Pyjama Collection

Gertie Millar in a trouser suit, 1916
Gertie Millar (1879-1952), popular music hall and stage actress, pictured, " suited at all points like a man, " in other words

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932
Jolly front cover design for the Tatlers Summer Number featuring two cheery beach belles wearing fashionable pyjama suits. One smokes a cigarette while the other grins under a wide brimmed sun hat

Advertorial showing women's fashions and cosmetics. Elizabeth Arden cosmetics, and service kit, Marshall and Snelgrove tweeds and tartan, and Lilywhites pyjama suit

Sketch illustrating some fashions in women's night attire - a nightgown and pyjamas. Date: circa 1932

O Susie, is you going for a bathe or to a fancy dress ball? A topical postcard commenting on the fashion for flamboyant beach pyjamas in the 1920s and 30s. Date: c.1930

Pyjama wear at the Venice Lido, 1927 with Mrs Wallis Dunkels and Miss Beaumont Date: 1927

Black velvet pyjamas from H. J. Nicholl by Madame Yevonde
A pair of stylish black velvet pyjamas (for evening wear rather than bed!) available from H. J. Nicholl in 1932. Photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1932

An evening trousered ensemble by Jean Patou
An evening trouser suit by Jean Patou, available from Debenham and Freebody of Wigmore Street, consisting of white satin trousers with a divided overskirt and coatee of black satin

Beach and yachting suits from Galeries Lafayette
Beach and nautical outfits at the height of their popularity. On the left, a beach suit of silk printed to suggest cretonne, worn with a jumper (sleeveless top) of white stockinette

Evening pyjama suit by Worth
An extremely glamorous pyjama du soir in black crepe with full, deceptive skirt front, and short wide-sleeved coat with black fox collar by Worth. Date: 1931

Beach and garden suits from Liberty, 1931
On the left, a pyjama suit of Japanese silk enriched with stencilling and on the right, a three-piece outfit also in Japanese silk. Date: 1931

Beach suits of shantung and crepe
Extremely clever beach suits from Marshall and Snelgrove of Oxford Street. The ensemble on the left is a study in plain and printed shantung; the waistcoat strikes a new note

Pyjama suits at the Venice Lido, 1926
Mrs. Forster, Mr George Thomas and Mrs. Emery at the Venice Lido, all wearing very fetching and rather flamboyant pyjamas suits, the de rigeur wear for the Lido. Date: 1926

Lunch at Taverna of the Excelsior Palace Hotel, Venice Lido
Impression of the Taverna restaurant, part of the huge Excelsior Palace Hotel on the beach at the Venice Lido. Diners rarely dressed for lunch

Mrs Satterthwaite at Eden Roc
Phyllis Helen Satterthwaite (nÚÑáCarr; 1886 1962) female tennis player from Great Britain who was active from the early 1910s until the late 1930s

Suzanne Lenglen at the Venice Lido, 1926
Tennis champion Suzanne Lenglen pictured at the Venice Lido beach wearing orange pyjamas and carrying a parasol. Date: 1926

Clothes for punting and picnics 1931
A variety of outfits ideal for summer days messing about on the river or enjoying a smart riverside club in the home counties

Beach pyjamas, 1931
Yellow, white and blue spots on a green background make the attractive pyjama suit on the left from Marshall and Snelgrove

Countess Barbara Haugwitz-Reventlow (Barbara Hutton), 1938
Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow, formerly Miss Barbara Hutton (1912-76) pictured at the fashionable Venice Lido in 1938 wearing a Chinese style pyjamas

Lido fashions for sunning and swimming
Beach ensembles for the fashionable Venice Lido. On the left is a pyjama suit of stockinette in blue and white with a coat in a modern design

Beach Pyjama Suit by Zyot and Cie, Summer 1931. 1931

Pyjamas at Juan les Pins - the French Riviera
A group of women dressed fashionably in beach pyjamas at the resort of Juan-les-Pins on the French Riviera in the early 1930s

White stretch towelling cat suit
Sixties nightwear: a white stretch towelling cat suit trimmed with green, at Neatawear. Date: 1966

Why, I ve known him since he was so high by Merlin Enabnit
Brunette pin up girl by Merlin Enabnit (1903-1979) dressed in a satin pyjama suit. Enabnit was born in Des Moines, Iowa and was a successful commercial artist

