Waist Collection (#3)

Boeing B-17 waist gunner

The chain of Union
Members of a lodge link together to form a chain of union. One arm is placed on a neighbours waist whilst the hand is left free to tap the other neighbour three times on the shoulder

Lady in historical costume on a swing on a greetings card
Lady in historical costume sitting on a swing on a greetings card - Glad Greetings. Date: circa 1900s

Woman with red hearts on a Valentine postcard -- My Valentine think of me. Date: circa 1890s

Advert for N D Eynede Paris corsetmarker 1909
Women wearing elegant corsets with drawstrings to the back to bring in the waist with lace edging. 1909

Edwardian theatre and dining clothing 1905
Women wearing elegant evening gowns, square and v-necklines, short puff sleeves, trimmings of lace embroidery and hair worn high with floral and feathered plumes. Date: 1905

Advert for Le Magda womens corsets 1910
French young women wearing elegant corsets with lace and ribbons. 1910

Women wearing tailored dresses 1954
Women wearing tailored dresses with high and stand up collar. 1954

Advert for John Barker womens underwear 1911
Models wearing slender fitted corsets with straight-front giving no curving to the figure. 1911

Two women wearing evening dresses 1904
Two Edwardian women wearing evening clothing with bell shaped skirts, narrow waists and frills. 1904

Girls Overcoat 1930S
The new Spring coats for children are tailored at the waist and have full, flared waists. This little girl wears a becoming double-breasted coat with a scarf collar. Date: early 1930s

Advert for Dickins - Jones corsets 1909
The Specialite Guninea corset, available from Dickins & Jones, is ideal for slight figures. It promises not to cause undue pressure to the respiratory organs. 1909

Wedding Dress 1899
Unadorned trained skirt, floor length veil, gauged yoke, double flounce descending from the shoulders to the waist, high collar & long, knuckle length sleeves. Date: 1899

Wartime underwear article, Britannia and Eve magazine, 1940
Page from Britannia and Eve magazine, September 1940, reporting on various types of foundation garments to ensure a controlled figure under clothing

Dress and matching coat by Norman Hartnell
A dress and matching coat by Norman Hartnell who follows the vogue for diaphanous fabrics by using mushroom silk organza. The dress has a deep V neckline

American ladies coat fashion 1924
Collection of 1920s American coats, from a clothing catalogue. Date: 1924

Greek style toga dress 1922
Greek style toga dress, tied with a rope around the waist. Date: 1922

Barbara Goalen modelling a Marshall & Snelgrove coat
Quintessential 1950s model, Barbara Goalen, modelling a a black coat, line with a red and white Ascher print (which, when detatched, itself makes a coat or a dress) is worn over a plain

Evening Dress 1890S
Short puffed sleeves, lace- edged falling tucker, bodice with round waist, cuffs, bodice & waistband ornamented with bead work. She holds an ostrich plume fan open. Date: 1890s

Marlene Dietrich, 1933
Photograph showing Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992) in a flannel suit with a waist coat, teamed with a bere, 1933. Marlene Dietrich

Evening Dress / Photo 1890
Bodice with natural waist level defined by a scarf, deep V neckline, shoulder straps descending in pleats to a point at the waist, soft short sleeves & roses worn at the bosom

Green Dress Early 1850S
Possibly evening dress: 3 scallop edged, embroidered flounces, stomacher corsage trimmed with bows in imitation of echelles & a square neckline. (possibly a Watteau body)

Dinner Dress 1913
Sprigged print robe by Doucet based on classical drapery: V -neck bodice with fill-in, dolman sleeves, tunic draped from a high waist, trained tango style skirt

Monkey Fur Coat 1922
A barrel-line coat trimmed with monkey fur has a low waist, pouched bodice, high stand collar & large bow detail at hip level worn with a broad brimmed hat

Miss Dance, actress of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London. circa 1810s

Advert for John Barker & Co, lace slips 1906
Charming hand-made Paris colour or white guipure and Valencienne lace slip, lined throughout with chiffon, suitable for evening wear and theatre. 1906

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove womens clothing 1906
Two elegant aspects of the evening corsage. 1906

Clothing and hats for womens spring wear 1913
Three very smart models wearing the latest spring clothing and hats Date: 1913

Costume for April 1913
Three effective spring womens clothing. (Left), wrap-around afternoon frock, black Liberty satin contrast is obtained with gold embroidered brocade of the blouse-jacket, finished with tassels

Advert for Gorringes womens frocks 1927
Inexpensive womens frocks just below the knee with drop waists. 1927

Models wearing elegant gowns 1912
Three women models wearing dainty toque hats and elegant gowns. 1912

Evening dresses and some quaint coiffes 1913
Women models wearing beautiful pre-war high waist evening frocks. 1913

Advert for Harness Electric Battery Belt 1884
Harness Electric Battery Belt, claiming the most effectual remedy for rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, deafness, headache, paralyss, nervous debility and other nervous muscular and functional maladies

Womens fashion for February 1913
Women models wearing the latest fashionable clothing from Paris, with velvets and silk hats with additions of bird of paradise plumes and a floral designs

Newest evening tunics 1913
Women models wearing attractive evening frocks. 1913

University Exerciser and Reducer advertisement
Advertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste! May Fortescue (1859-1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager

Misfitz Dolls - Dolly. early 20th century

English Ballet Dancer. 19th century

The Four Seasons, Spring, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun in the park, playing hoops, climbing trees and playing rounders. 1902

Advert for D. H Evans girls school uniforms 1915
Double and single breasted school overcoats with wrap around belts. 1915

Beauty and the Beast 1912
Front cover of Femina magazine, showing an elegant women wearing cartwheel hat, white cotton dress with high waist, sash belt, pleated yoke, and embroidered hem, with white elbow length gloves

Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), Duchess of Clarence, wife of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. When her husband became King William IV, she became Queen Adelaide (reigned 1830-1849)

Three young women in cycling fashions
Three young women in the latest cycling fashions. 1898

Two women in walking dresses, Kensington Gardens
Two women in walking dresses, as seen in Kensington Gardens, London, June 1806. 1806

Woman in a Georgian style dress -- designed at the fair of Saint Gorgon, near Rouen, France. circa 1830

Three women in Georgian style costume. 1815

Woman in Georgian style costume. 1816

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