Maharani gayatri devi

Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur was a style icon of her time with her natural sense of dressing

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Gayatri Devi

Chiffon has always been a staple in every sari wardrobe. The fabric, whose origin is allegedly debatable, owes its love affair with India to the late Maharani Gayatri Devi, and to an extent, her mother Indira Devi, according to a textile historian and author. At the link in bio, read the full story about the royal influence on the fabric when it caught attention in the early 20th century. #VogueFashion

Gayatri Devi (23 May 1919 – 29 July 2009), often styled as Maharani Gayatri Devi, Rajmata of Jaipur, was born as Princess Gayatri Devi of Cooch Behar. She was the third Maharani of Jaipur from 1939 to...

In March 1962, the First Lady took a dazzling goodwill tour of India.

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“There was the challenge of outwitting our elders, of arranging secret meetings…and every now and again, there was a marvellous, unheard-of liberty of going for a drive in the country with Jai, of a stolen dinner at Bray, or of an outing on the river in a boat. It was a lovely and intoxicating time,” reminisced Maharani Gayatri Devi of her bubbling romance with her Jai, well hidden from her family.

I had an anon query on tumblr awhile back on how sari pins were worn so I thought I would do a quick post on how brooches were worn in the 1930s and 1940s. Pins and brooches were around earlier (e.…