Ankle Gallery

Black teenage girl touching and kneeling in the snow in Nott

Nottingham. Black teenage girl touching and kneeling in the snow on the pavement. Girl in thick knitted cardigan and white ankle jeans. Long brick wall with tall trees, left of picture. Date: 1960s

© The British Caribbean History Collection / Mary Evans

1960s, 60s, Ankle, Black, Brick, Cardigan, Girl, Jeans, Kneeling, Knitted, Left, Long, Nottingham, Pavement, Picture, Sixties, Snow, Tall, Teenage, Thick, Touching, Trees, Wall, White

Advert for Burberry weatherproof top-coats and suits 1913

Showing a man wearing a trilby hat, striped single breasted lounge suit for daytime function, in a wide range of materials, flannel, cashmere and tweed, narrow trousers and spats shoes. Man in weatherproof loose fitting 3/4 length 'sac'-like raincoat, to prevent over-heating in hot weather. Woman wearing a long elegant striped jacket and skirt with cape for driving, motoring and attending the race-meetings. Woman in a double buttoned full length motoring weatherproof coat, warmth can be removeable linings of silk, wool camelfleece or leather.
1913

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Three dresses by Beer, Premet and Martial et Armand

Three fashionable women wearing evening dresses. On the left, a salmon pink narrow strap tubular satin crepe casino dress with embroidered silver pearls and a green fan detail at the hip, by Beer. In the middle, a white satin crepe cap sleeve dress, with pink and silver pearls at the hem, by Premet. On the right, a pastel blue sleeveless tunic dress with silver details and foldover fastened at the hip, by Martial et Armand.
1924

© Mary Evans Picture Library