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Society at a carnival in CairoThree guests at The Arabian Nights Ball given by Mrs Harry McCalmont at the Ghezireh Casino in Cairo, Egypt in March 1912
Clement Shorter in fancy dressClement King Shorter (1857 - 1926), journalist, critic and biographer, founder of The Sphere magazine. Pictured here in fancy dress in the costume of an Indian prince for the Chelsea Arts Ball in
Lady in Fancy Dress Costume - Dressed as a clock / Sundial Date: circa 1920s
Fancy dress - An Egyptian Dancing GirlSuggestion for a fancy dress designed by Mr Percy Anderson. The dress is of darkest brown gauze over a divided skirt of caf魡 u-lait crepe de Chine
Fancy Dress - WW1 - Group as patriotic national archetypes including Peace, Marianne, Britannia, Liberty and a lady from Japan
Fancy dress for winter Carnival 1929A selection of fancy dress costumes to wear for the winter Carnival from Dickins and Jones. Suggestions include a basket of fruit, bird cage, cherry girl and a flapper woman. Date: 1929
Fancy dress - young woman dressed as carnivalA young women, by the name of Sadie according to the postcard, is dressed as Carnival with a fancy dress featuring rosettes, a mask and hat. Date: 1918
Fancy dress - young woman dressed as a flowerA young woman in fancy dress costume - perhaps as a flower of the chrysanthemum or gerba daisy variety. Date: c.1900
Costumes from The Dazzle BallAttendees of The Dazzle Ball in costumes inspired by dazzle camouflage from the First World War, at the Albert Hall, March 12 1919. Date: 1919
Chelsea Arts Dazzle BallPeople dancing in dazzle costume at The Dazzle Ball, Albert Hall, March, 1919 Date: 1919
Women in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts BallExamples of women dressed in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball at the Albert Hall in March 1919. Date: 1919
B Ward, Christmas 1918, Quex Park VAD HospitalB Ward in Gallery 1 of the Powell-Cotton Museum on Christmas Day 1918. This was the first Gallery of the Museum, built in 1896
Boy and girl in historical fancy dress costume in a garden. circa 1910s
Mrs Leopold Albu in fancy dress costume, CleopatraMrs Leopold Albu, formerly Adelaide Veronica Elizabeth Burton, wife of Leopold Albu, mining magnate. Pictured in the costume she wore at a small dance she gave at 4 Hamilton Place
Tatler cover - Lady Desboroughs MasqueFront cover of The Tatler, reporting on a fancy dress masque organised by Ettie, Lady Desborough at Taplow Court. Photograph features Rosemary Levenson-Gower, daughter of Millicent
Lady Massereene & Patrick Shaw Stewart- costume masqueLady Massereene, formerly Jean Barbara Ainsworth, pictured in costume with Patrick Shaw Stewart at a masque arranged by Lord and Lady Desborough at their home, Taplow Court, in January 1912
Lady Desborough & Billy Grenfell - costume masqueEttie, Lady Desborough, pictured in costume at a masque she and Lord Desborough held at their home, Taplow Court in January 1912
Childrens fancy dress for a Christmas PartyThe Child at the Christmas Party, 1914 - ideas for childrens fancy dress Date: 1914
Quex VAD patients in fancy dress outside the front door of Quex House. There was a collection of dressing up clothes at Quex House and they were used occasionally by the patients to put on plays
Two youngsters in fancy dress competition, EcclesTwo youngsters in a fancy dress competition in Eccles, Manchester. They are both dressed as the Honey Monster, a character used to advertise the breakfast cereal Sugar Puffs. Date: circa 1975
Serving boy carries pile of folded napkins - Colmans StarchA serving boy carrying a teetering pile of folded napkins, held in place due to the effectiveness of Colmans Starch. Date: 19th century
Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920sStylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll
The Hon. Mrs Henry Mond as JadeThe Hon. Mrs Henry Mond, Amy Gwen Wilson, as Jade in the charity event, the Jewels of the Empire Ball taking place on 26th November 1930 at Park Lane Hotel, London. Date: 1930
South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USAView of South Main and Bank Streets, Waterbury, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1908
Mlle de Caillavet at Persian ball, 1912Mlle. de Caillavet, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912
Infant Fernand d Espagne at Persian ball, 1912Infant Fernand d Espagne, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912
Francis de Croisset at Persian ball, 1912Francis de Croisset, in an exotic costume, at the Thousand and One Nights Persian ball in Paris, May 1912. Date: May 1912
Duck drinking from a large cupA duck drinking from a large cup at a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Master Quack the duck dressed as a ballerinaMaster Quack the duck dressed as the Russian ballerina, Madame Pavlova, for the fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Tabitha the cats wolf on wheels -- part of her Red Riding Hood fancy dress costume. Date: 1914
Rags the dog decides on his costume for a fancy dress ball -- he will go as a Horsey Gentleman, with checked jacket and cap. Date: 1914
Humpty the rabbit trying on pantalettes and crinoline in preparation for a fancy dress ball. Date: 1914
Cover design, Womans PictorialCover design, Dressing Up, by M Kemp Welch, Womans Pictorial magazine, 21 June 1924. Depicting a girl wearing improvised fancy dress. With items by Kitty McKane, Fannie Kilbourne and Gilbert Frankau
Miss Modern Christmas front cover by Wilton WilliamsFront cover of the Christmas number of Miss Modern magazine featuring a young woman in a brightly coloured paper party hat. Date: 1931
Pigeons - Archangels and Swifts, Fancy BreedsA portrait of two breeds of fancy pigeon, as seen the illustration, there are two Archangels and two Swifts, also known as Egyptian Swifts
Pigeons - Three Nuns with varied colourations, Fancy BreedA portrait of three Nuns with varied colourations standing in their pigeon coop. The Nun is a breed of fancy pigeon, also known as the Dutch Shell Pigeon
Pigeons - Burmese or Florentine, Starling and Spot FairyA portrait illustration showing three breeds of pigeon. At the top of the illustration is a Burmese pigeon, now commonly known as a Florentine
Pigeons - Black Capuchins and DamascenesAn illustration showing two Black Capuchins, also known as Syrian Wammentauben Beirut pigeons, and two Damascenes in an outdoor scenery
Pigeons - Short and Long-Faced Antwerps, Fancy BreedA portrait of two Short-Faced and two Long-Faced Antwerps which are a breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration presents their distinctive colouration and markings
Pigeons - Show and Flying Antwerps, Fancy BreedA portrait of two Show Antwerps, and two Flying Antwerps which are breed of fancy pigeon. The illustration shows the short-faced features of the show antwerp
Pigeons - Red and Yellow Barbs, Fancy BreedA portrait of a Red and Yellow Barb pictured inside their coop. The Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding
Pigeons - Young and Old, Blue and Silver Dun DragoonA portrait of three young and old, Blue and Silver Dun Dragoons, who are a member of the Fancy Breed of pigeon, most commonly found in London
Pigeons - Three Dragoons, Birmingham FancyA portrait of a Silver-Brown Bar, a Silver-Black Bar, and a Blue Dragoon, breeds of the fancy pigeon. The pigeons are also are in common with Birmingham, UK
Two Pigmy Pouters and Two Isabel PigeonsA group portrait featuring one cream and one white Pigmy Pouters, with one yellow, and one red Isabels standing in their coop
White Carrier Cock PigeonA portrait of a White Carrier Cock standing in full-length with one other of its kind nesting in the background. The portrait brings to attention its distinctive features
Dun Carrier Cock PigeonA full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics
Three women wearing fancy dress in a garden. Date: circa 1920s
