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Fancy dress - men dressed up as cowboysTwo men in The Fancy Dress Studio, 37 Oxford Street, London, dressed in cowboy costumes complete with very hairy chaps! Date: c.1920
Annie Raven-Hill as Cleopatra at Artists Ball, 1910Annie Raven Hill, wife of Leonard Raven Hill, the well-known Punch artist, dressed up as Cleopatra for the Artists Ball held at the Grafton Galleries in 1910. 1910
Fancy Dress Ball at Princes Skating Club, LondonFancy Dress Ball at Princes Skating Club, Knightsbridge, London. Present, from left to right, are: Violet Cuninghame (Folly), Myra Hamilton (Pierrette, 3rd prize), May Lyle (Geisha)
Scots Fancy Canary. Date: 1933
Border Fancy Canary. Date: 1933
Children in fancy dress - old woman who lived in shoeWonderful photograph showing a group of children in fancy dress. Most spectacular is the huge shoe accommodating about six of them
Couple in fancy dressA couple in fancy dress. The man is dressed in a clown outfit while his partner sports traditional dress that looks Russian or somewhere Balkan? Date: 1920s
Lady in incredible fancy dressPhotograph of a lady called Rosie dressed in an incredible fancy dress costume consisting of countless items hanging from her dress. Date: 1926
Children in fancy dress - bird costumeTwo children in fancy dress - the child on the left is in a particularly fabulous bird costume. Date: c.1950
The Marchioness of Salisburys juvenile fancy dress ballChildrens fancy dress ball, given by the Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield House in 1875. 1875
Three women in fancy dress, including Ann Todd (left), English actress, December 1931. 1931
Costume for the Eclipse Ball, Begum Aga KhanA costume for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham
Four costumes for the Eclipse Ball, a pageant ball to take place on 17 December at the Park Lane Hotel, London, in aid of St Johns Hospital, Lewisham
Heather Thatcher in costume with artist Doris ZinkeisenHeather Thatcher (1896-1987), English actress, in costume, having a design painted on it by the Scottish artist and costume designer, Doris Clare Zinkeisen (1898-1991)
Mrs Sydney van den Bergh in fancy dress for New YearMrs Sydney van den Bergh in fancy dress -- A Candelabrum to Light in 1931. To be worn by her at the Chelsea Arts Club Ball on New Years Eve at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Date: 1930
Advert for womens skating and dancing costumesAdvertisement for womens skating and dancing costumes -- The Lighter Side of Sports Life. The dancing outfits are from Dickins and Jones, Regent Street, London
Four Halloween Ball costumes, in aid of the Townswomens Guilds. The models are: Mrs Alexander McCorquodale (formerly Barbara Cartland) with Good Luck symbols, Hon Mrs Parsons with Unlucky Thirteen
Steve Donoghue wins fancy dress competition at St. MoritzChampion celebrity jockey Steve Donoghue dressed as a sailor, his winning costume at a fancy dress competition at the smart ski resort of St. Moritz
Ice carnival at St. MoritzDancing on ice in carnival costume on one of the rinks at fashionable St. Moritz. Date: 1927
Famous Trains and their DestinationsPage from The Bystander featuring five of the society women wearing their costumes for the Railway Ball to be held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in aid of the Kensington
The Earl of Jersey at the Georgian Ball, Osterley Park, 1939George Child Villiers(1910-1998), 9th Earl of Jersey and his second wife Virginia(1908-1996), the Countess of Jersey. Photographed under the portrait of his ancestor Francis Child at the Georgian
Florence Gould in costume for the Perian Gala, Juan les PinsFlorence Gould, wife of Frank Jay Gould, the famous millionaire and controlling genius behind the Palais de la Mediterranee at Nice
Nice Carnival by Webster MurrayIn Good King Carnivals Reign. An impression of Carnival Time in Nice, especially drawn for The Bystander by Webster Murray. Date: 1925
Cartoon, Manners and Modes - postwar simplicity in bathing gear. Date: 1920
Princess de Faucigny Lucigne at costume ball, VenicePrincess Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, formerly Miss Liliane (Baba) d Erlanger, in her costume as water at a costume ball given by her mother
Countess Robilants Baby Party, Venice, 1926One of the most discussed social events of the Venetian season - the " Baby Party" given by Count and Countess Robilant in their home, the Mocenigo Palace, where Byron once lived
Lady Diana Cooper as a china figure, Venice, 1926Lady Diana Cooper, formerly Lady Diana Manners, in her china costume which she intended to wear to Baroness D Erlangers Ball at the Fenice Theatre in Venice
Margaret Whigham at the Famous Beauties BallMiss Margaret Whigham, later Mrs Charles Sweeny and then Duchess of Argyll, pictured with her pet poodle dressed up a Perdita/Mrs Robinson at the Famous Beauties Ball at the Dorchester on 25 June
Young nurse with bonnet tied on with fancy white ribbonCabinet photographic portrait of a young Victorian nurse with bonnet tied on with fancy white ribbon Date: circa 1890s
Fancy dress costume - CarnivalA woman dressed up in fancy dress costume as Carnival. Date: 1912
Fancy dress costume - The Stamp LoverAn unidentified woman wearing a fabulous fancy dress costume on the theme of The Stamp Lover, complete with a regal crown. She wore the costume to a fancy dress ball at St
Little girl in Japanese costumeA little girl dressed up in a Japanese kimono with a large fan. Date: c.1930
Couple in fancy dress, 1922A couple in fetching fancy dress; the man in a clown or pierrot costume and a woman in a rather elegant pierrot style jumpsuit with a feathered cap
Street scene during carnival, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. Date: 1922
What a Whoopee! Bright Young People at United States PartyA group of guests in fancy dress at the United States party given by Miss " Joe" (Marion/Betty) Carstairs and Miss Ruth Baldwin
Tom Cribb, boxer, and the Coat of Arms
Dick Curtis, boxer, nicknamed The Pet of the Fancy
Music cover, The French Maid Waltz, arranged by Carl Kiefert, depicting a fancy dress party. 1897
My Fancy Dress by Pierrot
Group in fancy dress, c. 1927A jolly group of party revellers in various forms of fancy dress including a jockey, a gypsy (a favourite them of the 1920s) and a convict. Date: c.1927
Edward Pink & Sons - Glass ItemsEdward Pink & Sons - Fancy Packages - range of glass items with prices. 1888
The MinxColour photograph of a woman in a masque costume. Behind her a faded figure of a Pierrot. Date: 1930
Patriotic fancy dress, c. 1910A man dressed up as a woman pushing a pram festooned with streamers and flags and containing three children in bonnets and bedecked straw hats
Little girl dressed up as a milk delivery personA little girl dressed up as a milkman (or milk woman), complete with her miniature milk float. The photograph of King George VI
Cartoons, W H Smith as Secretary for War - a Fancy German Portrait, and the Reality. William Henry Smith, newsagent, bookseller and Conservative MP
Little girl in fancy dress as a powder puffPhotograph of a little girl who won first prize dressed up as a powder puff at the municipal fancy dress ball at St. Andrews Hall, Norwich, in 1922. Date: 1922
Four children in fancy dress, c. 1925Four children in fancy dress. From left, Peter is a Native American with his feather headdress and grass skirt, Lorna is perhaps a bumble bee or a cat (difficult to tell)
Spanish people in fancy dress in the street. Date: circa 1920
