Chic Collection (page 7)

Fashionable lady buying bed socks in a Chic Boutique
Fashionable lady buying bed socks, egg-cosies and other trifling items in a Chic Fashion Boutique. Date: 1923

Beach pyjamas from Swan and Edgar
A nautical chic pyjama outfit for the beach from Swan and Edgar of Piccadilly. The trousers are blue and the corsage portion white striped with blue. Date: 1933

Washing suit suitable for deck wear on a cruise
A practical and natty little washing suit of white pique that is eminently suitable for deck wear. The short coat fastens with a diagonal line and has a scarf-tie adn belt in red, white and blue

Three piece for the promenade deck
A suggested outfit for a cruising holiday comprising a striking three-piece suit for the promenade deck with skirt and lining of the long white corduroy coat in striped green and white silk

Deck or beach suit for holidays or cruises, 1932
A deck or beach suit from Marshall and Snelgrove consisting of a becoming cap and practical shoes. Date: 1932

Outfit for beach and deck wear
Smart, tailored shorts outfit from Harvey Nichols, suitable for beach and deck wear comprising of shorts in an off white shade, whilst the jacket and coat are of polka dot navy

Smart suit from Jenners for cruise wear
A smart suit, appropriate for deck as for shore wear, in uncrushable linen from Jenners of Edinburgh. The skirt is cut on fitting lines with godet pleats while a high neckline

The New Fast Bowler by Douglas Wales
Beautifully composed illustration of a woman wearing a striking blue outfit, including a glengarry style bowler hat with a curling ostrich feather. Date: 1931

Molyneux outfit, 1937
An outfit of beige and black stripes accentuate the chic of this woollen dress and three quarter length coat by Edward Molyneux. Date: 1937

Sun Suits 1931
Three holiday outfits for making the most of the sun in 1931. Top is a Jack Tar model in scarlet and white with a matching cap

Outfits for travelling north to the grouse moors
Chic women at a railway station (probably Kings Cross) all set to travel north to the moors to indulge in a spot of grouse shooting. Date: 1926

Jaeger advertisement 1931
Advertisement for Jaeger coats urging potential customers to dash round to Jaeger, to, abduct a gladdening coat. Date: 1931

Sketch cover - Lord & Lady Cavendish at Eden Roc
Lord Charles Cavendish, 2nd son of the 9th Duke of Devonshire with his wife Lady Charles Cavendish, the former Adele Astaire, sister and dancing partner of Fred

Cruising fashion 1935
An outfit of shorts, blouses with sun back, coat and hat all in matching spotted blue and white crease resisting linen. The lifebelt is really a bag which is most capacious

Mrs Reginald Fellowes - Bystander front cover
Daisy Fellowes (nee Margeurite Severine Philippine Decazes de Glucksbierg (1890-1962), celebrated society figure, acclaimed beauty, novelist, poet, editor in chief of French Harpers Bazaar magazine

Cartoon, Victim of food. A young French woman is being courted by a baron, but her mother has made her promise to flirt only with the dairymans son. Date: 1919

LADYs SKIWEAR 1929
A chic lady skier wears a brown outfit, with a pink and white scarf for warmth. Date: 1929

Powdering before taking plunge in swimming pool
A member of the cast of the Paramount film, The Garden of Weeds, powders her face before taking part in a bathing party scene

Linen dress from Harrods, 1965
Navy linen dress frogged with vivid scarlet braid from a selection of gay young American dresses at Harrods. Date: 1965

Courreges fashion, 1961
Three outfits by Courreges from 1961. From left (1) coat of double-sided cloth (tan reversing to white) featuring chopped off sleeves, horizontal welt seaming, dropped shoulder line

Polly Peck wool dress modelled by Jean Shrimpton 1961
Pale oatmeal wool dress with an inserted cummerbund of ocelot-printed kid, shortened bolero and long tight sleeves. The slim skirt widens to a fluted hemline

Pringle fashion 1965
A model wearing cashmere knitwear by Pringle of Scotland, the classic knitwear brand. The intarsia-patterned sleeveless sweater in pineapple and white is teamed with a classic pineapple cardigan

