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The complete prompt
Create an authentic mid-1970s Indian vintage photograph using the uploaded face photo as the EXACT identity reference. Preserve the woman's recognizable facial identity, facial structure, proportions, eyes, nose, lips, jawline, natural skin tone and natural facial texture.
FRAME & POSE:
Create a vertical waist-up / upper-thigh portrait. The woman is sitting casually and comfortably on a vintage patterned fabric sofa, leaning slightly into the backrest. One knee is raised naturally toward the camera while the other leg rests lower. One arm is relaxed over the sofa arm/back with the hand hanging naturally downward; the other hand rests casually near her thigh. Her shoulders are relaxed and her body is slightly angled while her face looks directly toward the camera with a calm, soft, confident expression. Natural candid 1970s fashion-photograph posture.
HAIR:
Very thick, voluminous mid-1970s feathered hair, dark and naturally wavy, with large soft curls and slightly frizzy texture. Big crown volume, loose strands around the face and shoulders, natural flyaways and imperfect individual hairs. Add a wide plain hot-pink fabric headband worn across the top of the hair, pushing the hair back naturally.
OUTFIT:
A genuine 1970s-inspired denim outfit. Oversized structured denim jacket in extremely faded, heavily stone-washed vintage blue denim, with an irregular cloudy wash, pale blue-grey highlights, darker blue remaining around seams, realistic thick cotton texture, visible stitching, classic pointed collar, front buttons and chest pockets, naturally rolled sleeves and authentic worn folds.
Underneath, a simple fitted vintage hot-pink cotton top.
High-waisted relaxed vintage jeans in matching extremely faded stone-washed denim. Loose straight/wide 1970s silhouette, heavy cotton fabric, high waistband, belt loops, natural creases and uneven faded areas across the thighs and knees. The denim should look genuinely old and repeatedly washed, not like modern light-blue jeans.
ACCESSORIES:
Large simple hot-pink oval/round vintage hoop earrings.
Long layered chunky bead necklaces in muted blue, teal and pink tones.
Several translucent chunky pink/magenta plastic bangles stacked around one wrist, characteristic of the era.
A simple small vintage wristwatch on the other wrist.
BACKGROUND:
A cozy authentic 1970s living room. Vintage patterned sofa upholstery with earthy geometric/floral colors, an old tabletop transistor radio/boombox on a wooden side table, warm table lamp with a beige fabric shade, wooden furniture, slightly aged cream-colored walls, old framed wall artwork/poster and subtle period household details. Everything should feel naturally lived-in and decades old.
LIGHTING:
Warm soft afternoon sunlight entering through a window, mixed with gentle warm indoor lamp light. Soft highlights on the hair and denim, natural shadows, slightly golden atmosphere and subtle light falloff.
COLOR & PHOTOGRAPHIC STYLE:
Use only an authentic 1960s–1970s period color palette: faded dusty pink, muted teal, olive green, mustard, brown, cream, faded denim blue and warm amber. Keep colors naturally subdued, slightly yellowed and chemically aged, like an old color photograph.
Make it look like a genuine old photograph rather than a modern image with a vintage filter.
QUALITY:
Deliberately LOW-FIDELITY old-camera photograph. Very low resolution, extremely heavy visible film grain and dense photographic noise, soft detail, slightly imperfect focus, gentle optical softness, faded blacks, limited dynamic range, mild color bleeding, subtle compression texture, tiny print imperfections and aged photographic surface texture. Do not make it sharp, crisp or high-definition.
Give the image the aesthetic of an old photograph captured decades ago on an early low-quality camera and preserved inside a physical family album. Add a very subtle irregular aged-print border.
FINAL FEEL:
Pure mid-1970s nostalgic fashion photograph — huge feathered hair, pink headband, pink hoops, chunky beads and bangles, faded stone-washed denim, relaxed sofa pose, old radio and warm vintage room, muted period colors and extremely heavy grain. It should feel genuinely old, imperfect, tactile and beautifully faded.Copy the complete prompt and use your own reference photos where requested.
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