Amateur theatre performance, The Pyjama Game. Date: circa 1980s

An Original Boudoir Pyjama
Advertisement for a womens three-piece cr갥 -de-Chine pyjama suit by Marshall and Snelgrove of Verre Street and Oxford Street, London. 1928

Aertex pyjamas
Woman wearing aertex pyjamas, made from artificial silk and cotton. 1927

Fashion advice in The Sphere
The Spheres womens section offers a range of ࠬ a mode style tips: the woman in the top-left has visited Mrs. Adairs salon on Bond Street; the woman in the top-right has used Swedish rubaway in

Beach pyjamas from Swan and Edgar
A nautical chic pyjama outfit for the beach from Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly. The trousers are blue and the corsage portion white striped with blue. Date: 1933

Sun Suits 1931
Three holiday outfits for making the most of the sun in 1931. Top is a Jack Tar model in scarlet and white with a matching cap

Pyjama suits from Gamages, 1931
Beach and garden suits from Gamages of Holborn. The model on the left is carried out in a new sunblind material and consists of five pieces

Our Boys Clothing Company, male nightwear
Our Boys Clothing Company presents nightwear for men, features: Nightshirts (figures 3071 & 3072) Pyjama suits (figures 3073, 3074 & 3075) c.1895

Pyjama Suit 1930
Pyjama costume in a patterned satin with separate sleeves that have large hanging sections in a darker colour. A pagoda hat with a tassel completes the outfit. Date: 1930

Pyjama suit with wide brimmed hat, 1931
An elegant pyjama suit, a new fashion phenomenon in the early 1930s, featuring wide legged trousers, an easy jacket over a vest top, finished with a wide brimmed sun hat. Date: 1931

Beach pyjamas, 1931
A beach pyjama outfit, a new fashion phenomenon in the early 1930s to be worn at leisure or on holiday. The outfit comprised of wide legged trousers in easy flowing fabric such as jersey

Fur trimmed pyjama suit, 1931
A flamboyant pyjamas suit for the evening with the wide legged trousers trimmed with repetitive lines of fur down to the hem. Date: 1931

Nautical style beach pyjamas, 1931
Beach pyjamas, a new fashion phenomenon in 1931 consisting of wide-legged pants worn with a matching or complementing top (vest, halter neck or bolero)

Painting showing the Lure of the Lido, 1927
A scene from the Turkish bar at the Excelsior Hotel, the Lido, Venice, 1927 Date: 1927

Fashions at the Lido, Venice, 1927 including a pyjama suit 1927

The Tatler Xmas no. 1929 front cover by Lewis Baumer
Front cover illustration by Lewis Baumer for The Tatler Christmas Number 1929 depicting a young woman dressed in a kimono or dressing gown and pyjama suit smoking from a cigarette holder

Girl in a Pyjama Suit
A girl wearing a floral pyjama trouser suit poses on the deck of the Velma houseboat. Date: early 1930s

Victorian men in pyjamas
Repeating Pattern - Victorian men in pyjamas. *PLEASE NOTE that the magnifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Poroderma africanum
Ff. 249. Pencil sketch by George Forster made during Captain James Cooks second voyage to explore the southern continent (1772-75)

Pyjama fashion at the Lido
A cheery group of models at a pyjama and bathing-dress parade of Paris and Italian fashion houses held at the Venetian Lido in 1927. Date: 1927

Fashionable young lady in an outfit by Molyneux
Fashionable young lady dressed for the lido in a pyjama-style outfit by Molyneux, with a printed silk fabric for the top, and smooth pink crepe for the trousers. 1924

For the Modern Sun Worshipper by Gordon Conway
A suggestion for a beach pyjama suit worn with a camisole top and a wide brimmed sun hat

Cocktail Bar 1932
Miss Kathryn Carver seen with Mr Curtis Moffat in the attractive bar of the latters house. Mss Carver, a film actress, is wearing satin pyjamas & a short coattee

A Tatler fashion for July by Gordon Conway
Riviera-influenced fashion illustration by Gordon Conway depicting a pyjama suit with a large floppy hat for wearing on the beach

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