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Costume design by Gertrude A. Johnson for showgirl in blue gown, New York, 1920s Date: 1920s
Aveu fragrance advertAdvertisement for Aveu perfume by Roger and Gallet depicting a couple in glamorous evening dress dancing intimately together. Date: 1948
Great by H. M. BatemanCaricature of a self-important gentleman in evening dress, puffing his chest out as he smokes a cigarette. Date: 1927
Lady Louis Mountbatten (1901 -1960), Countess Mountbatten of Burma and Vicerine of India, formerly Edwina Ashley. Wife of Lord Louis Mountbatten
Anthony Armstrong Jones - portrait of the bridegroomAnthony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones (born 1930), 1st Earl Snowdon, husband of Princess Margaret and photographer. Page of pictures of him featured in the ILN Royal Wedding Number commemorating his
The Belle of the Ball - a young girl in a fantastic fancy dress frock dancing at the carnival. A Christmas postcard Date: circa 1910s
Sami People, Norway - outside their tent Date: circa 1910s
Wedding of Queen Elizabeth IIWedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten who were married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. 1947
Royal Wedding 1947 - newlyweds depart for honeymoon at WaterFollowing their wedding at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at Waterloo Station, complete with corgi
Girl and Lamb 1912A little girl in a meadow chats to a lamb. Date: 1912
The Rocky Twins in smart suits, Paris 1929 Date: 1929
A couple of Peasants from Baden, Germany. A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Front cover of the Sketch Book, 1925, by E H ShepherdFront cover of the Summer Sketch Book of 1925, featuring an illustration of a young woman in a diaphanous green dress stepping gracefully down between two urns of flowers
Music sheet cover for Queen of the May QuadrilleMusic sheet cover for the Queen of the May Quadrille, composed by the French conductor Louis Antoine Jullien (1812-1860), and dedicated to Mrs Robert Arkwright (the actress Frances Crawford Kemble)
Serb in Bosnia HerzegovinaSerb man in Bosnia Herzegovina in traditional ceremonial costume
Guests of Countess Aynard de ChabrillanA number of guests pose in their magnificent costumes inspired by the east. The central oval portrait is of the countess herself
Guests at an eastern-inspired partyMontage showing party guests wearing their elaborate oriental costumes. The top two women were guests at the Countess Aynard de Chabrillans party, on the left is Mlle Van Hoobron
Batgers CrackersA girl in a yellow party frock and matching hat slides down a staircase on a tea tray while a motley group of revellers in fancy dress cheer her on
Railway Sleeper - Marylebone StationThe Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing post young gentleman propped up against a bollard at Marylebone Station after a wild Christmas party! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Modern Athenians plate 6 - EdinburghJohn Jeffrey (1775-1848) the younger and only brother of Francis, Lord Jeffrey, facing Charles Kilpartick Sharpe (1781-1851) a long resident of Edinburgh, eccentric in ways and dress
French ShrimpersShrimp-girls of Arcachonin southwest France, in their traditional dress
Fashions for 1899Man in morning dress, the ladies wear dresses with gored skirts, one with a netted & tasselled under-skirt, the other is ornamented with bold wavy lines
Scots Guards Pipe MajorPipe Major of the Scots Guards
Canterbury / Mercery LaneSmartly-dressed pedestrians on Mercery Lane, Canterbury, Kent
Ernst Dryden / Party / 314ERNST DRYDEN Poster artist, fashion pioneer and Hollywood costume designer. Fancy dress party in Vienna with Dryden pictured in the centre
Edward VII enjoying theatricals at ChatsworthEdward VII enjoys private theatricals at Chatsworth: his mistress Mrs George KEPPEL on his left, the Duchess of Devonshire on his right, the Duke in the foreground
Emma Hamilton / Rehburg 6EMMA, LADY HAMILTON Wife of Lord Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson, in one of her attitudes
Social / Piccadilly GrillElegant diners-out, all but one (a uniformed soldier) in evening dress, patronise the Piccadilly Grill, a noted restaurant in the fashionable heart of London
Womens fashions for May 1851Womens Fashions for May 1851. 1851
Women picking daffodils in Art Deco style. 1936
Dress and Danseuse - sketches by G. Peres for three summer fDress and Danseuse - sketches by G. Peres for three fashionable summer frocks, 1922. One of athenian crepe with gold lame tunic
Ascot hat from Debenham and Freebody, 1934A stunning hat of organdie in an elusive shade of brown ; the brim reinforced in an open lattice insertion in which golden threads mingle with the organdie. Perfect for Ladies Day at Royal Ascot
Cheery Families - Miss Butt the Brewers Daughter. 1890s
Green Dress 1938A short sleeved dress, with interesting bodice detail, made in green woollen jersey and worn with a matching green hat and white bow tie and wing collar. Date: 1938
Harrods ballgown of nylon net, 1958Advertisement for a Harrods ballgown of nylon net and lace with a billowing skirt on a fitted swathed top. Perfect for a debutante, though inadvisable to stand near open fires while wearing it
Red indiansRe dindian warriors in battle dress racing across the plains.Date: circa 1910
Army Education Exhibition at Eltham Palace: inspecting a German miners dress uniform in the section " Germany Under Control". Date: 1946
Young couple on a romantic greetings card, sitting on a vine branch -- With affection and regard. Date: circa 1890s
Officer prisoners of war in Germany - Fancy Dress ballA fancy dress ball at Furstenberg in Mecklenburg which officer prisoners of war held as christmas entertainment in December 1916
Lady on stepping stonesCalendar illustration of a bonnetted lady in a fine blue dress tip-toeing across stepping stones by William Barribal 1907
Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistere, BrittanyTraditional local costume and house interior at Plougastel-Daoulas - a commune in the Finistere department of Brittany in north-western France. Date: circa 1930s
Alec ( Sir Affable ) Knowles - Theatrical JournalistAlec (" Sir Affable" ) Knowles (1851-1917) - Theatrical Journalist and member of Londons notorious Pelican Club
Girls waving at an early Aviator flying overheadThe Aviator is the only man girls look up to A very beautifully drawn and interesting postcard, with strong leaning toward the Womens Suffrage movement during this period in the United Kingdom
West India Regiment
CATHERINE II the Great (1729-1796). Empress" CATHERINE II " the Great" (1729-1796). Empress of Russia (1762-1796) and wife of Peter III. Portrait of Catherine II with formal dress. 1770
The Sketch Book: Young flapper girl with decorationThe Sketch Book: Young flapper girl hanging a wall decoration. The caption reads " Aiding and Abetting." Date: 1928- 1929
Poster for Candian Pacific Mont Cruises - a glamorous lady in a green dress leans back against the rail of the liner, holding a black witches hat by its lengthy bowstrings
Highland dancers at Braemar Highland GamesHighlanders dancing a reel for the royal party at the Braemar Highland Games in Scotland, attended by King George V and Queen Mary. circa 1911