Dress Collection (page 6)

Lance Corporal of Ludhiana Sikhs
Lance-Naik (Lance Corporal) of the Ludhiana Sikhs. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Racial / Spanish Flamenco
A haughty Spanish lady in traditional dress

September 1951 by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Victor Stiebel / Dress
A fashion design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a blue paper taffeta cocktail dress. The diaphragm is swathed with darker shaded taffeta, which falls in two flat panels

Riding Dress Anglaise
English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle

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

Gordon Highlanders
GORDON HIGHLANDERS

Advert / Pravia Soap 1916
Elegant Spanish woman in an advertisement for Heno de Pravia soap

Military / Napoleonic
A staff officer reconnoitring

All that it Takes... by David Wright, showing a woman in a yellow and black styled flamenco dress. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Costume / Men / Chevalier 13
A chevalier of the Crusades, in chainmail and white tunic with red cross; he carries a spear and a heavy sword

Costume / Men / Gladiator
A Roman gladiator fully equipped for the arena, with body armour, a large curved shield, helmet and dagger

Costume / Ancient Greece
A man and woman of Ancient Greece

Indonesian Dancer
A Javanese dancer performing the female style in a seated pose. The use of the wrists and scarf are characteristic of this style

Carnaby Street Girl
A " hip chick" in sunglasses chooses a red mini dress from a rack of colourful outfits

Elizabeth Woodville
ELIZABETH WOODVILLE Queen of Edward IV with her train held by an attendant. She was said to be extremely beautiful with blonde hair reaching to her feet

Advert / Pravia Soap 1916
Heno de Pravia soap

Ww1 Indian Soldier
An Indian soldier from the Indus Valley, serving with the Allied forces in World War One

Italian Alpine Soldier
An Italian soldier of an Alpine mountain regiment, during World War One

Christmas Frocks 1935
Eight chic xmas party frocks. One has a distinct Classical Grecian influence. Broad belts, corsages and puffed sleeves are also fashionable

Costume / Boy on Tricycle
Picturesque foppish French boy in a pleated skirt in spotted fabric, floppy striped necktie & falling collar, checked socks, pumps with large ribbon bows & long flowing hair

Ancient Greek Trumpeter
A military trumpeter

Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scotland, in a black and white costume

Princess Sophie of Greece on her wedding day
Princess Sophie of Greece (1914-2001), elder sister of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on her wedding day when she married Prince Christoph of Hesse-Cassel, 15th December 1930

Autumn fashions, Evening Dress
Evening wear fashions for 1916 showing two elegant ladies modelling sleeveless, plunge back gowns with high waists and full skirts typical of the World War One period

1950S Pinup Girl
A 1950s model reclining wearing a rather revealing gold dress, gold earrings and gold ankle chain

Woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, London
A woman police officer, Inspector Lily Dawes, at Kennington, London, wearing belted jacket (summer uniform), helmet with badge, white shirt and tie, and duty armband. Date: 1933

Miss Jennifer Stratton
Cover of The Tatler featuring Miss Jennifer Stratton, one of the debutantes of 1956, wearing the dress in which she attended Queen Charlottes Ball. She is the daughter of Major and Mrs F.J. Stratton

Mrs Kennedy and her deb daughters
Mrs Joseph Kennedy, wife of H.E. the United States Ambassador, in a photograph to mark the presentation of two of her daughters at the first court at Buckingham Palace in May 1938

Austrian soldiers in uniform, WW1
A selection of five Austro-Hungarian artillery soldiers and officers in uniform during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Mary Quant Ginger Group dresses in Liberty print, 1964
Traditional Libert print used for a new-old look in Mary Quants Ginger Group collection. Fashioned in demure covered-up little dresses with pique collars and cuffs

Archers on horseback, Central Asia
Warrior archers (Batyrs) on horseback, Central Asia (Kazakhstan area)

Fantastic Adventures - The Secret of Elenas Tomb
Cover of Fantastic Adventures, September 1947, featuring the story The Secret of Elenas Tomb by Karl Tanzler von Cosel. A young woman in long white dress stands on a tomb with the inscription Elena

Young people at a Rock and Roll dance, Cornwall. Date: 1985

X-X-X-X-Xmas by J. Gordge
Two lovers dressed as Columbine and Harlequin prepare for a romantic kiss at what looks to be a deserted party

Ladies in traditional dress, St. David's, Wales, early 1900s

Fancy dress
Leachs Fancy Dress for Children front cover. Artist: M Banuval Date: 1920s

Street scene at Newlyn, near Penzance, Cornwall, England, with two neighbours chatting. Date: 1922

Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer 1857-1940
Marie Loftus music hall dancer and singer, pantomime star. Reputation for singing risqu songs. Mother of Cissie Loftus, music hall mimic. In costume holding rose

Mrs McCorquodale (Barbara Cartland) dressed as champagne
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist. Photographed here in a sparkling champagne dress

The Bright Young People at a party
A group of Bright Young Things at Captain Macheacans fancy dress party where guests were instructed to come as a living celebrity

Belinda Bellville wedding gown
Model wears a stunning Belinda Bellville wedding dress, in Bianchinis pure silk satin. Ballooning panniers flowing into a train are attached to a narrow belt which encircles the narrow sheath dress

Fashion at Rectors Night Club. A model wearing a dance frock shown in Philip Moss Fashion Parade, London, 1923. Long bodiced of pale pink chiffon velvet

Hazel Lavery in a Lucile gown for Petticoat Lane Tombola WWI
Hazel, Lady Lavery, wife of painter Sir John Lavery pictured as the artist in a tableau staged for a charity event during the First World War called Petticoat Lane

Blighty magazine cover, Christmas 1945 - Happy New Year! 1945

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
King George VI (1895-1952) and Queen Elizabeth (later The Queen Mother) (1900-2002). Date: circa 1936

Reprisal! by H M Bateman - humorous illustration of what can happen if a woman decides to wear trousers. In this scene the reprisal for the wife wearing trousers is that her husband has taken to

Frog in human clothing on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s

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