Bodice Collection

Blue Dress / Beer 1922
Blue dress by Beer: low neckline, open to the hips at the side & worn over a grey slip. Bodice & low waistband decorated in a feather motif plus a bandeau & earrings

Fashions for a Coronation Summer, 1953
A crease-resisting nylon tulle evening dress from Marshall and Snelgrove, one of a quartette of outfits showcased by the Tatler as being perfect for the Coronation summer of 1953

Four ballerinas on a music sheet
Four ballerinas depicted on a music sheet, performing The Celebrated Pas de Quatre, composed by Jules Perrot, as danced at Her Majestys Theatre, London, on 12 July 1845

Tunisian Beauty showing plenty of front
A beautiful Tunisian Moorish woman who decided to forgo the usual lacing up of ones bodice for a more Summery open-air look... Date: circa 1909

Ice Skating Women 1899
Grey & white fur trim with wrap over jacket bodice, gored skirt decorated just below knee level. Blue costume with brown fur trim, red blouse, jacket with striped revers. Date: 1899

Woman in flapper dress 1923
Soft georgette evening gown, with cross-over bodice, edged with narrow band of self-coloured satin. Two flat panels appeared at the front and back of the skirt

Victor Stiebel / Day Dress
Design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a pink linen and silk surah summer dress. Scooped-out bodice is filled with a lilac spotted scarf & large knot tied to the belt

Anne Boleyn, Queen of England, second wife to Henry VIII 1501-1536. Depicted as she appeared in France with Mary Tudor. She wears a gable hood chaperon with hanging tail, low-cut bodice

Young woman, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Latest Paris Fashions 1888
Three women gossiping outside. 1888

David Wright woman in black evening dress
Elegant woman with red hair, wearing a black evening dress with a red flower on the bodice, and matching red material below the waist

Evening Dress / Worth 1922
Dusky pink evening gown in a bold printed fabric with a low scooped neckline revealing a sleeveless grey bodice beneath. The skirt is draped up over one hip

GIRLS FASHIONS 1847
Grey dress: corsage a caraco made to resemble a jacket & skirt. Blue dress trimmed with black rosettes: pointed waist, skirt pinned up to reveal an underskirt

Race Going Couple
A bright orange tunic dress with a narrow hobble skirt, sleeves with volans, a V neck bodice & pannier or polonaise over-skirt & a soft brimless hat with a plume

Evening Dress 1913
Exotic gown witih Chinese style tassels, a narrow draped satin skirt with train worn with an embroidered lace, square necked bodice with decorative cut under-sleeves

Egyptian Dress / Vionnet
Black dress by Madeleine Vionnet inspired by recent archaeological discoveries in Egypt: tubular long bodice with horizontal bands, gored skirt with handkerchief hem

Green Dress 1938
A short sleeved dress, with interesting bodice detail, made in green woollen jersey and worn with a matching green hat and white bow tie and wing collar. Date: 1938

Beach Dress
A perfect outfit for the seaside: sleeveless dress with fitted bodice, bow detail, 3/4 length skirt with contrasting fringing, strappy sandals, straw hat & bucket bag

Model Barbara Goalen in sheer net evening gown with corset bodice - outdoor. Date: circa 1950

Young Girls Underwear
A girl wears lace & ribbon edged cotton drawers, a chemise, a wadded bodice to keep her chest warm, socks & shoes with a bar across the instep

Fashionable woman with parasol, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle, Costumes and hairstyles of the 18th century

Woman of Schweinfurt, Bavaria, Germany, 19th century. She wears a tall hat trimmed with lace and decorated with ribbons, a white fichu tucked into a lowcut bodice and skirt in the same fabric

Costume of the women of the Kingdom of Kongo (Congo). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence

Grafton's Cotton Voile Advertisement
An illustrated advertisement for D. H. Evans & Co. Ltd, the image shows a female model, wearing a pink robe suit in Grafton cotton voile, full skirt, bodice trimmed silk buttons and silk waistband

Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, studio portrait in Oriental style dress
Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, studio portrait in Oriental style headdress, jewellery and bodice. Mrs Dubosc-Taylor, was the daughter of M

Illustration of the Helene blouse, with frilled collar
Illustration of the Helene blouse or bodice, with high, frilled collar, and front, puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895

Illustration of the Adele blouse, with high collar
Illustration of the Adele blouse or bodice, with high collar, and elaborate, ribboned puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'

Illustration of the Carmencita blouse or bodice, striped, with puff, leg o mutton sleeves and corseted waist. From a section, Our Ladies Pages: Fashions up to Date'. Date: 1895

Madame Ada Patterson, soprano, studio portrait in corseted bodice, with fur shoulders. Born in Plymouth, studied with Alfred Weekes, and later at the Royal Academy of Music with Signor Manuel Garcia

Jeanne Douste, Pianist and musical prodigy, studio portrait
Jeanne Douste, Pianist and musical prodigy (1892-?). Studio portrait, wearing pleated lace bodice. Douste began her musical career in London from around 5 years of age

Victorian scrap, woman in red Date: late 19th century

Mrs Colclough, studio fashion portraits. With description, Mrs Rex Colclough wears a magnificent dark blue cire satin gown from Idare which has a dull pink bodice and sash'

Worth designs: Grey mantle with a heavy border of fur; dress with a train, narrow straps, uneven hemline & tassels or pendant motifs on the bodice & skirt. Date: 1924

Pinafore dress with loose fitting bodice, low waist line, gathered skirt, Medici style collar & cord & tassel lacing at the sides worn over a light-weight blouse. Date: 1915

Children of London's West End. Boys: knitted jersey suits with knickerbockers. Girls: pink polonaise & sunbonnet; lilac dress with yoke, sash, gathered bodice & gigot sleeves Date: 1884

Advertisement for Peerless Velveteen fabric Date: circa 1880s

Woman in fashionable hat with feathers and ringlets, era of Marie Antoinette. Copperplate etching by Auguste Etienne Guillaumot from Costumes et coiffures du XVIIIe siecle

Costume of the Swedes in the 16th century. Illustration from Andrew Swintons Travels into Norway, Denmark and Russia, 1792

Caricature of French and English costumes, circa 1815. The small size of English ladies hats, the excessive length of their bodices and mean cut of their dresses contrast with our Parisian fashions

Caricature of English fashions in Paris, 1814. Man in flowerpot hat, women in bottle-shaped gowns. Handcoloured engraving from Pierre de la Mesangeres Le Bon Genre, Paris, 1817

Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet and dress with
Woman in vol-au-vent bonnet, scarf, dress with transparent sleeves and brodequin bootees. A strict casuist might find something reprehensible with this bodice

Noble woman in Tricolor outfit, 1789
Noble woman wearing the colours of the Tricolor revolutionary flag, 1789. She wears a blue short redingote, short floral petticoat, and carries a red parasol

Woman in the fashion of 1788
Woman in jacket of Naples blue, petticoat in Naples yellow, large fichu jabot, straw hat decorated with a large violet ribbon tied to the front of her bodice

Woman in yellow taffeta demi-redingote, 1788
Woman in canary-yellow taffeta demi-redingote, pink pointed bodice, white taffeta petticoat, and fichu. Her straw hat is decorated with ribbons and plumes

Woman of Cassano all Ionio, Cosenza, Italy, 19th century. She sells eggs from a basket, and wears a kerchief held by a pin, chemise, bodice, apron and skirts decorated with gold braid and embroidery

Fisherwoman of Bordeaux, France, 19th century. She wears a tall bonnet of fine organdy cotton for special occasions, bodice with openings at the waist to reveal the chemise, fichu, apron

Peasant girl of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century
Peasant girl of the environs of Wurtzburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. The headband covers the elegance of the bonnet, and the fichu is bunched up around the throat

Servant woman of Coburg, Franconia, Germany, 19th century. She wears an embroidered cap, laced bodice, fichu, and pleated petticoats, and carries a bucket of water

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