Tatler front cover - Paris Collections - 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model covering herself with an Ascher scarf in red, white and blue. Date: 1965

Susan Small advertisement 1965
Advertisement for the fashion house, Susan Small, featuring a model wearing a dress and jacket in fine worsted twill with a scarf tied around her neck. Date: 1965

Tatler front cover - Country Looks - 1965
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a braid-edged wool suit that reverses completely skirt and all to baize green, all from Wetherall

John Cavanagh day dress, 1965
A day dress of navy blue wool georgette, gently bloused over a finely pleated skirt, a single pink rose below its white pique collar. Worn with a close-fitting cloche in navy straw by Reed Crawford

Terylene advertisement, 1965
Advertisement for Terylene polyester fibre featuring a model with bobbed hair wearing a pink and white striped blouse. Date: 1965

Reldan Digby Morton tweed suit, 1965
An Edwardian style suit in oatmeal tweed with patch pockets below a high waistline designed by Reldan/Digby Morton. Burnt sugar straw boater by Moriot. Date: 1965

Frank Cooney coat, Otto Lucas hat, 1965
A feline coat which is leopard print on sheared kidskin from Frank Cooney, worn with a black leather helmet with long, jersey scarf ends by Otto Lucas. Date: 1965

Parisian fashion accessories - hats, belts, gloves, shoes, 1
The Bric-a-brac of chic - Parisian fashion accessories - hats, belts, gloves, shoes, 1927 1927

Cartoon, There will be a party, WW1
Cartoon, There will be a party! A woman prepares for the Christmas festivities, with a picture of her absent soldier husband at the centre of the fireplace display. Date: 1915

Cartoon, the Christmas parcel, WW1
Cartoon, the Christmas parcel. A woman writes a note to go with her Christmas parcel to her husband, away fighting at the Front

The fascinating Fez, circa 1941
A woman models a knitted swathed fez, decorated with a bunch of flowers, circa 1941. Date: c. 1941

Ladies fashion, circa 1941
Two stylish women meet for afternoon tea, both wearing a smart knitted two piece. Date: c. 1941

Paris, France - Les Grands boulevards. Date: 1853

Paris, France - Rue Castiglione et la Place Vendome. Date: 1829

Paris, France - Rue Castiglione. Date: 1850

Tatler cover - Lady in riding breeches, Rotten Row
Front cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a photograph of a young woman in Rotten Row, the famous and fashionable riding thoroughfare in Londons Hyde Park

Tatler fashion section, 1915
Frontispiece of the fashion section, reviewing the coming summer fashions for 1915 in the Tatler magazine and featuring two elegantly dressed ladies posed with a borzoi dog. Date: 1915

Gooch hat, WWI
A lady checks her reflection in a compact mirror and powders her nose while wearing a black panne hat embellished with an osprey feather by Gooch. Date: 1915

1927 A. D. - 1920s society
Illustration showing stylish and fashionable society at a smart hotel in 1927. Date: 1927

Tea Time in silhouette
Two chic women of the 1920s enjoy a gossip over a cup of tea and a cigarette in a tea shop. Date: 1926

Hebe in Society by Teddy
The vogue of the cocktail party at its height in 1928. A chic woman in a short pink dress dishes out drinks to two male guests in evening dress. Date: 1928

Advert for Revelation travel wardrobe 1937
Gifts by Revelation. A range of Revelation suitcases, from holders for your bottles of creams and lotions. To a travel case to hang your dresses straight from your wardrobe into your Rev-Robe with no

Maternity fashion, 1963
A navy lawn maternity dress frosted around the hem and across the yoke with snow white broderie anglais from Harvey Nichols. Date: 1963

Yves St Laurent coat and hat
A party-going coat in thick, chalk-white matelasse, narrow cut with a fleeting width at the hem from Yves Saint Laurent Boutique

Ballantyne pullover and skirt, - sixties woman
A chic young woman models an Intarsia pullover with a chequered pattern, worn with a cashmere knitted skirt. Date: 1964

Ballantyne cardigan and skirt - sixties woman
An elegant woman models a cardigan with rever collar and knitted cashmere skirt to match by Scottish knitwear firm, Ballantyne. Date: 1964

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping