Evening Collection (page 12)

Iris Lockwood in Get a Load of This, London Hippodrome
Iris Lockwood, actress, model and later wife of theatre director and producer Robert Nesbitt, appearing in the London Hippodrome revue Get a Load of This wearing a dress by Norman Hartnell. Date: 1941

Black velvet pyjamas from H. J. Nicholl by Madame Yevonde
A pair of stylish black velvet pyjamas (for evening wear rather than bed!) available from H. J. Nicholl in 1932. Photographed by Madame Yevonde. Date: 1932

Nina Vanna in a white evening gown by Madame Yevonde
Nina Vanna (Nina Yasikova Kind Hakim Provatoroff, 1899-1953) by Madame Yevonde. She was a Russian-born British film and theatre actress

Young people at an evening party. 1926

Music cover, Change Partners, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
Music cover, Change Partners, featuring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, lyrics and music by Irving Berlin from the film Carefree. 1938

Actress in dressing room preparing her makeup. 1926

BBC Children in Need, Lands End, Cornwall
BBC Children in Need, Lands End Hotel, Lands End, Cornwall. The bearded man seated at the centre is Peter John de Savary (b.1944), English entrepreneur

Art Deco dresses
Two fashionable women, one wearing backless yellow evening dress, one wearing printed dress and fur collar. Date: circa 1930

Constance Marie de Masirevich, daughter of the recently retired Hungarian ambassador. The Sketch reports, " she has many friends in London and is very Anglophile

Lady Pamela Berry, formerly Smith (1915 - 1982), younger daughter of the 1st earl of Birkenhead. In 1936 she married Hon. William Michael Berry, Baron Hartwell

An evening trousered ensemble by Jean Patou
An evening trouser suit by Jean Patou, available from Debenham and Freebody of Wigmore Street, consisting of white satin trousers with a divided overskirt and coatee of black satin

Miss Margaret Whigham and Lord Selby
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Evening pyjama suit by Worth
An extremely glamorous pyjama du soir in black crepe with full, deceptive skirt front, and short wide-sleeved coat with black fox collar by Worth. Date: 1931

Miss Margaret Whigham with her harp
Margaret Whigham (1912 - 1993), British society figure, debutante of the year in 1930. Later Mrs Charles Sweeny, after marrying the American golfer, and then Duchess of Argyll

Evening dress by Worth, 1931
Two views of an evening dress by Worth in beige and deep chestnut satin worn with sandals. Date: 1931

An Al Fresco Ball in France
An al fresco ball in Paris, perhaps, since the scene is framed by palm trees, on the fashionable French Riviera. The cabaret turn in the spotlight is a pair of dancers

Cartoon, Crabbed Age and Youth (Another View). (2 of 2) 1880s

Naughton and Gold comedy act, London Palladium
Naughton and Gold comedy act, part of The Crazy Gang, London Rhapsody musical at The London Palladium. 1937

Twinkle little star
Young girl with her doll watches the evening star from her bed. Artist: Clara Olmstead Date: 1909

Looking over the gate
Young child looking at the evening star over the garden gate. Artist: Anne Anderson Date: circa 1920

Childrens Happy Evenings 1890
Children playing and being entertained by women as part of the " childrens happy evenings" initiative, designed to improve attendance in London Board schools by offering evening

I don t want him, my dear by H. M. Bateman
" I don t want him, my dear - you buy him." Two sophisticated women regard an unpromising male specimen and discuss the merits of purchasing him. Date: 1930

Cartoon, Mr John Richard Somers-Vine (1847-1929), civil servant and journalist - The Inventions. 1885

Cartoon portrait, Mr Charles Abud, Acting Manager, Lyceum Theatre, London. 1885

Shopping in London in late November, 1924
Studying possible Christmas gifts in a busy London thoroughfare. An impression of London shoppers on a late November day as the sun begins to set

Cicely Courtneidge in one of her Dolly Tree gowns
Cicely Courtneidge wore this formal Dolly Tree gown in The Perfect Gentleman (1935), Made of jet black sequins it featured an off-the-shoulder neckline with ruffled sleeves

Elizabeth Alllan in a contemproary Dolly Tree gown
When Dolly Tree created the period wardrobe for David Selznick?s A Tale of Two Cities (1935), she also designed an accompanying collection of contemporary gowns with a period flavour for Elizabeth

Virginia Bruce wearing an elegant evening ensemble of black velvet and taffetas (1936-37) most likely designed by Dolly Tree Date: 1936-1937

Clark Gable and Jean Harlow in Saratoga (1937) Date: 1937

A contemporary gown designed by Dolly Tree and modelled by Rosalind Russell on one of the sets for Trouble For Two (1936) Date: 1936

Elizabeth Allan wearing a gown designed by Dolly Tree created at the time of A Tale of Two Cities (1935). The striking formal gown is made of silver lame and revives the halter neckline

Jean Harlow in one of her white pleated gowns created by Dolly Tree at the time of filming Suzy (1936). Date: 1936

Betty Furness wore this Dolly Tree gown in Shadow of Doubt (1935). Made of gold lam it featured a short tunic and a Grecian crossed neckline. Diamond clips were caught at either side

Betty Furness in a smart evening ensemble by Dolly Tree from early 1937 - most probably Mama Steps Out or The Good Old Soak

Betty Furness in 2-piece smart Dolly Tree evening ensemble
Betty Furness in a two-piece smart evening ensemble by Dolly Tree from early 1937 - most probably Mama Steps Out or The Good Old Soak

Helen Vinson wearing a draped gown by Dolly Tree
Helen Vinson wore this draped gown by Dolly Tree in The Age of Indiscretion (1935) with Ralph Forbes on the right Date: 1935

Adrienne Ames and Joel McCrea in Woman Wanted (1935)
Adrienne Ames wearing a draped gown by Dolly Tree in Woman Wanted (1935) along with Joel McCrea Date: 1935

Lynn Carver and Reginald Gardiner in Everybody Sing (1938)
Lynn Carver in Everybody Sing (1938) wearing a white evening gown and white fur jacket designed by Dolly Tree, along with Reginald Gardiner Date: 1938

Virginia Grey and Mickey Rooney in The Hardys Ride High
The Hardys Ride High had no on-screen costume credit. However, the MGM press kit states that Adrian created Cecilia Parker?s gowns

Virginia Grey in Within the Law wearing Dolly Tree creation
Virginia Grey in Within the Law (1939) wearing a Dolly Tree creation Date: 1939

Cicely Courtneidge in The Perfect Gentleman (1935) wearing a stirking Dolly Tree creation Date: 1935

A gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
A black tea gown of cellophane velvet designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934) Date: 1934

Evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
Period influence permeated this evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934). The gown featured a basque waist

An evening frock designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard
An evening gown designed by Dolly Tree for Carole Lombard in The Gay Bride (1934) made of a new fabric known as hammered silver or heavy metal cloth fitted to the body like armour. Date: 1934

Barbara Stanwyck in His Brother?s Wife (1936) wore this two-piece evening ensemble designed by Dolly Tree. A long black skirt with a train was topped by a white jacket with lapels and puffed sleeves

A scene from The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) with Lilian Bond wearing a Dolly Tree gown. Dolly Tree and Lilian Bond would have known each other from London when Bond appeared in the Piccadilly Revels

Cecilia Parker wearing a Dolly Tree gown from Three Live Ghosts (1936). Date: 1936

Silver sheathed gown for Margaret Sullivan in Three Comrades
A silver symphony is an apt description of this silver sheathed gown for Margaret Sullivan in Three Comrades (1938) designed by Dolly Tree

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