Efendi

I decided to provide you exibition of my part of costume collection. I would like to show you more but in so doing it would invade more than a page of this thread.


Some of the pict in my collection of Ottoman women with her many colours:




































I hope you like it

I can't send you more if you ask.






I cant get rid of her
you see below as attachment.

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Cicero

Very nice Efendi. Those remind me of the Abduction from the Seraglio scene of Amadeus!


And where Madame Cavaleri come in at minute 3 in this expert

plutoboyz

Question! Are there any specific dress for specific people? Like Costumes for commoner, costume for noble etc.

Efendi

Pooe Madame Cavaleri, thats sad case indeed. I watched the clips with joy. the dance you mentioned about was nice.

I think I must watch this film that sound really greath.

Efendi

Pluto do you ask what people wear for their occupations, traditions,..etc.

There is no noble blood in Ottoman time, except for Cirmenians Girays (regarded as descendant of Ghengiz Han), Ottomans family, Mihail, and Evrenos family.

People wore how they could afford to. and their traditions, culture...etc.

plutoboyz

so, its all depend on the money. thanks

Cicero

Amadeus is one of my favorite films and I am sure tha you would like it Efendi. The story between Salieri and Mozart is fiction, but wonderfully done with Salieri made out as a perfect villian. The movie swept the oscars in 1985 winning 8 Oscars, with both leadign roles - Tom Hulce as Mozart and F.M. Abraham as Salieri up for best actor. Salieri won!

My wife even likes Amadeus even though she doesn't like classical music.. she says it makes her nervous as it has "too many notes." a quote from Amadeus seen in this clip.

Efendi

I can't help adding these:

The painter is Osman Hamdi Bey:

The Girl Reading Kuran:


Musician Girl:

Solidaire

Mine too!

Gary

Efendi thank you for sharing the pictures, I am assuming that the top ten of the higher class and rich merchants wives, the use of fabric in such a sumptuous and in some of the girdles an excessive way would indicate conspicuous wealth. The last three are simpler and plainer, but as shown, wonderfully cut and allowing free movement of the limbs. indicative of women of who had to work, but not of the humbler sort. Very evocative.

The difference in the style and class of the clothing in the last two pictures, The girl reading and the Musician girl are striking, accentuating the class and monetary differention of their social orbits.

With massed produced clothing of the 20-21 st century, it is easy to forget how much clothing and decoration mattered to those of a foregone age, and its cost. Even today to buy the fabric and to make the dress of the music girl would probably be expensive let alone the dresses of the richer ladies.