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Vain man at a mirror on a comic greetings card, with verse. Date: circa 1850s
Master and maid on a sepia greetings card - All are good maids (But whence come the bad wives?). Date: circa 1900s
Cat dressing in front of a mirror on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Sweet Fanny Adams, Carnaby Street, 1960sA woman in large sunglasses sporting a feather boa poses outside Sweet Fanny Adams, a Carnaby Street womenswear boutique founded by Henry Moss
Travestis - Fancy dress and carnival costumesPage displaying a glorious array of fancy dress and carnival costumes. Date: 1930
Young woman in nylon nightieA young woman in a nylon nightie sits at her bedroom dressing table and combs her hair. Date: late 1970s
The Carnival of Basel - the 4am MorgestreichThe Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel
As You Like It, by William Shakespeare, the Oscar Asche and Lily Brayton (seen here as Rosalind) 1907-8 season at His Majestys Theatre, London (they also played Othello, The Taming of the Shrew)
Preparing for the ball by Rene LelongA fashionable pair prepare for a fancy dress ball, by dressing up in 18th century attire, complete with powder, flounces, perriwigs and patches
Little girl in fancy dress - HP Sauce costumeA young girl posing in her HP sauce themed fancy dress costume. Date: c.1920
Dressing doll. Simple Simon. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Family in ancient Egypt style fancy dress, 1920sA father, mother and little girl dressed collectively in the style of ancient Egypt, at a time when, following the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in Luxor
A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne MeunierStudies in Femininity, A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne Meunier. 1925
The Merchant of Venice - title page - Shylock and the disguised Portia in court. 1862
Dressing doll. Little Jack Horner. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Dressing doll. Little Bo-Peep. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Dressing doll. Baby Bunting. Cut-out postcard enabling children to cut out the garments & fit them on the body of the nursery rhyme character. Date: 1921
Peter Deane, expert fly dresser -- close-up as he begins to construct a salmon fly. He taught himself the skill from a book after being confined to a wheelchair by polio
Mens winter clothing 1936Various outfits for men in a fashion catalogue, from golfers trousers, gentlemens winter coats, dressing gown with rope string, underwear and Pyjamas. Date: 1936
The Corset -- a young woman tying or untying her corset. circa 1850s
Jazzy Curtains 1930SJazzy bedroom curtains and pelmets, decorated with musical instruments. Date: 1930s
Bedroom Furniture 1890SThe Audlem Bedroom suite, comprising hazel-wood wardrobe, wash- stand and dressing chest, and two strong chairs - all these can be yours for just 9.17.6 ! Date: 1890s
Advert for Maple & Co. bedroom furniture 1906Soild oak bedroom furniture, consisting of wardrobe with mirrored door, dressing chess with landscape mirror and washstand with marble top and tiled splashback. 1906
Advert for Maple & Co bedroom suite 1882Beautifully enamelled and highly-finished bedroom suite. Consisting of large wardrobe with drawers bevelled plate-glass door
The perennial difficulty of getting changed on the beach when one only has a small wicker handbag and an unhelpful husband for assistance in preserving ones modesty... Date: circa 1950s
Cecil Beaton as an ugly sister in Heil Cinderella, 1940Cecil Beaton in costume as an ugly sister for a performance of the play he co-authored, called Heil Cinderella. Date: 1940
Collecting sphagnum moss for dressings, Dartmoor, WW1Picking up sphagnum moss on the moors on the Royal Duchy of Cornwall estate near Princetown for use in surgical dressings during the First World War
Girls with doll and parasol, Balham, SW LondonGirls with a doll in a cradle, and a parasol, in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961
Vesta Tilley - final performance with Dame Ellen TerryVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Vesta Tilley in her wigMiss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall entertainer and variety artiste, best known for her male impersonations
Erasmic soap, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement for Erasmic soap, a popular brand during the first half of the 20th century, depicting a pretty young woman with flaming red hair contemplating her reflection in a hand mirror while
Female impersonator in trench pantomime, WW1Fair but False -The Coldstream " Girl." A Remarkable Impersonation in a trench pantomime. Among the numerous female impersonators among soldiers providing entertainment for the troops
Man wearing Venice Carnival Jester Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Person wearing Venice Carnival Costume, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Couple wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Venice Carnival CostumesPeople wearing costumes at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Les Rouges et Noirs army troupe at the Savoy, 1919Les Rouges et Noirs, the concert troupe of the First Army pictured with the manager, Captain Makeham at the Savoy Theatre in 1919
Sleepy-Head by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl with her doll and teddy bear is ready for bed. Date: circa 1940s
A young woman at her dressing tableA woman applies powder puff to her face as she beautifies herself in the mirror; make-up, perfume and clothes are scattered around the room which the maid in the background seems to be sorting out
Looking in the MirrorA lady looking at herself in a dressing table mirror, holding her face and scrutinising her features. Date: early 1930s
No Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to a Peeping TomNo Peeking! A brunette lays down the law to an invisible onlooker, who is seemingly admiring her choice of tiny red (with black spots) beach wear and red high heeled shoes. Date: early 1940s
Peek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet with tights and bare backPeek-a-boo! A Blonde starlet standing alongside a some red stage curtains covered in little black stars, looks back over her shoulder
Dressing scene of a priestess. Roman art. Early Empire. Fresco. ITALY. Naples. National Museum of Archaeology. Proc: ITALY. Herculaneum
Wedding gift for Princess MarinaA wedding gift for Princess Marina of Greece on the occasion of her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934 of a dressing jacket made from Buckinghamshire lace being made up by
Good Housekeeping front cover, December 1933Front cover of Good Housekeeping magazine for December 1933 depicting a small boy in a dressing gown lighting a candle on a window sill. The things they used to let kids do on their own
Sketch of a little girl reading a bookSketch of a little girl sitting on the floor reading a book
Group of people in ragtime fancy dressA group of people in ragtime style fancy dress, including a cowboy on a mule, two policemen, men in drag, a pierrot, a chef, and a few blacked-up faces. Date: 1920s
Stout Lady & CorsetA stout matron admires her ample figure once it has been shoe-horned into a corset. Her maid, holding a petticoat, looks on. Date: 1910
