Purvi's backless blouses.:Warning Pg11&Notepg22 - Page 4

Shyamala dear your post abv on backless blouse cracked me up.. I have the same Q on who ties these women's strings and hooks those buttons the small patti? Ofcourse these blouse are more expensive as they are made with the padding so women do not need to wear undergarment and keeps things in place..What is odd is the Purvi is wearing these latest fashion expensive blouses with regular cotton sarees when they are really fighting for money..Living in RD district which is not a safe one to begin with..

Pallavi, our curd seller in India never wore a blouse, she was all tattooed (Pache kooth it was called in Tamil and considered very respectable) and wore at least 3 sets of earrings, on her lobe, upper and middle ear!

Dear Varsha,

Thanks. I am glad you enjoyed my contribution to the backless blouse debate. But personally, though I still have quite a decent looking back, I would not wear one, even to a party. The saree can be a very sensual garment if one wants it to be, with as much as 18 inches shown between a tiny blouse and a low hip saree, and to my mind, a backless blouse is a tad in your face and thus unnecessary. On the streets of Pune, I am yet to see one, though one of the maidservants in our building has that top string, but with just a low neck, not backless.

About Kumud, I wish she would either abandon what we in Tamil Nadu used to call the half saree, or else wear it so that it covers what it is supposed to cover. Not half and half, and that too determinedly, as if it was sewn in place like that. It is almost transparent as it is! I prefer her sister Kusum's look, no dupatta in front at all, but only round the neck.

This said, I have now got addicted to Saraswatichandra and the slow, langorous build up of the Saras-Kumud love story Talking of chemistry, though till recently they were carrying on like Scarlett and Rhett from Gone with the Wind, they have it in spades, more than 10 other TV couples put together. Yes, including those in PR at present.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: Dabulls23

Shyamala dear your post abv on backless blouse cracked me up.. I have the same Q on who ties these women's strings and hooks those buttons the small patti? Ofcourse these blouse are more expensive as they are made with the padding so women do not need to wear undergarment and keeps things in place..What is odd is the Purvi is wearing these latest fashion expensive blouses with regular cotton sarees when they are really fighting for money..Living in RD district which is not a safe one to begin with..

I personally do not have problems with backless blouse but I prefer them not on daily bases wearing around the house but more apt for the parties.

Agree with you on that horsehair wig which does not even match with her hair color needs to be thrown out and pronto..Looks hideous..

Many parts of India women wear backless blouses as that is part of their cultural garb and not a fashion. IE Rajasthan, Villages of Gujarat etc...

But Mumbai type big cities women wear backless blouses in parties only..

BTW u saw on SC few days back Kumud's blouse string had come untied and how guys on the street were looking at her...

Purvi goint to ROshni camp with this blouse...who wears these to doctors appts or to sabji walas?? 😳

My 2 cents on this subject..

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Pallavi,

After all this heat and not much light, apart from this post of yours, I would like to strike a lighter note. It seems to be badly needed!

For me, whether I approve or not depends on only one thing - the back that is offered for viewing. Archana specialised in them long before her maanaseeka putri adopted them, and she had a very nice back, so it did not matter to me and I am sure the very limited number of male viewers of PR ogled her happily.

On Purvi, it is ok, as her back is neat, though not up to Archana's standards. But her ghastly horsehair wigs corner all the attention, and the backless blouse is effectively wasted. Plus, she was and is always wardrobe deprived, whether it was the salwar suits she used to wear dozens of times then, or the two backless blouses she alternates now, with a splendid disregard for the sari colour or design. Archana always had matching blouses, with or without backs.

But in one another of the 3 serials I used to watch, BALH, the leading lady's back was anything but attractive, and yet she insisted on imposing the dismal sight on us. It is the same with ladies who have more than the ideal amount of avoirdupois, the excess being neatly distributed in symmetrical tires of flesh in the lower back. On them. a backless blouse is a pain for the eyes.

It is the same with jeans. They look gorgeous on the likes of Deepika Padukone, but very different on ladies with substantial derrieres. That, of course, is the problem with fashions: they seem to drive commonsense out of the nearest window.

- Who ties the string for you and who hooks up the narrow band at the bottom? If you have a handy spouse, then all is well,but for single women, it must be tough, involving twisting themselves into knots. Of course Archana, in one episode where she got her hands burnt, nonetheless appeared decked out in her regulation backless blouse, and no, Manav was not at hand to help out. Maybe, like the gadgets in Mrs. Weasley's kitchen (Harry Potter, for Muggles in this forum), her blouses fastened themselves!

