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Background imageDesigner Collection: Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains

Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the launching chain of the Great Eastern

Background imageDesigner Collection: Coco Chanel

Coco Chanel
Gabrielle (Coco) Chanel (1883 - 1971), iconic French fashion designer, pictured by her car in fashionable Biarritz. Date: 1928

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gabrielle Coco Chanel

Gabrielle Coco Chanel
A camera study of Gabrielle Bonheur, Coco Chanel (1883 -1971). Date: 1929

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Outside Gucci Shop

Lady Outside Gucci Shop
A smartly-dressed lady in turban, pearls and gloves, leaves the Gucci shop in Bond Street to step into her waiting Rolls Royce parked outside

Background imageDesigner Collection: Dior dress and Fath suit, 1954

Dior dress and Fath suit, 1954
A dress in diaphanous floral chiffon with a 3D rose at the shoulder and a leather belt at the waist by Christian Dior

Background imageDesigner Collection: Polish anti-war poster -- Nie

Polish anti-war poster -- Nie
Polish anti-war poster of a ruined city in the silhouette of a falling bomb, with the single word Nie (No)

Background imageDesigner Collection: Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London

Festival of Britain 1951 - The Skylon, South Bank, London. Designed by Hidalgo Moya, Philip Powell and Felix Samuely, and fabricated by Painter Brothers of Hereford, England Date: 1951

Background imageDesigner Collection: Mary Quant - British fashion designer and fashion icon

Mary Quant - British fashion designer and fashion icon
Mary Quant (1934- ), British fashion designer and fashion icon

Background imageDesigner Collection: Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920

Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920
Lady Elcho, formerly Lady Violet Manners (born 1888), wife of Hugo Francis Charteris, Lord Elcho and heir to the Earl of Weymss. She was sister to Lady Diana Manners

Background imageDesigner Collection: Design staff of W G Tarrant of Byfleet, Surrey

Design staff of W G Tarrant of Byfleet, Surrey
Design staff of W.G. Tarrant of Byfleet, Surrey, in March 1918. W.G. Tarrant is the man with the beard in the centre of the back row

Background imageDesigner Collection: Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, 1920s fashion

Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, 1920s fashion
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps of Albemarle St, London, part of a series depicting tongue in cheek scenes of society ladies (in this case the fictional Miss Coloothorne Coppit)

Background imageDesigner Collection: The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales

The Transporter at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales
The Newport Transporter Bridge - a transporter bridge crossing the River Usk in Newport, South Wales (Monmouthshire). A Grade I listed structure, designed by French engineer Ferdinand Arnodin

Background imageDesigner Collection: Wedding dress of Aphra Farquhar by Worth

Wedding dress of Aphra Farquhar by Worth
A regal wedding dress of white pure silk and antique lace designed by Owen Hyde-Clarke of Worth for the wedding of Aphra Farquhar Fetherstonhaugh to the Earl of Dundonald in 1960

Background imageDesigner Collection: I K Brunel / Chain Cdv

I K Brunel / Chain Cdv
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the anchor chain of the Great Eastern

Background imageDesigner Collection: A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District

A map of the Colne Valley Cloth District
Pictorial map of the Colne Valley Cloth District in Yorkshire, drawn by the poster artist and designer Leslie MacDonald Gill the year before his death, in 1946

Background imageDesigner Collection: Conwy Castle Wales - from the landing place

Conwy Castle Wales - from the landing place Date: circa 1880

Background imageDesigner Collection: Invention of the Cube Car

Invention of the Cube Car

Background imageDesigner Collection: Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920

Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps fashion house, one of a series of highly stylised and witty adverts designed by Lady Eileen Orde (daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington)

Background imageDesigner Collection: Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920

Elspeth Phelps advertisement, 1920
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps fashion house, one of a series of highly stylised and witty adverts designed by Lady Eileen Orde (daughter of the 4th Duke of Wellington)

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Duff-Gordons beautiful mannequins

Lady Duff-Gordons beautiful mannequins
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading fashion designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Background imageDesigner Collection: I K Brunel / Anon

I K Brunel / Anon
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Duff Gordon

Lady Duff Gordon
The latest portrait of Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon who under the name of Lucile conducts two highly successful costumiers salons, one in London and the other in New York

Background imageDesigner Collection: Robert Stephenson / Lucas

Robert Stephenson / Lucas
ROBERT STEPHENSON Engineer and designer of the Menai Bridge Depicted leaning against a rock with the bridge in the background

Background imageDesigner Collection: Mignet & Flying Flea

Mignet & Flying Flea
French aircraft designer shown with his very successful Pou du Ciel (= Flying Flea )

