Dresses Collection (page 33)

Girl / Dog in Charge 1894
A little girl dresses up like mamma and instructs her dog to look after the baby (doll) in the cradle while she is out shopping. Date: 1894

Edward Vii / Bridesmaids
The bridesmaids at the marriage of Edward, Prince of Wales, to Alexandra Date: 1863

Dangerous fashions in the street
The dangers of impractical fashions in the street. The reintroduction of the trained skirt, even for walking dresses, proves inconvenient and possibly fatal! Date: 1871

Britannia and Eve front cover, March 1932
Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a woman posing in an orange bias cut dress typical of the period, and black hat

Two young ladies converse
Girls attire: the newest and best. Two well-dressed young ladies conversing over a book. One wears a yoked cambric gown and the other the new lace collar

Group of girls at Wigmore Schools, West Midlands
A large group of girls at the Walsall and West Bromwich District School on Pennyhill Lane, Wigmore. They are sitting on a grassy bank wearing identical smock dresses, pinafores and straw hats

Two gipsy girls in a field, one with a feeding bottle
Two gipsy girls sitting in the long grass in a field. The younger girl is holding a feeding bottle to her mouth

David Wright woman looking at a fashion catalogue
Elegant woman with light brown hair, lying on a bed in a frilly white blouse. She is looking through the pages of a fashion catalogue

Peg Woffington
Suggestion for a fancy dress costume for a late Victorian party goer - Peg Woffington, a well known Irish actress of Georgian London

Summer fashion -- coats, wraps and dresses
A selection of elegant summer evening fashion, showing coats, wraps and dresses suitable for wearing for a visit to the casino. They come from Woolland s, and Debenham and Freebody

Gladys Cooper trouser skirted
British actress, Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971), pictured modelling a trouser skirt, divided skirt or culottes for tennis. The look was also pioneered by Spanish tennis player Lili de Alvarez in 1931

Paris Fashions for September 1859
From left, a highed necked walking dress with one deep flounce at the bottom of the skirt edged with narrow velvet, and five small plaited flounces above also edged with narrow velvet

Fashions for Tennis
Tennis fashions for 1931 from Peter Robinson of Oxford Street, featuring washing silk dresses which look far too nice to play tennis in to be honest

Edwardian mother and four children
An Edwardian mother and her four children pose for their photo in the photographers studio. The three girls are dressed in identical smock dresses

Father with two daughters, Mid Wales
A father with his two young daughters, in the photographers studio. There is a painted backdrop with a curtain draped at the side, and they are standing on a large furry rug

Family photo, man and two women, Mid Wales
A family photo of a young man and two young women, possibly siblings. The women, seated, are wearing similar black dresses, and appear to be in mourning

Schoolgirls parading, Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales
A long line of local schoolgirls parade along Beaufort Street in Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales. The street is decorated with flags and bunting, perhaps to celebrate Empire Day (24 May)

Edwardian family group in garden, Mid Wales
A middle class Edwardian family (parents and two daughters) pose for a photograph in their garden, probably in the Mid Wales area. Mother and daughters are sitting on wickerwork chairs

The Peacock Girl by Veysy
Illustration showing a red-haired woman wearing a flamboyant outfit of corset, star embellished skirt and billowing sleeves, with yellow and blue striped bloomers visible underneath

Two young gipsy girls walking through a wood. They belong to the Vincent family, living in the Newdigate area of Charlwood, Surrey

Two gipsy girls in a wood in Surrey
Two gipsy girls, Janie and Daphne, walking through a wood in Charlwood, Surrey. Their dresses are very dirty, and the smaller girl is holding a feeding bottle in her mouth

Gebrauchsgrafik fashion
Graphic and stylised art deco fashion images with women wearing dresses typical of 1930 and with cropped or shingled hair

Music cover for Julliens American Polka (part of Louis Antoine Julliens Celebrated Polkas series), based on popular American melodies and dedicated to Mr Thompson of Glasgow

