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Stiebel / Crepe Day DressFashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-76) for a blue marida crepe dress. Fullness is drawn round back in slight bustle. Dress set off by white guipure lace collar
Fashions November 1875Lace-edged mantle with tails; blue & grey dress with lattice trim, cape & over-skirts tied at the side over a trained skirt; girl in tunic with epaulettes & horizontal pleats
History of Fashion 1876Change in silhouette: the bustle has slipped, bodice is elongated, the skirt is tightly swathed at the front & has a long train. Dresses of 2 colours are fashionable
Gown with Frills / RochasBackless, black velvet, halter neck evening gown by Rochas with a bustle effect created by a cascade of organdie frills descending from beneath a large bow at the back
Monstrosities of 1819-20A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars, the Nelson bustle, huge headgear & profusely adorned hemlines
London Shoppers 1930Crowds of smart shoppers, mostly wearing hats, going about their business in a central London street
Piccadilly 1950SThe hustle and bustle of central London, around the entrance to Piccadilly Circus underground station, with remarkably few cars about
Greenwich Fair / SideshowVisitors to Greenwich Fair enjoy the hustle and bustle of the sideshows, including the " Surprisingly Corpulent Female"
Blue & White Dress 1875Blue & white dress with low, square neckline & jacket bodice, under-skirt composed of lace flounces & puffings, the over-skirt arranged over a bustle or crinolette
BUSTLECanfields Bustle for the Million : a spring enables it to fold when the wearer is sitting or lying down, resuming its proper position when she rises
Quilted Red Dress 1868Green & white polonaise dress with 3 skirts & ornamented with rouleaux, flounces & bows. Red quilted dress with polonaise & double skirt. Girl wears a black mantle with cape
Grecian Bend 1868Grecian Bend: Walking dress of short skirt with single flounce & an over-skirt looped up the sides to produce an apron front & puffed out behind. Ruched trim is used
Social / Regent St 1930The hustle and bustle of 1930s central London, with traffic at a virtual standstill on Regent Street
Lawn Tennis / Punch / 1883Punch looks back at 50 years of tennis. Date: 1876
Mrs Marian / DowneyMRS MARIAN Actress
French ExtravaganceThe ladys bustle is big enough for someone to ride pillion; her elegant companion might admire her hat, but his eyes are on her prominently projecting bosom
Abbe and Housemaid 1780A French Abbe, whose mind should be on higher things, takes a close interest in a servant girl who wears a sack-back gown hitched up to form a bustle/polanaise
Fashions / Toudouze 1875Jacket bodices with stand-up collars in grey & black - front buttoning & with pocket flaps or sleeveless in brown with a pink plaid under-dress & elaborate trained skirt
Paris Fashions for 1874Dresses with single, trained skirts with tablier fronts in 2 colours. Ruffs are worn. The polonaise is replaced by a basque on a jacket bodice or a large sash tied over a bustle
Satire on Fashions 1869A satire on the fashions of the day include flashy, tight trousers & fancy broad shouldered jackets. The polonaise, short skirts, panniers & false hair of the ladies are also mocked
Costume July 1869Purple polonaise worn over a habit-shirt; white & gold polonaise with triple skirt & open tunic. Girl: triple skirt, over-skirt hitched up at the back with a sash bow
Racial / India / Bigwig 1860Indian Nawab (bigwig) relaxing in his chair, smoking a hookah while others bustle around him
Evening Wear 1939Evening gowns by Balenciaga (with a bustle) and Alix (very thin spaghetti straps)
Metro, Place ClichyMetro travellers emerge from the station into the bustle of Place Clichy
Treasure Isle / Jim SpiesJim Hawkins spies on the pirates: " I lay for some time watching the bustle which succeeded the attack."
Costume / 1887 TuileriesBlack mantle with jet fringe & passementerie, high crowned hats, checked jacket bodice, skirt & tunic, wing collar & cravat. Girl: jacket with roll collar, dress with box-pleats
Eliot / Daniel DerondaDaniel takes Mirahs hand by the window
Garden Party / July / CasselLadies converse at a garden party in the grounds of a stately home held in July
Female Type / Demure C1890Victorian woman in outdoor dress