Background imageDesigner Collection: Hammersmith Bridge, London

Hammersmith Bridge, London - designed by the noted civil engineer Sir Joseph Bazalgette. Date: 1909

Background imageDesigner Collection: Victor Stiebel / Ballgown

Victor Stiebel / Ballgown
A glamorous evening dress of nylon lace made by designer Victor Stiebel (1907-1976). See picture no.10197051

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Duff Gordon

Lady Duff Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Duff Gordon

Lady Duff Gordon
Lucy Christiana, Lady Duff Gordon, a leading designer better known by her professional name, Lucile. She was the proprietor of Lucile s, Hanover Square, famous for the emotional gown

Background imageDesigner Collection: Tatler cover - Pucci dress, 1958

Tatler cover - Pucci dress, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler, 12 March 1958, Spring Fashion Number featuring a summer dance dress by master of the colourful print, Italian designer Emilio Pucci

Background imageDesigner Collection: Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso

Cuadro Flamenco - Diaghilev Ballets Russes - Picasso
Two of the Andalusian dancers (Rojas and El Tejero) performing the Cuadro Flamenco - during the Ballet Russes performabce by Diaghilev at the Princes Theatre

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gertrude Hermes - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver

Gertrude Hermes - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver
Gertrude Hermes (1901-1983) - Sculptor, Designer, Engraver 1940

Background imageDesigner Collection: Coco Chanel in her own designs

Coco Chanel in her own designs
Coco Chanel in the garden of her hotel in the Faubourg St. Honore in a cardigan suit made with a sleeveless jumper of her own design. Date: 1929

Background imageDesigner Collection: Art Deco postcard - Macedonia Cigarettes - Amos Scorzon

Art Deco postcard - Macedonia Cigarettes - Amos Scorzon
Lovely Art Deco Advertorial postcard for Macedonia Extra Cigarettes ( Fine Taste Sweet Aroma ) by Amos Scorzon (1885-?), poster designer and illustrator. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageDesigner Collection: GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Christ Pantocrator

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Christ Pantocrator inside the dome (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913

Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913
Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), French actress, dancer and singer, pictured in a variety of lavish outfits designed by Drian and realised by Landolff for her latest revue at the Palace Theatre, London

Background imageDesigner Collection: Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, 1920s fashion

Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, 1920s fashion
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps of Albemarle St, London, part of a series depicting tongue in cheek scenes of society ladies (in this case the fictional Miss Lobelia Lobb)

Background imageDesigner Collection: Clachan Bridge, Easdale

Clachan Bridge, Easdale, which links the west coast of the Scottish mainland to the island of Seil. Designed by John Stevenson of Oban and built between 1792 and 1793 by engineer Robert Mylne

Background imageDesigner Collection: Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell in The First of the Few

Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell in The First of the Few
Leslie Howard (1893-1943) photographed on the film set for The First of the Few, in which he played the Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell. 1942

Background imageDesigner Collection: Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain Gerbault

Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain Gerbault
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying

Background imageDesigner Collection: Kingston Bridge, Kingston upon Thames

Kingston Bridge, Kingston upon Thames
A view of Kingston Bridge over the River Thames - designed by Edward Lapidge and opened on 17th July 1828. The bridge is built of Portland stone and comprises five elliptical arches. Date: circa 1908

Background imageDesigner Collection: Tatler front cover, 1958

Tatler front cover, 1958
Front cover of The Tatler for April 1958 featuring a model wearing a hat, or Easter bonnet, by French designer Pierre Cardin, using yards of wide-mesh net, swathed on a white

Background imageDesigner Collection: Stanley Morrison

Stanley Morrison
STANLEY MORRISON Typographer and type designer Date: 1889 - 1967

Background imageDesigner Collection: Pucci outfit, 1965

Pucci outfit, 1965
Cotton velvet apres-ski jacket in a characteristic print of Florentine colour, partnered this season by second skin silk jersey tights, printed to match and ending in little trompe l oeil boots

Background imageDesigner Collection: World Fair - General Motors - Futurama - Bel Geddes

World Fair - General Motors - Futurama - Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes designed the General Motors Pavilion, known as Futurama, for the 1939 New York Worlds Fair. Date: circa 1939

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lady Charles Cavendish (Adele Astaire) in Schiaparelli

Lady Charles Cavendish (Adele Astaire) in Schiaparelli
Lady Charles Cavendish, formerly Miss Adele Astaire (sister and dancing partner of Fred) pictured wearing a coat and skirt in green tweed trimmed with galliac, worn with a blouse of black jersey

