Bra Collection

Pin-Up Girl by David Wright
Pin-up Girl by David Wright, showing a woman in bra, petticoat and evening gloves looking at her reflection in a hand mirror

Bra - vo by David Wright
Bra-vo by David Wright, showing a blonde model holding her bra. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Advert for J. Roussel underwear 1949
A blonde bombshell model wears a rather elaborate creation. Date: 1949

Underwear for 1962 drawn by Barbara Hulanicki
A lycra girdle with tapering side sections and black lace front panel on the right, and a black lace bra mounted on white both by Lily of France and excellent for magically transforming the figure

David Wright pin-up
Red-headed woman in black underwear with bra straps slipping seductively down her shoulders. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour

Advertisement for the Kestos Backless Brassiere 1935
Advertisement for the Kestos Backless Brassiere

Comic postcard, Woman in expensive underwear chats to cleaning lady Date: 20th century

Peter Hatch design - Lido bar by The Lovable Company Ltd
Peter Hatch design packaging - Lido bar by The Lovable Company Ltd. - Original packaging late 1960s Date: late 1960s

Peter Hatch design - Jonquil bra by The Lovable Company Ltd
Peter Hatch design packaging - Jonquil bra by The Lovable Company Ltd. - Original packaging late 1960s Date: late 1960s

Modelling underwear - girdle with suspenders and conical bra. The live modelling of underwear was very unusual at this stage, so this shoot (and other contenporary shoots) were quite ground-breaking

Comic postcard, Woman in underwear, trying on new hat Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Couple getting dressed Date: 20th century

Lola Jensen, American actress
Lola Jensen (1919-2001), American actress. 1939

Cinema advertisement for Unity Brand corsetry, early 1900s

Advertisement for women's criss-crossed front panel bra and girdle. Date: 1954

Comic postcard, Couple outside brasserie Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Washing line of clothes in a garden Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Drunken man with bottle - We re all going Bang on the Bust! Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Two women chatting in a bedroom Date: 20th century
humorous, fun, funny, comic, card, postcard, british, young, woman, women, home, domestic, bedroom, room, boudoir, brushing, hair, dressing, table, o, kay, okay, lying, bed, mirror, underwear, bra

Comic postcard, Young woman in gas mask, WW2. The all clears gone, Miss! Peace with very little on er! Date: 1940s

Comic postcard, cow and bull - your brassiere, I think? Date: 20th century

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove brassiere 1937
Woman modelling the new Gothic, with its fashionable bust-line. 1937

Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - Back to the Cave... as shapely as Eve. 1971

BRA SKIER
A rash young woman braves the ski slopes wearing just her bra and slacks! Date: 1960s

Micro Bikini Top 1950S
A fresh faced model with chestnut curls and a beaming smile adjusts the narrow spaghetti straps to her red & white polka dot bikini top which she wears with shorts

Comic postcard, Mother and son in department store Date: 20th century

Advertisement for Felco equalising and adjuster sling. 1947

Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - Undies to be seen - Back to the caves or as glamorous as Eve. 1971

The perennial difficulty of getting changed on the beach when one only has a small wicker handbag and an unhelpful husband for assistance in preserving ones modesty... Date: circa 1950s

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

Advert for J. Roussel lingerie 1939
Personally for you. A belt by J. Roussel gives you the feeling of slimness and freedom. The Roussel method of expert individul consideration given to each figure control problem

Advert for Maiden Form bra with uplift 1936
For lovely rounded uplift support. Inter-lude. To accomplish a lovely classic roundness of contour, Maiden Form creates Inter-lude brassieres which - by semi-circular stitching - give firm uplift

Advert for Kayser Bondor undergarments & nightdresses 1953
Kayser Bondor, 7 steps to loveliness at prices you can afford. 1953

De we Corset & Bra 1950S
A young woman with a ponytail models a corset belt with suspenders & a matching brassiere

Underwear 1928
A lady sits negligently in her undies - bra, French drawers or knickers and stockings

Labrador dog cuddling up to baby guinea pigs
A labrador dog cuddling up to three baby guinea pigs -- their mother had died when they were born, so they were being kept warm in a nice padded bra. (2 of 3) Date: circa 1970s

Woman with labrador dog and bra full of guinea pigs
Woman with labrador dog and bra full of three baby guinea pigs -- their mother had died when they were born, so the woman and her dog devised this ingenious way of taking care of them

Soho, London - window display of lingerie. 1973

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1912
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure, and also a bra with uplift and fastener to the front. Date: 1912

Advert for Madame Bellanger corsetmarker 1911
Advertisement for Madame Bellanger, Edwardian women wearing long-line corsets, with straight-front giving no curving to the figure, and also a bra with uplift and fastener to the front. Date: 1911

Advert for Kestos lingerie 1938
You can t have line till you wear Kestos. Date: 1938

Advert for Kestos lingerie for sport 1933
Advert for a brassiere for sport activities. Kestos gives her comfort and allows her complete freedom of movement. Date: 1933

Advertisement for Felco products. 1946

Estelle Lingerie Glamour Wear - Backless Bra, Easy Tights. 1971

Young lady strolling confidently along, swinging her handbag Date: circa 1950s

What People Are Wearing Underneath - Front page
Model wearing a flowery bra and girdle - two tones of pink on navy, with purple crepon shirt by John Craig. Date: 1966

Bra d Eau National Park forest is a typical habitat of Mascarene Paradise Flycatcher black basalt indicates an ancient lava flows June North of Mauritius

Night and Day fashions
Night and day fashions from the 1960s. From left to right: A Debenham & Freebody empire line nylon nightdress in which a 15 denier in the colours shown is mounted over a toning 30

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