Designers Collection (page 2)

The Design Department of Raphael Tuck & Sons
The designing room at Raphael Tuck & Sons, fine art publishers of prints, cards, Almanacks and postcards, staffed largely by women

Victor Stiebel & Lady Pamela Berry
Two prominent figures in fashion attending the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers ball at Dartmouth House in February 1958

Wartime fashion section, Britannia and Eve, 1940
Fashion editorial for the forthcoming Spring embellished by four drawings of women wearing daytime jacket dresses designed by famous designers

Lee Bender - English designer
Lee Bender, English manufacturer and designer of Lee Cecil clothes. She wears a white leopard printed coney for shopping at her local greengrocers in Great Tichfield Street

Noel Coward in drag - playing lead in Cambridge Footlights
Some of the dresses worn by the leading lady of the Cambridge University Footlights Dramatic Club which was staging Folly at the Strand Theatre in June 1923. The actress is none other than Mr N. B

Vessel (4th c. ). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass
Vessel (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Glass and Crystal. FRANCE. ALSACE. BAS-RHIN. Strasbourg. Archaeological Museum. Proc: FRANCE

BRAZIL. Olinda. Church of Sao Bento. Roof of the chapel with scenes from the life of St. Benedict, 18th c. Baroque art. Fresco

GREECE. Daphni. Dapni Monastery. Nativity (early Comnenian period, ca. 1100). Byzantine art. Mosaic

Isabella I the Catholic (1451-1504). Queen of Castilla y Leon (1474-1504). Reproduction of the sword of the queen Isabella. Middle Age. SPAIN. CASTILE-LA MANCHA. Toledo. Army Museum

Zulieka, Potiphars wife (or Potifar), presents Joseph to the harem. Indo-Persian Art. Miniature Painting. ITALY. Turin. City Library

Grey Wornum designing Coronation street decorations
George Grey Wornum (1888-1957), British architect, pictured at his drawing board in the midst of designing street decorations around London for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. Date: 1937

Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution - Rome
Incredible Facade of the Exhibition of the Fascist Revolution designed by Adalberto Libera and Mario De Renzi. The Exhibition was held in Rome at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni from 1932 to 1934

Captain Molyneux
Captain Edward Molyneux, M.C. British fashion designer renowned for his cool and elegant designs. A favourite of the fashionable and chic Princess Marina of Greece

Jacques Heim (1899 - 1967), French fashion designer. Born in Paris, Heim took over his parents furrier business in 1923 and began designing womens clothes for the firm until 1930 when he established

Marc Bohan (born 1926), French fashion designer, photographed at the time he was Creative Director at Christian Dior following the departure of Yves St Laurent in 1960

Madame Idare, fashion designer
Madame Idare, British fashion designer. Date: 1929

The fashion designer Ulick
Captain Ulick Brown, fashion designer and presiding genius of Ulick Ltd in New Burlington Street. Date: 1929

The fashion designer Isobel
Isobel, a leading British fashion designer of the 1920s and 30s with an shop on Regent Street. She designed all clothes herself and employed only British staff

Cathleen Mann, 1940
Artist and costume designer Cathleen Mann, Lady Queensbury, alongside Rosaleen Forbes. Both women worked in the Mechanised Transport Corps during the War. 1940

1960s interior designers with their work
Designer David Davies and his collaborator, Nell, pose with their latest work - a series of hand-decorated antique printing blocks

Captain Molyneux throws party at his Riviera villa
Photograph of the party given by famed dress designer, Captain Edward Molyneux at his French Riviera home, the Villa Capponcina at Cap d Ail

Advert for Raynes shoes 1937
Designers sketches of shoes in blue suede & luggage tan leather. Models include high heeled lace-ups ornamented with pinking & perforations, buckles & tassels. Date: 1937

The RAF Memorial - Embankment, London. Unveiled in 1923 - designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield (the main monument) and William Reid Dick (the eagle). Date: circa 1923

Tuffin and Foale - British fashion designers
Sally Tuffin and Marion Foale, British fashion designers who made their mark during the 1960s. Pictured in their shop wearing clothes they designed themselves

Terry de Havilland (born 1942), iconic British shoe designer known for his glamorous designs during the 1970s and still making fabulous shoes today

HENRY II of France (1519-1559). King of France (1547-1559), Valois dynasty. Effigy of Henry II. Fresco. ITALY. Caprarola. Villa Farnese

Representation of a cat, s. XVI. Bring clothing newborn and talisman against evil spirits. Japanese art. Sculpture. ITALY. VENETO. Venice. Museum of Oriental Art

CRESCENZI, Giovanni Battista (1577-1635). Pantheon of the Kings. 1620. SPAIN. San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

Generalife. SPAIN. Granada. Alhambra. Generalife. Patio de la Acequia (The Court of the Main Canal). Detail of plasterwork. Hispano-Moresque art. Nasrid dynasty. Architecture

Visigothic fibula, 7th c
Fibula of arc with trilaminate plates. 7th century. Visigothic art. Jewelry. SPAIN. CATALONIA. BARCELONA. Barcelona. Archaeology Museum of Catalonia

Embarkation of a sailing boat, Qianlong Period (1736-96). Chinese art. SWITZERLAND. Bern. Bernese Historical Museum

Elspeth Phelps and Reggie de Veulle, 1917
The fashion designer, Elspeth Phelps, one of Londons leading couturiers during the First World War period (she later merged with Paquin) with an inset picture of her designer, Reggie de Veulle

Jo Mattli and Mrs Rosemary Parker at Mansion House
The British-based Swiss fashion designer Jo (Guiseppe) Mattli (1907-1982), pictured talking to the much taller Mrs Rosemary Parker (a model)

Norman Hartnell & Duchess of Gloucester at Mansion House
Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (1901-1979) British couturier and favourite fashion design of the Queen and Queen Mother, seen greeting another royal patron, Princess Alice

Victor Stiebel & Mrs Fay Gill at Mansion House
Victor Stiebel (1907-1976), British fashion designer, contemporary of Norman Hartnell who designed for royalty and Hollywood stars

Paquin advertisement, 1911
Advertisement for the fashion house, Paquin, dressmakers, milliners and furriers to the Courts of Europe with branches in Paris and London (at 39 Dover Street). Date: 1911

Ashley Havinden
Ashley Eldrid Havinden (1903 - 1973), advertising artist and poster designer, best known for his striking World War II posters for the Ministry of Information

Advertisement for Madame Kate Reily, dressmaker, 1903
Advertisement for Madame Kate Reily of Dover Street, one of the leading dressmakers in London during the late Victorian period, offering the latest French and original English fashions in costumes

Racing yacht tests in a tank by G. H. Davis
Did trials of models bring Ranger victory? Tests in a tank. How science is called in to help the designers of racing yachts in the United States

Maureen Baker of Susan Small
A new idea is discussed in one of the work rooms at British fashion house, Susan Small, between Alex Marafini, the suit designer and Maureen Baker

The Western Railway Station - Budapest, Hungary at the intersection of Grand Boulevard and Vaci Avenue. The station was planned by August de Serres and was built by the Eiffel Company

Co-designers A P Freeman and T Rayner (in cockpit)
Co-designers A.P. Freeman and T. Rayner (in cockpit) discuss the performance of the Sealand SH1 hovercraft. c.1970

Galleon (16th c. ). Engraving
Galleon (16th c.). Engraving

Fashionable ladies in designer outfits
A group of fashionable ladies in outfits by various designers. From left to right: a green, red and white outfit by Madeleine et Madeleine, a white

In the salon of Captain Molyneux
An impression of Captain Edward Molyneuxs famous grey and crystal salon with mannequins parading his latest designs for fashion buyers and wealthy clients

Christian Dior (1905 - 1957), French couturier and founder of one of the greatest of fashion houses. Credited with launching the extravagent post-war New Look. Date: 1961

Dr Ing. Graf Zeppelin, creator of the Zeppelin airship

British Fashions in 1946
Unusual utility fashion made from wool and worn with a wedge heel, the playsuit is the latest thing to come from our British fashion designers

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