Background imageDesigner Collection: London Life front cover with Paris fashions

London Life front cover with Paris fashions
Front cover of the impossibly groovy London Life magazine which ran for just two years between 1965 and 1966 but chronicled the life and times of swinging sixties London

Background imageDesigner Collection: Victor Stiebel / Ballgown

Victor Stiebel / Ballgown
An ash blue slipper satin evening dress from couture designer, Victor Stiebel. Typical full skirt of the period, with a white pleated " peau de soie"

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gertrude Lawrence in Molyneux

Gertrude Lawrence in Molyneux
A pale green and russet brown evening ensemble by Edward Molyneux, designed for Gertrude Lawrence to wear in the play, Behold we Live at the St. Jamess Theatre in 1932. Date: 1932

Background imageDesigner Collection: Isobel - fashion house on Regent Street, London

Isobel - fashion house on Regent Street, London
Advertisement for fashion house, Isobel, on Londons Regent Street, renowned for its restrained shop window displays in elegant grey

Background imageDesigner Collection: Joseph Harker, theatrical scenic artist

Joseph Harker, theatrical scenic artist
Joseph Cunningham Harker (1855-1927), theatrical scenic artist, depicted in a drawing by his son Roland on a Savage Club notice, probably for a Christmas celebration. 1919

Background imageDesigner Collection: The Queen of Diamonds - Shirley Kellogg in Elspeth Phelps

The Queen of Diamonds - Shirley Kellogg in Elspeth Phelps
Actress Shirley Kellogg pictured wearing an exquisite fringed dress of peau de soie embellished with silver and diamonds, the starring costume in the theatrical show

Background imageDesigner Collection: Oliver Messel

Oliver Messel (1904 - 1978), English designer of film sets, costume and interiors. Pictured with his portrait of the Countess of Seafield. Date: 1928

Background imageDesigner Collection: Ossie Clark

Ossie Clark
Raymond " Ossie" Clark (9 June 1942 6 August 1996), English fashion designer - major figure in the Swinging Sixties scene in London and the fashion industry in that era

Background imageDesigner Collection: Reville court dress advertisement, 1927

Reville court dress advertisement, 1927
Advertisement for Reville Ltd, dressmakers of Hanover Square, who specialised in particular in gowns for court presentations, approved by Their Majesties for Ladies attending. Date: 1927

Background imageDesigner Collection: Louis Vuitton advertisment

Louis Vuitton advertisment
Advertisment for the Louis Vuitton showroom in New Bond street, London. 1928

Background imageDesigner Collection: Cecil Beaton, caricature by Glan Williams

Cecil Beaton, caricature by Glan Williams
CECIL WALTER HARDY BEATON (1904-1980) British photographer of fashion and celebrities. Also stage and costume designer for theatrical productions

Background imageDesigner Collection: William de Morgan by Evelyn de Morgan

William de Morgan by Evelyn de Morgan
Portrait of William Frend de Morgan (1839-1917), English potter, tile designer and novelist, by Evelyn de Morgan (nee Pickering). circa 1880s

Background imageDesigner Collection: I K Brunel / Col Portrait

I K Brunel / Col Portrait
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. Portrait at his desk. Date: 1806 - 1859

Background imageDesigner Collection: Tatler cover - Christian Dior suit

Tatler cover - Christian Dior suit
Front cover of The Tatler featuring a model wearing a Christian Dior suit of fine navy-blue wool with a wide organdie collar trimmed with grosgrain

Background imageDesigner Collection: Jean Muir

Jean Muir (1928 - 1995), English fashion designer and dressmaker. In 1965 she was awarded the Harpers Bazaar Trophy for original creative design

Background imageDesigner Collection: Advertisement for Reville, 1920s fashion

Advertisement for Reville, 1920s fashion
Advertisement for Reville of Hanover Square, one of the leading fashion houses of the 1920s favoured by smart society, offering original gowns for all seasons, all climates, every occasion. Date: 1920

Background imageDesigner Collection: Tatler front cover, The Italian line, 1964

Tatler front cover, The Italian line, 1964
Front cover of the Tatler magazine featuring a model wearing a narrow, canary yellow coat with jewelled buttons, velvet collar and wide velvet hat by Patrick de Barentzen

Background imageDesigner Collection: 1960s fashion, eloping in Victor Stiebel

1960s fashion, eloping in Victor Stiebel
A couple elope in the most elegant way possible; she wearing a long evening dress in apple green taffeta by Victor Stiebel, with bows added for extra charm

