Fancy Collection (page 13)

Fancy dress party at Government Cottage, Seychelles
Sydney Auchinleck Jewell (front row, 4th from left), Dr N P Jewell (back row, standing, 2nd from left), at a fancy dress party at Government Cottage, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. 1913

Entertainment at Government House, Mahe, Seychelles
Entertainment with fancy dress at Government House, Mahe, Seychelles, Indian Ocean. 1912

Fancy Dress Party, Mahe, Seychelles
Entertainments at Government House, Mahe, Seychelles, often included fancy dress parties. 1913

Lady Malcolms Servants Ball
Page from The Bystander magazine illustrating two contrasting dances - the Lambeth Walk as painted by William Roberts at the top, and the Palais Glide

Woman in costume posing as Queen Victoria. Date: circa 1940s

WW1 era Christmas card - Toys bearing flags of the Allies (Russia, France, England, Japan) Date: circa 1916

Preparing for the ball by Rene Lelong
A fashionable pair prepare for a fancy dress ball, by dressing up in 18th century attire, complete with powder, flounces, perriwigs and patches

English children at a fancy dress ball in Quetta, India
A group of English children in costumes worn to a fancy dress ball in India. The Sketch remarkes that peace reigns so completely in farther India that English children can now be taken there

Suggestions for the Happy New Year Ball by Dolly Tree
Three designs by Miss Dolly Tree for fancy dress costumes to be worn at the Happy New Year Ball at the Albert Hall on New Years Eve, 1925/6

Fancy Dress - Miss Dorothy Milne as a Second Balaclava
Miss Dorothy Milne in her fancy dress costume for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball, as a Second Balaclava with British military leaders General Gordon and Kitchener clearly visible on her dress

Fancy Dress - Miss C. Bradhurst as Daphne
Miss C. Bradhurst, winner of first prize in The Sketch magazines fancy dress competition. She has had the original (and rather simple) idea of coming as Daphne, from Greek myth

Fancy Dress - Miss Dora Langroyd as Fireworks
Miss Dora Langroyd dressed as fireworks for the Covent Garden Fancy Dress Ball in 1898. She is covered in a variety of fireworks, which, for the sake of her health and safety, one hopes are fake

Ideas for New Years Eve Fancy Dress, 1926
Two suggestions for outfits to wear to the Happy New Year Ball to be held at the Royal Albert Hall on New Years Eve 1925/6

Choose Your Fancy Dress Now - suggestions for 1907
A variety of suggestions for costumes to wear during the winter fancy dress season in 1907. Among the characters, themes and historic periods included are Delilah, Melisande

Fancy dress - little girl dressed as Black & White whiskey
A prize winning fancy dress costume worn by Ethel Patricia Harper, born 25th October 1925. Dressed as the famous Black and White brand of Scotch whisky

Pochoir print - Fancy Dress Party Masked Ball

Mrs Adair (Cornelia Wadsworth)
Mrs Adair, formerly American heiress Cornelia Wadsworth, pictured in fancy dress costume in the Empire style for a Fancy Dress ball she gave in 1903

Ettie, Lady Desborough in fancy dress costume
Ethel Anne Priscilla ( Ettie ) Grenfell (n饠 Fane), Lady Desborough (1867-1952), Wife of William Henry Grenfell, Baron DesboroughEttie, Lady Desborough

Princess Henry of Pless in fancy dress
Daisy, Princess Henry of Pless (1873 - 1943), formerly Mary Theresa Olivia Cornwallis-West. A great Edwardian society beauty, she married one of Imperial Germanys wealthiest princes in 1891

Miss Studdy at the Sketch Ball - Bonzo fancy dress
Miss Arnold in doggy fancy dress for The Sketch Club Ball in an outfit that pays homage to Bonzo, the cartoon dog created by artist George Studdy

Rehearsal for the Living Poster Ball
Lady Diana Cooper, Mrs. Baillie-Hamilton and Lady Cunard rehearsing for the Living Poster Ball, held in aid of the Childrens Country Holiday Fund

Swan and Edgar fancy dress advertisement
Advertisement for fancy dress outfits for girls from Swan and Edgar, the famous department store in Piccadilly Circus. Examples shown are a Little French Girl and a Little Dutch Girl. Date: 1938

