Question
What is ‘Ermine’?
Solution
Ermine is a type of fur which was used by aristocratic classes in France.
What is ‘Ermine’?
Ermine is a type of fur which was used by aristocratic classes in France.
Explain the reason for changes in the clothing patterns and materials in the 18th century?
What were the Sumptuary laws in France?
Give any two examples of the ways in which European dress codes were different from Indian dress codes.
Suggest reasons why women in nineteenth century India were obliged to continue wearing traditional Indian dress even when men switched over to the more convenient Western clothing. What does this show about the position of women in society?
Winston Churchill described Mahatma Gandhi as a ‘Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer’ now posing as a half naked fakir’. What provoked such a comment and what does it tell you about the symbolic strength of Mahatma Gandhiji’s dress?
Why did Mahatma Gandhi’s dream of clothing the nation in khadi appeal only to some sections of Indians?
What is a Takli?
What is Charkha?
What was a phenta?
Which wars transformed women’s clothing?
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