Chorus Line of German Dancing Girls, wearing many-layed dresses and large wide bonnets

Letterbox at Cranmere Pool, Dartmoor
Two women stand in front of the letterbox at Cranmere Pool on Dartmoor, Devon. Cranmere Pool is famous for being the first place on Dartmoor to have a letterbox -- it was established there in 1854

Croatian National Costume - Advertising card
Advertising card for a costumier and fabric (embroidered, handmade) manufacturers from Zagreb, Croatia - this time showing off outfits for children

La Parisienne en 1912
A variety of fashions on view during the summer week at Auteuil and Longchamp

Chicken sellers, Constantinople
Two female chicken sellers, Constantinople, Turkey

Two 1920s ladies and large car
Two ladies in very typical 1920s attire of rounded brimmed hats and long pale dresses sit on the running board of a large tourer

1920s children
A group of boys and girls sit together in a countryside setting during the 1920s, as evidenced by the bobbed hair of some of the girls and short dresses

Four Well Dressed Girls by Florence Hardy
Four young girls, dressed in vibrant colours, walk along an icy path

Boy performing with small puppets
Undated coloured illustration of a boy performing with small puppets watched by a gentleman with two ladies, entitled " Les petites Marionettes". HPG/8/2/1 (xxx)"

A party in France
A smartly-dressed gentleman looks surprised and rather terrified at something that is out of view; a number of guests stare at him disapprovingly, unimpressed that he is making a scene

Batgers Masks and Animals Luggage label
Rather odd scene featuring an adult in a sinister party mask trying to lasso a group of children in fancy dress masks and head dresses at a party

Skating girls by Florence Hardy
Four girls, dressed in pretty early Victorian dresses, bonnets and muffs, hold hands as they skate together

Batgers Crackers label
Children at a party wear rather elaborate animal head dresses as they jump around, pull crackers and generally have a spiffing time

Scottish Fashion 1918
A young French woman takes a tour of Scotland and dresses accordingly

Bulgarian Women in patterned floral dresses
Two Bulgarian Women, wearing their dark hair in long plaits and dressed in long pale patterned dresses, seemingly made from the same fabric

Seen in a Flash
A woman in a backless, bias cut evening dress, typical of the early 1930s, stands in front of the fire, which helpfully casts a light through the transparent chiffon of her skirt to reveal a pair of

1954 fashions
A contemporary suit to take one from morning until night comprising a Middy style jumper, with skirt and golfer cardigan by Wolsey

The New Dress by Lewis Baumer
Advertisement for Clark & Co and J & P Coats, manufacturers of silks and cottons for dressmaking, showing a young woman admiring herself

Formal wear for daytime occasions
A gown of white Everglaze pique cotton decorated with butterflies, perfect for Glyndebourne, country balls and Continental hotels. Over it, a coat of luminous pink

Fashions by Michael and Digby Morton, 1954
Two designer outfits for 1954. On the left, a tan dress and bolero lined with coral. On the right, a black Spanish style alpaca coat and dress from Digby Morton, the coat having a wide turn back

Stiebel, Worth and Paterson designs, 1954
From left; Overskirts were in favour with several designers, worn apron-wise, or in a pannier effect. One of the prettiest was Victor Stiebels young bell-skirted silk afternoon dress in mist

Knitted dress, 1954
It is hard to believe that hand knitting could produce the delicate laciness of this evening gown. A cobweb design of palest grey wool interwoven with silver thread

Can shorts rival these graceful frocks for the courts?
A fashion illustration underlining the great tennis fashion debate of 1932 - Can shorts rival elegants skirts and dresses on the tennis court

Mid 19th Century Paris fashion
Woman wearing a pink moire dress and an ornate hat with pink feathers

Dancing on village green
Traditional country dancing on the village green to the music of a fiddle player standing at a maypole

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