Dressmaking Collection

Dressmakers workshop
Staff in the workroom of a dressmaker or outfitter. Clothes in various stages of completion are on dummies. The employees (all female apart from a solitary man with a tape measure around his neck)

Rosie - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rosie - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

The Haunted Lady, Punch
The Haunted Lady, or The Ghost in the Looking-Glass. A lady admires her new dress, but the mirror reveals the sacrifice made: the death of the wretched seamstress

Wiskers Face - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Wiskers Face - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Michelle - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Michelle - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Madelaine - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Madelaine - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Honor - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Honor - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Hair Styles Mc - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Hair Styles Mc - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Diabolo Man - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Diabolo Man - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Carmen - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Carmen - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Bell Boy (Girl?) - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Bell Boy (Girl?) - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Bell Boy - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Bell Boy - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Mel - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Mel - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Violet - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Violet - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Twin Girls with Parrot - Murrays Cabaret Club costume des
Twin Girls with Parrot - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Vamps - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Vamps - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Towny Girl - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Towny Girl - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Tina - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Tina - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Tess - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Tess - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Shockima - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Shockima - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Russian - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Russian - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Rita - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rita - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Rosa - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rosa - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Rag Time - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Rag Time - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Policewoman - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Policewoman - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Mink Coat - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Mink Coat - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Jess - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Jess - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Evangaline - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Evangaline - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Emily - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Emily - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Black Cloak Girl - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Black Cloak Girl - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Arabella Original - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Arabella Original - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Amy - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Amy - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Alice - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Alice - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Designs for women's coat-frocks. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932

Designs for women's dresses. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932

A group of female dressmakers working together on an elaborate evening gown. Date: 1853

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

Londons drapers 1900
Busy work room in a drapers in London. Date: 1900

FITTING AT GERSONS C1895
A lady, standing in front of a large mirror, has some final adjustments made to her new gown by the dressmaker. Date: circa 1895

Dressmakers Workshop
Women working in a dressmakers workshop. Date: 1894

Yellow Black Ribbon Costume - Murrays Cabaret Club
Yellow Black Ribbon Costume - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Willow - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Willow - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Ticket Collector - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Ticket Collector - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Ta Dah! - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Ta Dah! - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Stripey T - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Stripey T - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

South American Dancer - Murrays Cabaret Club Costume
South American Dancer - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

Sophia - Murrays Cabaret Club costume design
Sophia - Original costume design for one of the performers at Murrays Cabaret Club, 16-18 Beak Street, Soho, London

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