Skirts Collection (page 8)

Flower arranging 1914
A group of young women arranging flowers on a maypole tree. 1914

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1943
Pocket elegance. It is modish to stand around with a hand in your hip pocket now that the Zwow enables you to do so with elegance and ease

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray 1942
Whoever could tell ? Illustrated above are two very differnt designs made by the creators of the famous Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirt. See how stylish thay are

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated 1942
Streamlined pleated skirt. Fine quality material cleverly cut to fit closely over hips and open out to give a delightfully full skirt, having three permanised pleats front and one back. 1942

A quiet corner on Sark. A woman in a brown skirt, pink hat and matching blouse reading a book on the stony beach of the Channel Island

Romanian Women spinning
A large group of Romanian Women spinning outside a thatched cottage in their village. Date: 1910s

Romanian Villagers - Traditional costume
Romanian Villagers wearing traditional folk costume. Date: circa 1900

Advert for Peter Robinsons tailor -mades 1913
Early spring smart tailor suits. 1913

Autres Temps; Autres - Modes By Felix De Gray
This picture shows three fashionable ladies of the eighteenth century considering a group of women dressed in fashion of the 1920

Flecked tweed 1929
Specked and flecked tweed winter clothing for casual and sports wear. Date: 1929

Womens elegant afternoon dresses 1929
Women wearing elegant afternoon dresses. Date: 1929

Advert Scott Adie womens tartan skirts 1916
Advertisement for Scott Adie, a variety of tartan skirts made from the finest quality hand-woven Scotch yarn to select from. Date: 1916

Advert for Debenham & Freebody clothing sale 1917
Bargains in Debenham & Freebody. 1917

Advert for Bradleys womens clothing 1929
Models wearing end of winter sale womens clothing reading for the new season of spring wear. 1929

Japan - Dancing Girls dancing with fans in outdoor setting. Date: circa 1904

Comic postcard commenting on the length of womens skirts - " Its a funny thing, but womens skirts are looking so short that they make men look very long!" Date: 1918

Thessaloniki - Group of Bulgarians from Vardar, Macedonia. Date: circa 1905

Embroidered Postcard - Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from France
WW1 - Fantastic Embroidered Postcard depicting a French Can Can Dancer - A Kiss from France. Our lady holds aloft the corners of her skirt to reveal their decoration - the flags of the allies

Gutacher costume - South West Germany
Gutacher costume - Gutach region in south western Germany - close to the border with France. Two Sisters with their (slightly distrubingly) similar offspring. Date: circa 1910s

Gentleman not at all aghast about the Harem Skirt
" Everyone is up " in arms" against the harem skirt" ! This very contented Gentleman certainly is, although not in the way one may initially read! Date: 1912

Raising a Toast - Can Can Dancer and smart gent
Can Can Dancer (performing on a chair, somewhat precariously!) and smart gent raising a Toast ! Date: 1905

Arabian Dancers - Port Said, Egypt. Date: circa 1902

German female dance troupe striking a sculptural pose! Date: 1907

One in a Million
This girl is One in a Million! Date: 1905

Rural Russia - Villagers, including a dapper accordion player and three headscarf-wearing young ladies holding bouquets of flowers

Russian Countrywoman in traditional costume Date: 1902

Serbian women and children in traditional costume Date: circa 1910s

Parisian Lady in a Corset Skirt
The Underside of the Parisian A glamorous Parisienne wearing a fashionable corset-skirt Date: circa 1907

Portugal - Lisbon - Fish Selers
Lady Fish merchants (one displaying a rather small example!) from Lisbon Portugal, all in traditional costume of patterned aprons and wide-brimmed hats with decorative tops. Date: circa 1908

Three women go paddling at the seaside
Three women hitch up their skirts and take a paddle at the seaside c. 1910

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray skirts 1948

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1942

Clacton Pier (2)
The skirts are shorter, but otherwise little has changed from our pre-war view of the same scene - Clackton is as popular as ever ! Date: circa 1920

Satirical cartoon, Rural Sports, Balloon Hunting

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1941
The Worlds most beautiful skirts. In a variety of fabrics, worsted, authentic tartan, flannel, tweed and check. 1941

Cycling lessons - Mumbai, India
Cycling lessons for Indian Women in Mumbai, India. Date: circa 1910s

Romanian women from Campulung
A group of Romanian women from Campulung (or Cimpulung) - a city in the Arges County, Wallachia, Romania Date: circa 1905

Romania - Jewish Romanians Date: circa 1900

Romania - Rich folk of Rucar
A portrait of the Rich Class at the Port of Rucar on the Olt River, Arges County, Romania Date: 1913

Country Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy
Country ( Peasant ) Women in the Lake Maggiore Region of Italy, holding baskets of fruit they have jusat picked from the plants in the background. Date: circa 1910s

A group of Albanian men in National Costume in Montenegro Date: circa 1910s

Fashion for the evening 1895
Three women wearing enormous leg-of-mutton sleeved blouse with bulging bodice, gored skirt and tiny waist. Date: 1895

View of a ball from below
A quite remarkable and rather wonderful French postcard presenting the view of a ball as could be seen if one were looking upward through a glass floor! Date: circa 1910s

Mini Window Shopper
The dangers of bending over in a mini dress at the Summer Sales! Date: late 1960s

Shiny Mini Dress
A black model in a shiny Space Age mini dress - very Star Trek ! Date: 1967

Psychadelic Mini Dress
A colourful Pyschadelic mini dress, worn with a blue beret and white patent leather boots - So Sixties! Date: 1968

Can Can Dancers
Any " can can" girl who can " can can" can " can can" here!! Date: circa 1930s

English Woman of 1710
Hooped skirts are all very well, but this is ridiculous ! But its what fashion dictates... for the moment Date: circa 1710

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