Bollywood Fashion over The Decades

Bollywood have changed over time, and so has the fashion. From elegant looking sari to bikini bombs we have seen everything that fashion could have offered us over time. In this blog we would go ahead dig on to the yesteryear of Bollywood and have a look how it has evolved over years from 1940s to 2016 .

                              The 1940's

Remember Meena kumari? She had the very elegant look of wrapped up Saree along with that balloon stipped blouse. This was the time when Madhubala along with Nargis and others came as the most iconic fashion characters who had changed the way fashion was taken. In this period  for the first time a women was seen in crop top and a skirt.  Times started  to change since then.

  

                                                                     

                               The 1950's

The hangover of the British Raj remained, which led the way for classy fashion. Neat buns & hairstyles, Corset blouses and gowns, elegant Sarees, Anarkalis were all a part of that decade that curved the way for popular fashion.

      

                               The 1960's

This was the time when bikini s came on screen with Sharmila Tagore. Along with her came up the famous style of Madhubala in her famous orange sari. This was a trend setter among the young teens who started to follow her in this manner. 

        

                                The 1970's

This decade saw the bohemian look of zenath aman and others who came across with new fashion lines. Bell bottom went quiet a viral during this regime.  Apart from this the look of the movie bobby went viral.

                                 

                               The 1980’s

Chiffon sarees, glossed up lips, heavy make were just what went on as the trend during this time. Rekha, Hema Malini and Sridevi were the goddesses of fashion and was the sensation of the era. The fitter Salwars and the high pony fashion marks the most highlighted period of the era. 

       

 

           The 1990’s

The 90’s marked the entry of cool fashion wear. With jumpsuits and sportswear coming in this era showed of brands for the first time. Movies like Kuch Kuch Hota Hain and other had a huge effect among the young stars about the new brand status.

                         

The 2000’s

This was the era when designer wear came out to be famous. Budding designers like Nekki Nerula, Manish Malhotra came up as the start s of the era. Short skirts , micros and minis ruled the decade. 

                 

The 2010’s

Fashion just took a new turn with this era, new beauties with a brand new avatar came up. No specific genera is followed in this era, rather a trend of fusion wear has come up. Mix and match are hot on fire and so are the fashions for shorts.

     

 

Bollywood have changed over the years, and so are the trends. Few trends went by and few are again back! We took a journey that covered the most. The fashions have been turned out to be more of fusion these days from womens ethnic wear to western wear in India.

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