Bustle Collection

Women outdoors 1881
Two women in walking dresses at the seaside. 1881

Old Delhi street scene
A crowded, hot, dusty street in Old Delhi. A vendor stands with a large basket on his head in the centre of the crowd Date: 1987

Latest Paris Fashions 1888
Three women gossiping outside. 1888

Costume June 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886, dinner dresses with drapped swags and flower arrangements, ball dresses with long gloves and fans and traditional garden party frocks

Vegetable Market
A painting showing the hustle and bustle of a vegetable market, with customers browsing the stalls of merchants. Date: circa 1916

Epsom Traffic Jam
A sketch by John Sturgess, showing a traffic blockage on Balham Hill, encountered during a homeward journey from that year's Epsom Derby. Date: 1887

Hats for autumn
Showcasing the latest range of hats available at Gorringes. Date: 1939

Wall Street, New York
Wall Street, hub of American finance, in 1910. Date: 1910

FASHION & FLOWER BOOK
Grey patterned robe with long tight sleeves; a matching pelerine-mantelet with the lappets tied behind to form a bustle. A crucifix on a black ribbon is also worn. circa 1840

Gentlemen and lady on the Pont des Arts, 1884
After a meeting of the Institute. The Pont des Arts, 1884. Gentlemen in top hats with lady in dress decorated with ribbons and flowers. Institut de France. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V

Woman promenading in the Parc Monceau, 1886
The main avenue in the Parc Monceau, 1886. Woman in dress with lace pelerin and apron, parasol. Fashionable people riding horses, driving carriages, strolling in the gardens

Cartoon, The End of the Season (Disraeli)
Cartoon, The End of the Season -- Benjamin Disraeli (Miss Dizzy), dressed as a debutante, gets ready for the last event of the season

Dress d in a Dolly Varden, by G W Moore
Promotional music sheet for Dress d in a Dolly Varden song by G. W. Moore, showing the Dolly Varden character who appeared in Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge in 1841

Paris Spring fashions 1874
Parisian women wearing the latest fashionable dresses for the races. 1874

Vain woman at a mirror on a comic greetings card with verse. Date: circa 1870s

Advert, Health Braided Wire Bustles, October 1888. 1888

The Graphic front cover - return of the bustle
The latest fashions from Paris in 1928 ironically cast a shadow on the wall that echoes the bustle silhouette of 1870s fashions. 1928

Advert for International Fur Store 1886
Fashionable sketches for the winter season for International Fur Store. Date: 1886

Girls afternoon frocks 1886
Summer wear for girls outdoor clothing, with box-plaited skirts and smart high collar jackets Date: 1886

A Victorian woman
A late-Victorian woman wearing a bustle. An illustration from the Sketch magazine. Date: 1894

Outdoor costumes for 1888
Advertisement for Peter Robinson, department store in London, showing fashionable ladies clothing and petite accessories from mid to late 1880s. Date: circa 1888

Advert for Copland & Lye womens dresses 1887
Latest styles in Victorian plain bustle dresses for outdoor, dinner and evening, available from Copland & Lye, Caledonian House, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. Date: 1887

Three women wearing the latest tailor-made outdoor wear frocks Date: 1886

Fashions for April 1870
Entering the spring fashions of the early 1870s, paletots and waistcoats in the place of bodies, especially for dinner and afternoon events. Date: April 1870

Fashions for June 1870
Summer fashions, for outdoor wear, jacket bodies with large pagoda-sleeves. Date: June 1870

Thanksgiving Date: 1941

Fashions for New Year 1870
New Year fashion for women. Date: January 1870

FEMALE TYPE / BEIGE DRESS
A fashionable young woman in a beige dress. Date: 1870

BUSTLE AT COVENT GARDEN
The bustling scene at Covent Garden market, London, as the wagons arrive in the early hours of the morning with fruit and vegetables from the country Date: 1870

SMITHFIELD MARKET
Horses and carriages and the general hustle and bustle outside Smithfield meat market. Date: circa 1900

Fashion for May 1870
Fashionable women from early 1870. Date: May 1870

Fashion for March 1870
Entering the spring fashions of the early 1870s, four women wearing visiting costumes. Date: March 1870

GREENWICH FAIR / SIDESHOW
Visitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the Surprisingly Corpulent Female. Date: 1839

Spring fashions 1873
Selection of fashionable womens dresses for 1873. Date: 1873

Cows in Jaipur street, India
Cows and calves lie in the road of a busy shopping street in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, as a mother walks past with her children. A small boy looks back at the camera Date: 1987

Victorian women 1874
Advert for D. Nicholson & Company in St Pauls Churchyard corner of Cheapside London, selection of elegant women and young girls wearing silk dresses for September 1874. 1874

Woman in Pink Dress / 1869
A pink dress representative of the style of about 1869 - 1870. Viewed from the side the polonaise & overskirt are clearly visible

Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse
Promotional postcard for Hobsons Choice by Harold Brighouse. First produced in England at the Apollo Theatre, 22nd June 1916. The story is set in Salford in 1880

Lilac & Black Dress 1870
Black & lilac polonaise: double-breased jacket bodice with revers, under-skirt with broad, single flounce. The over-skirt is arranged to produce an apron front

Central London 1930S
The hustle and bustle of city life, captured outside the Bank of England, central London

Evening Dresses C. 1875
Pale blue gown with a princess line bodice, white lace bertha & tunic adorned with garlands of roses. Rear view of a blue gown shows the drapery & train

Costume April 1881
French woman wearing a floral dress with bustle. Date: 1881

Advert for Canfields folding bustles 1889
Light weight frame bustle that folds. Date: 1889

Advert for American Braided Wire bustles 1887
Popular dress improvers, light, flexible, strong, durable and perfect, MYRA pattern braided wire bustle, trade mark on all goods. Date: 1887

Mohammed-El-Worde Mosque in Cairo, Egypt
Bustling street in Cairo with the Mohammed-El-Worde Mosque in the background, Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Advert for International Fur Store 1888
Fur-lined coat with bustle, jacket bodice with high round collar. 1888

Bustle Street, Isesakicho, Yokohama, Japan, with pedestrians and traffic. Date: circa 1910s

Evening Dress 1889
Countess Cadogan in a decollete evening gown with deep V neckline, pointed bodice, box-pleated skirt & a cascade of drapery at the back. Date: 1889

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