How can you do it on your screw? ( Screw meant how much you earned). The question here is... How indeed was she getting so much money for all these fancy clothes, hats and shoes...!!! Date: circa 1909

The Jungman Sisters as Gemini
Teresa (Baby) Jungman and her sister Zita, posing as the Gemini sign of the Zodiac. The costumes were part of a The Signs of the Zodiac pageant organised by Mrs Robin D Erlanger at the Park Lane

Panache! by Lewis Baumer -- a fashionable young woman in a striking costume. circa 1920s

18th century engraving, fancy dress or theatrical costume. 18th century

Youngsters in Fancy Dress at a summer fair in Eccles. Date: circa 1980

Society children in fancy dress
Imitating grown-ups, society children in fancy dress - photographs taken at a ball for children given by Lady Clementine Waring for her daughter, Miss Clematis Waring. Top left is the Hon

Costumes at the Artists Costume Ball
A variety of outfits, purchased from London department store, Marshall and Snelgrove, worn by guests at the Artists Costume Ball held at the Princes Galleries in February 1914

The Shakespeare Ball at the Albert Hall, 1911
Guests at the spectacular Shakespeare Ball held at the Albert Hall in June 1911. Four thousand dancers were present clad in dazzling garments

Historical fancy dress costume, 1911
The Fancy Dress Ball Season: Some Historically accurate Dresses Suitable for Coming Dances. In a bid to help out guests at fancy dress balls and to obviate the absurdity of not knowing what you are

Futurist costumes at the Artists Costume Ball
Futurist costumes worn by guests at the Artists Costume Ball held at the Princes Galleries in February 1914. The Tatler comments that the costumes were purchased from Marshall and Snelgrove

Lya del Velez and Mr Brookes costumes for Chelsea Arts Ball
Mlle. Lya del Velez, the well-known dancer and her partner, Mr Brookes, in the costumes they wore at the Chelsea Arts Ball which took place on New Years Eve at the Albert Hall, 1932. Date: 1932

A fancy dress queen of the vegetable kingdom
Miss L Keen of Hemel Hempstead appearing in a costume representing the various vegetables and flowers grown from Carters famous seeds

Lobster fancy dress costume
A lobster fancy dress costume from 1911 of red satin, accompanied by an under dress of white sun-ray pleated silk, the bolero laced with knitted red ribbons tied in a tier of bows to simulate

Society at a costume ball, 1912
Society in fancy dress at a costume ball held at the Savoy Hotel on 23 May 1912. Photographed at a time of great popularity for fancy dress balls

Fancy dress costumes at the Artists Fancy Dress ball
The Bystander magazine passes comment on the various fancy dress costumes seen at the Artists Fancy Dress ball at the Albert Hall in February 1911

Fancy dress costumes at the Picture Ball
A page from The Sketch showing the variety of fancy dress costumes worn at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalid Kitchens of London

Lady Diana Manners as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Lady Diana Manners (later Cooper) dressed as an Etruscan figure at the Picture Ball, held at the Albert Hall in 1913 in aid of the Invalids Kitchens of London

Miss Marjorie Bagot as an Etruscan at the Picture Ball
Miss Marjorie Bagot dressed as one of the figures from an Etruscan frieze, one of a number of costumes on artistic themes

The Chelsea Arts Club Costume Ball at the Albert Hall, 1912
The Chelsea Arts Club costume ball at the Albert Hall: resting between the dances. Date: 1912

Choosing fancy dress costumes for Carnival on the Riviera
Illustration by Steven Spurrier showing women selecting fancy dress costumes to wear on the Riviera at Gala events during the Carnival season

Entertainment on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
Entertainment on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia, with people in fancy dress costume. Date: 1929

Dance Band on cruise liner, Empress of Australia
Dance Band members on the Canadian Pacific cruise liner, Empress of Australia. They are wearing fancy dress, as part of the High Jinks tradition performed when crossing the Equator. Date: 1929

Our Boys Clothing Company, advertisement for clothes
Our Boys Clothing Company advertisement for a fancy suit. Date: c.1895

Party Game greetings card, with Pierrot, Columbine, balloons and lanterns. circa 1920s

Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101. 5
Fancy Wood Tables, Plate 101.5, showing a range of tables, some with squares marked for chess and draughts. Date: circa 1880s

Never mind... flakes provided they have drink
A drunken couple after a night out celebrating the New Year. Date: 1928

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