Accessories Collection (page 13)

20S Hat Selection 1929
Designer hats: yellow felt cloche with irregular brim, black capeline with chevron hatband, beaded helmet, a broad brimmed picture hat & a hat with an assymetric brim

Hats / Au Louvre 1932
A stylish selection of womens hats including many brimless designs, plus a several floral & bow ornaments to accessorise them

Schiaparelli Hats 1938
Two hat designs by the eccentric and inventive Elsa Schiaparelli (Sciaparelli). One has a large pink hat-band, the other a short black veil

Hat Styles for 1787
Hats profusely ornamented with feathers, bows, ribbons & flowers. Stripes are very much in vogue. Some have broad flat brims, others have a brim that tapers outwards & downwards

Shoes by Lotus 1938
Hand-fashioned Spring shoes for women by Lotus: a high heeled suede court shoe, a shoe with punched out designs & two styles of heeled lace- up

MENs SHOES 1908
An example of a front lacing shoe & boot with a contrasting upper which may be composed of canvas

New Shoes for Cinders
Cinderella is given the most precious of all gifts in war- time France - a pair of new shoes (well lace-up boots)!

Shoes of C15
English footwear: a pair of Piked or Copped shoes, also called Poulaines or Cracowes ; a pair of late C15th leather pattens

Girl Hides Behind a Fan
A shy young woman hides her mouth and lower face behind a fan which is ornamented with a design incorporating foliage, berries & flowers. Date: 1880s

Ermine Stole, Scarf, Hat
A young woman wears an ermine muff, hat and scarf to keep out the winter chills while out foraging for fir tree branches to decorate her home at Christmas

Sockette Fashion 1929
The sockette fashion and some of its exponents demonstrate that there are those who can get away with it and others, who sadly, cannot!

Vibrant Floral Shawl
A bold multi-coloured shawl with a deep fringed border & an orientally inspired floral print possibly based on Chinese embroidery popular at the time

Vogue for Antique Jewels
Satire on the fad for classical jewellery: a woman back from the Grand Tour is laden down with reproduction antique Roman jewellery

Yellow Dress, Black Mask
A lively girl in a yellow dress & feather trimmed hat wears a black mask to conceal her identity

Ingenious Use of a Fan
Lovers shield their faces & actions behind a large folding fan decorated with the image of a cherub within a frame of blossom

Frilly Seaside Bonnets
Three little girls at Blackpool keep their complexions fair by wearing large lacy broad brimmed bonnets which secure under the chin with a bow

Fur Accessories 1915
Stylish tunic dresses: either a narrow tubular under-skirt & flaring tunic or slightly flared skirt with assymetrical tunic worn with fur stoles, flat muffs, Louis heel boots

Felt Hat by Lanvin 1924
A felt hat by Jeanne Lanvin

Picture Hat
Ascot hat: broad brimmed straw picture hat laden with a profusion of fruit, flowers & feathers including roses, grapes & ostrich plumes & secured with a net veil

Straw Hat 1786
A young woman, " Louisa", wears a pretty straw hat with a large, soft brim & edged with lace. A pink hatband & large bow decorate the brim

Costume / Accessories / Shoe
Various styles of shoe from the Orient and the Americas

Tying an Ascot Tie 1906
How to tie the " Ascot" necktie. A step by step guide to achieving the knot. Fashionable from 1876, it was similar to the Octagon tie

Putting on Puttees
A gentleman wraps his puttees round his legs, watched by his narrow-waisted wife

VICTORIAN HAT
A Victorian style hat, worn with a boa, made poplular again in the 1940s, when so many period dramas were being made into popular films

Egyptian Veils - 3
Egyptian woman clad in the milayeh, veiled but for her eyes

Egyptian Veils - 2
Egyptian women and children of the lower classes : the women are veiled, the children are not

Egyptian Veils - 1
Ornamented black veils worn by Egyptian women. (Note that only the one on the right is depicted in full length)

She Takes Gloves
She takes her gloves from their drawer. Frenchwomen are said to put on their gloves before leaving the house unlike Englishwomen who wait till they are in the street

Parasols for 1924
A selection of parasols

Motor Accessories
Cover of catalog of automotive equipment, including kits for converting your Ford T into a sports car, delivery van or whatever you want; also bicycles and spare parts

Empire Bonnet / 1879
EMPIRE BONNET Frondeuse hat of gathered black satin, ornamented with black ostrich feathers

Mabel Green in Hat
Actress Mabel Green wearing a fabric hat with horizontally pleated crown, a brim that tapers outwards & downwards & ornamented with artifical roses

Maria-Guy Hat / Bon Ton
A hat by Maria-Guy with a very long feather, worn at an angle Date: 1913

Hat with Apples 1909
A young woman, in corset, chemise & stockings, secures her new hat - an enormous concoction with a wide brim & trimmed with 4 apples, with a large hat-pin

Hat Shop / Paris Fashions
Trying on hats in a hat shop

Some Shoes of the Period
A selection of shoes of the period

MENs & WOMENs SHOES
An advertisement for mens and womens shoes

MENs & WOMENs GLOVES
A lady tries on some gloves. An advertisement showing womens gloves with a decorative stitched cuff & a pair of mens gloves

Gentleman offers to share his umbrella -ella -ella
A polite gentleman kindly offers to share his umbrella with some young ladies who are in danger of getting wet

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