- I am sure the tailor charges more for a backless blouse than for a backed (sic) one. Fashion has to be expensive to justify itself. What I am curious about is what the tailor does with the cutout pieces.

- Lastly, I devoutly hope the old, blouseless fashion does not resurface😉. If it did, I am sure hordes of women would rush to adopt it, and that would be a bit too much for old fogies like me to take, even solely on grounds of aesthetics!

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Varsha,

Thanks.

About Kumud, I wish she would either abandon what we in Tamil Nadu used to call the half saree, or else wear it so that it covers what it is supposed to cover. Not half and half, and that too determinedly, as if it was sewn in place like that. I prefer her sister Kusum's look, no dupatta in front at all, but only round the neck.

This said, I have now got addicted to Saraswatichandra and the slow, langorous build up of the Saras-Kumud love story Talking of chemistry, though till recently they were carrying on like Scarlett and Rhett from Gone with the Wind, they have in spades, more than 10 other TV couples put together. Yes, including those in PR at present.

Shyamala

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Varsha,

Thanks.

About Kumud, I wish she would either abandon what we in Tamil Nadu used to call the half saree, or else wear it so that it covers what it is supposed to cover. Not half and half, and that too determinedly, as if it was sewn in place like that. I prefer her sister Kusum's look, no dupatta in front at all, but only round the neck.

This said, I have now got addicted to Saraswatichandra and the slow, langorous build up of the Saras-Kumud love story Talking of chemistry, though till recently they were carrying on like Scarlett and Rhett from Gone with the Wind, they have in spades, more than 10 other TV couples put together. Yes, including those in PR at present.

Shyamala

guys really why do u compare a real life dressing style with reel life dressing style..

Backless blouses have all to do with CULTURE - in places like Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat, they were worn not by the city folk but in villages

Originally posted by: sashashyam

Dear Pallavi,

After all this heat and not much light, apart from this post of yours, I would like to strike a lighter note. It seems to be badly needed!

For me, whether I approve or not depends on only one thing - the back that is offered for viewing. Archana specialised in them long before her maanaseeka putri adopted them, and she had a very nice back, so it did not matter to me and I am sure the very limited number of male viewers of PR ogled her happily.

On Purvi, it is ok, as her back is neat, though not up to Archana's standards. But her ghastly horsehair wigs corner all the attention, and the backless blouse is effectively wasted. Plus, she was and is always wardrobe deprived, whether it was the salwar suits she used to wear dozens of times then, or the two backless blouses she alternates now, with a splendid disregard for the sari colour or design. Archana always had matching blouses, with or without backs.

But in one another of the 3 serials I used to watch, BALH, the leading lady's back was anything but attractive, and yet she insisted on imposing the dismal sight on us. It is the same with ladies who have more than the ideal amount of avoirdupois, the excess being neatly distributed in symmetrical tires of flesh in the lower back. On them. a backless blouse is a pain for the eyes.

It is the same with jeans. They look gorgeous on the likes of Deepika Padukone, but very different on ladies with substantial derrieres. That, of course, is the problem with fashions: they seem to drive commonsense out of the nearest window.

- Who ties the string for you and who hooks up the narrow band at the bottom? If you have a handy spouse, then all is well,but for single women, it must be tough, involving twisting themselves into knots. Of course Archana, in one episode where she got her hands burnt, nonetheless appeared decked out in her regulation backless blouse, and no, Manav was not at hand to help out. Maybe, like the gadgets in Mrs. Weasley's kitchen (Harry Potter, for Muggles in this forum), her blouses fastened themselves!

- I am sure the tailor charges more for a backless blouse than for a backed (sic) one. Fashion has to be expensive to justify itself. What I am curious about is what the tailor does with the cutout pieces.

- Lastly, I devoutly hope the old, blouseless fashion does not resurface😉. If it did, I am sure hordes of women would rush to adopt it, and that would be a bit too much for old fogies like me to take, even solely on grounds of aesthetics!

Shyamala Di

Originally posted by: altuphalu

Backless blouses have all to do with CULTURE - in places like Rajasthan and parts of Gujarat, they were worn not by the city folk but in villages

SANSKAR has to do with how you react - outwardly and inwardly to any given situations - nothing to do with dressing.

You could be fully covered from head to toe and utter vulgarities - now that would not be Sanskari would it?????????????

Of course, if Sanskar has to do with dressing, we should not wear the saree as it exposes your midriff - however well covered you are with your dupatta!!!!

Some people in this forum seem to have an agenda and it has nothing to do with Sanskaar and right and wrong.

I wonder how vocal they are when they are out and about socialising and see people dressed in this way - especially their close relatives. Are they this vocal there???