Background imageDesigner Collection: The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962

The Tatler front cover, 9 May 1962
Front cover of The Tatler for May 1962 celebrating London Fashion Week and featuring three models (Jean Shrimpton at the back)

Background imageDesigner Collection: Jewellery set by Dior

Jewellery set by Dior
A " Tuileries" topaz jewellery set by Christian Dior consisting of a necklace, bracelet and head adornment. Worn with complementing make up - lipstick and nail varnish by Lancome

Background imageDesigner Collection: Awn Pugin / Herbert

Awn Pugin / Herbert
AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE PUGIN English architect and designer who championed the gothic style

Background imageDesigner Collection: YACHT THISTLE

YACHT THISTLE
The Scottish yacht Thistle, contender for the Americas Cup 1887 : with James Bell, principal owner; M G L Watson, designer; Captain Barr

Background imageDesigner Collection: Humber saloon advert - Molyneux - Gertrude Lawrence

Humber saloon advert - Molyneux - Gertrude Lawrence
Advertisement for the Humber Vogue Saloon

Background imageDesigner Collection: Harrods advertisement Yves St Laurent dress

Harrods advertisement Yves St Laurent dress
Advertisement for London department store, Harrods, featuring a knee length

Background imageDesigner Collection: The Sketch front cover, 1957

The Sketch front cover, 1957
A model stalks up and down a catwalk in the latest fashions for 1957, watched by a front row of elegant fashion buyers and journalists

Background imageDesigner Collection: Ernst Dryden / Party / 314

Ernst Dryden / Party / 314
ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. Fancy dress party in Vienna with Dryden pictured in the centre

Background imageDesigner Collection: Windsor Union Workhouse

Windsor Union Workhouse
A view of the Windsor Union Workhouse, designed by George Gilbert Scott. Date: 1841

Background imageDesigner Collection: Womens fashion in velvet and fur, 1913

Womens fashion in velvet and fur, 1913
On the left a blue velvet gown bordered with fur with a vest of soft muslin and a corsage finished with Oriental embroidery and small buttons by Bourniche

Background imageDesigner Collection: A dress show at Luciles fashion house

A dress show at Luciles fashion house
A fashion show at Ladys Duff Gordons fashion house at Hanover Square, London

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gordon Craig / Sepia Photo

Gordon Craig / Sepia Photo
GORDON CRAIG Stage designer in 1890

Background imageDesigner Collection: MORRIS (1834 - 1896)

MORRIS (1834 - 1896)
WILLIAM MORRIS writer, artist, designer

Background imageDesigner Collection: Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte Carlo

Elsa Schiaparelli and daughter Gogo at Monte Carlo
Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973), Italian fashion designer, pictured on holiday at Monte Carlo in the company of her daughter, Gogo. Date: 1938

Background imageDesigner Collection: English decorator Syrie Maugham

English decorator Syrie Maugham
Syrie Maugham (1879 - 1955), leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s, best known for popularising rooms decorated entirely in white

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gabrielle Coco Chanel pictured at her villa

Gabrielle Coco Chanel pictured at her villa, La Pausa, at Roquebrune, Cap Martin on the French Riviera in the company of Baroness de Reuter, and her large dog, Gigot. Date: 1932

Background imageDesigner Collection: Chanel with Driand at Rquebrune

Chanel with Driand at Rquebrune
Gabrielle Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971), photographed at her villa, La Pausa at Roquebrune, Cap Martin, near Monte Carlo on the French Riviera, with the artist Driand. Date: 1932

Background imageDesigner Collection: Gabrielle Coco Chanel seen at her villa

Gabrielle Coco Chanel seen at her villa, La Pausa, at Roquebrune, Cap Martin, near Monte Carlo in the company of her two dogs, Gigot and Dax. Date: 1931

Background imageDesigner Collection: Chanel wtih the Duchesse de Grammont

Chanel wtih the Duchesse de Grammont
Gabrielle Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) on the tennis court at Chanel's villa, La Pausa, at Roquebrune, Cap Martin, on the French Riviera, with the Duchesse de Grammont who was a guest at the villa

Background imageDesigner Collection: Chanel at Roquebrune

Chanel at Roquebrune
Gabrielle Coco Chanel (1883 - 1971) photographed in the garden of her villa, La Pausa, at Roquebrune, near Monte Carlo on the French Riviera. Date: 1934

Background imageDesigner Collection: Lewis Nixon (1861 - 1940), naval architect and designer

Lewis Nixon (1861 - 1940), naval architect and designer, shipbuilding executive, public servant, and political activist



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