume desginer. Ask me anything . . . Submit
A wide variety of things. Proud Mexican-American. Child of immigrants. Recent college grad, job-searching. Raqs sharqui and baladi/shaabi dancer (with a little fusion thrown in). Dance costume desginer. Ask me anything . . . Submit
February 24, 2013
January 17, 2013
For more than half of the 20th century, Europe was a playground for Indian royalty. And its women were photographed by Cecil Beaton and Man Ray, snubbed Wallis Simpson, made it to the NYT’s society pages and of course set fashion trends.
Of all the royals, the women of the Cooch-Behar family stand a little apart, partly due to their Brahmo upbringing. The first of them, Suniti Devi, the daughter of Keshub Chandra Sen, was often photographed by Lafayette in Western costume but she was also an elegant saree wearer. Here her blouse, decidedly influenced by Victorian fashions, has little details at the neck and the cuffs which add to the blouse but are not overpowering inspite of being paired with a rich saree. It also helps that her jewellery is minimal.
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June 5, 2012
May 20, 2012
KHADI SARIS: from Self-Employment to Skills
Photos by Mihir Bhatt
Illustrated by Somnath Bhatt
Saris of Ela Bhatt
Saris, especially Khadi meaning hand-made and hand-woven cotton cloth saris are often looked at as burdensome and mundane garment nowadays. Yet, Khadi is no ordinary cloth it was a symbol of India’s journey to independence. Khadi, once the face of Indian self-reliance and self-employment movement, is almost wiped out today by the machine made and synthetic cloth. Considered ‘not just a cloth but, a socio-economic movement’ Khadi, currently is mostly worn by pseudo-politicians and members of Gandhian institutions,certain school children as a uniform,members of civil society organizations and folks their 70s like my grandmother or even older.Like the Gandhian values Khadi is too valuable to be discarded yet, too idyllic to swallow down and digest. The aim of this exhibition is to rebuke the whole idea of Khadi being a dull, crude and dated fabric worn by the elderly. In fact the saris in my grandmother’s stack are none of the above, they are as ebullient as nine enchanting colors-navrang, as vibrant as the 29 states and 6 union territories of India and throbbing-visibly or invisibly-with panache and ingenuity much like the Indian mind.
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April 13, 2012
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April 11, 2012
October 27, 2011
January 27, 2011
Indian styles of dress and sari/saree draping methods
