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Sangers Circus cyclist, Haverfordwest, South WalesA lady cyclist (probably a man in drag), one of the performers with Sangers Circus during a visit to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales
A group of three transvestitesThree transvestite ladies in suits and smart hats stand arm-in-arm
Kitting Up by David Wright, showing a woman pinning up her hair. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Kit Inspection by David Wright, showing a naked woman surrounded by clothes. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Christmas Morning by Margaret Tempest. circa 1910s
Poster, Aladdin at Grand Theatre, HalifaxPantomime poster, Milton Rays production of Aladdin at the Grand Theatre, Halifax. circa 1900
Cecil Beaton and Lady Diana Abdy, Lido in Venice, ItalyCecil Beaton, photographer and designer, and Lady Diana Abdy, daughter of the Earl of Bradford, on the beach at the Lido in Venice, Italy. Date: 1933
Dan Leno, music hall comedian, as Sister AnneDan Leno (George Wild Galvin), music hall comedian and musical theatre actor, as Sister Anne in a pantomime entitled Bluebeard, at Drury Lane Theatre, London. Date: circa 1901
Valerie Hobson, actress, on Blend-Rite hair grips cardValerie Hobson (1917-1998), British film actress, on a Blend-Rite hair grips card. circa 1940s
The Penmare Boozy-Doos, Hayle Carnival, CornwallThe Penmare Boozy-Doos at the Hayle Carnival, Cornwall -- men in drag, in drum majorette costumes. Date: circa 1980s
Two women in fancy dress with tankardsTwo women in fancy dress costumes comprising of knickerbockers, shirts and waistcoats, raise a tankard of beer each - presumably they re meant to be some kind of 17th century roisterers? c.1928
Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirrorActress Olive Borden putting the finishing touches to her face in a scene from The Monkey Talks, a film adaptation of the stage play produced in London and New York. Date: 1927
Just Wright by David Wright showing a glamorous woman fixing her shoe. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940s
The Artist at Work by Fred PegramColour illustration by Fred Pegram of a red-haired woman at her dressing-table, applying a mist of perfume from a bottle
HMS Marlborough, Royal Navy, dressing a diver
Dressing frame in a woollen mill in Bradford, Yorkshire, late Victorian period
Royal Music Hall - waiting to go on 1900Standing in the entrance to go on stage at the Music Hall, Holborn, London. Date: 1900
Lady in pink underwear by BarribalPainting of a young woman with dark glossy hair, captured in the middle of getting ready. She sits in pink lingerie and stockings, having just brushed and tied a matching pink ribbon in her hair
Selfridges fancy dress advertisementSelfridges say that the secret of successful fancy dress is originality. Advertisement for fancy dress costumes from Selfridges department store
Advert for John Pound & Co dressing case 1912Ladys real pigskin dressing case, with solid silver fittings. Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904
Womens lingerie 1932A selection of lingerie, with lace, crepe-de-Chine of taffetas. Date: 1932
Harrods head dresses 1919A variety of head dresses for evening, a popular accessory during the First World War and early 1920s. Date: 1919
Ella Shields, WW1 entertainmentElla Shields (1879-1952) music hall entertainer and male impersonator, most famous as Burlington Bertie from Bow dressed up as both a soldier and a sailor during the First World War. Date: 1917
Roller-skating girl cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalFrivolous - a roller-skating beauty cutting a dash on the beachside boardwalk Date: early 1940s
Sister and patient, Convalescent Police Seaside Home, HoveA nursing sister and her patient in the surgery of the Convalescent Police Seaside Home at 205 Kingsway, Hove, East Sussex
Town Topics rehearsal in New YorkTheatrical, Ned Wayburns Rehearsal for Town Topics. The ladies chorus dressing room of an unidentified theatre with women pictured in various stages of dressing and grooming. Date: c. 1915
David Wright woman in white evening dressElegant woman in a white evening dress, fixing her stocking near her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
David Wright woman with lipstickElegant woman in a low-cut blue evening dress, putting on bright red lipstick at her dressing table. David Wright (1912 - 1967), was a popular British artist specialising in glamour
The Bath Parade by Muriel DawsonThree children dressedin pyjamas, dressing gowns and slippers march in a procession towards the bathroom armed with towels and soap
Four patients at the Medical Centre, HendonScene at the Metropolitan Police Medical Centre, Hendon, north west London, showing four patients in dressing gowns and pyjamas chatting in a hospital ward
Hohenzollern Redoubt 1915Wounded soldiers returning to a Dressing Station through Vermelles during the attack on the Hohenzollern Redoubt on the Western Front in France during World War I on 13th October 1915
Exhausted FootmanAn exhausted footman, reflected in a dressing table mirror, rests his weary head in his hands and ruminates on the lot of an Edwardian servant
Harness Electric Corsets for women of all ages
A Subject for Wishful Thinking by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Mirrored Dressing TableA graceful & elegant woman sits on an upholstered leather chair at a stylish art deco mirrored dressing table with a bottle of scent, candlesticks & looking glass
Edith Wynne in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Clara Webber in Red Riding Hood, Gaiety Theatre, Dublin Date: 1890s
Two people in fancy dress. The girl on the left is in a fanciful Pierrot type outfit reminiscent of Paul Poiret, or at least the more flamboyant fashions of the First World War, while in contrast
Advert for Peter Robinson, gentlemens clothing 1895Christmas presents for gentlemen, smoking jackets and dressing gowns. 1895
Young women in fancy dress costumesA group of young women dressed in fancy dress costumes preserve the moment for posterity with a photograph in studio. Three are dressed in variations on clown outfits
The Dolly Sisters in their Dressing Room Date: 1927
Advert / Neige CevennesNeige des Cevennes - beauty creams and liquids Date: 1930
Fancy dressCover of Leach Fancy Dress catalogue. Date: 1928-9
Mongrel puppy tempted by his masters shoes. Date: 1914
Firefighters in costume for an entertaining eveningMen and women in costume for an entertaining evening at Stoke Newington Fire Station, 17 March 1920. Date: 1920
Advert for John Pound & Co cases 1913Advertisement John Pound & Co dressing cases. John Pound became Lord Mayor of London in 1904. With less time to run his business, he gave contol of the company to his two sons
Royal Ascot fashions, 1951A selection of fashionable outfits for Royal Ascot from Debenham and Freebody and Dickins and Jones. Date: 1951
