Hey! does anyone of you know about indian dresses and can help me with dating this one from the photo? I'm not sure if it's from the 70s or the 90s, leaning towards the latter, but the details like closures and tags seem older. What do you think? Thanks in advance!
Embroidered Indian dress - 70s?
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These can be tough to date because the techniques and styles can be used from era to era, labels too. Because there is the serged hem as well a machine embroidery (definitely that blue edging, possibly the rest but I would need a close up photo both sides), I might say 80s/90s on this.
It'd be easier in person, of course.
It'd be easier in person, of course.
Shapewise, it looks to me like it might be a traditional garment, rather than a dress for the western market. It looks like the top part of a salwar kameez, meaning it would have been worn with matching trousers, and a shawl