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Judging a Fancy Dress Competition - HuntingdonJudging a Fancy Dress Competition at a Summer Festival Fair Parade Pageant at Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England. The two (possible winners) are a pair of mice (with added hand-drawn tails!)
Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trousers / culottesGerman Comment on Womens Fashion for wearing trouser suits / culottes - " You are in here if you are wearing trousers
Niagara Falls, USA - The White Mans Fancy Date: 1913
Pierrot admiring the moon and the stars. Date: 1906
Youthful Parisian Music Hall Revue Company pose in costume for their satirical number lampooning Emile Pataud, the deeply unpopuar (at the time) Secretary to the French Union of Electricians
Fun card series of a British dancer in a wide-skirt costumeFun card series of a British cabaret dancer in a wide-skirt costume and a star-shaped hat! (1/4) Date: circa 1908
Young people in punk style dressGroup of young people in punk dress, including leather jackets with studs, and spiky hairstyles, at the Cornwall Coliseum. Date: circa 1980s
Woman in clown fancy dress outfitA woman poses for her studio photograph, looking quite pensive considering the wacky checked clown outfit shes wearing. Date: 1920s
The Carnival of Basel, SwitzerlandThe Carnival of Basel (German: Basler Fasnacht) is the biggest carnival in Switzerland and takes place annually between February and March in Basel
Daisy, Countess of Warwick at Mrs Adairs Fancy Dress BallFrances Evelyn Daisy Greville, Countess of Warwick (1861 - 1938), society beauty, and mistress to King Edward VII. Pictured here dressed in costume, as Semiramis
Pointy Medieval HatA medieval fancy dress costume showing the late 14th century French fashion of the Hennin or steeple headdress worn with a veil. Date: 1930s
Harem Girl / WoofScantily clad harem girl, in a headdress & harem pants, sits demurely on a leopard skin rug while she admires her jewellery. Date: 1950s
Cherry Ripe by John MillaisCherry Ripe by John Milliais, as it appeared in The Graphic Christmas issue of 1880. The original painting depicted Miss Edith Ramage, a relation of William Luson Thomas, founder of The Graphic
Fancy dress - Old Father TimeA man dressed up as Old Father Time with obligatory scythe and hour glass. Date: c.1920
Bright Young Things at a United States PartyA group at a United States party given by Miss Joe Carstairs, the intrepid motor-boat speed merchant and Miss Ruth Baldwin. From left, Miss Studik, Mr Dennis Pelly, Mr Leveson, the Hon
Pigeons - A Red Helmet, Black Lahore and Yellow SpotA portrait of three breeds of fancy pigeon illustrated inside their coop. The plain-headed Red Helmet presents its bicoloured plumage formation
Pigeons - Varieties of Ice Pigeons, Fancy BreedAn Ural, Silver, Siberian and Blue Ice Pigeons are seen here illustrated inside a pigeon coop, as known as a loft. The Ice Pigeon is a domesticated and fancy breed of pigeon
Pigeons - English Fantails or Garden FantailsA portrait of a Black, White and Blue English Fantail pictured inside their coop. The English Fantail is a highly developed breed of fancy and exhibition pigeon, and sub-variety of the Fantail
Pigeons - Black and Dun Barbs, English Fancy BreedA portrait of a Black and Dun Barbs, and two White Barbs in the background. The Barb, also called the English Barb is a breed of fancy pigeon developed over many years of selective breeding
Red-Pied Pouter Cock PigeonA portrait of a Red-Pied Pouter Cock pigeon, (Pigmy Pouter), standing with a view of tree tops. One other of its kind can be seen flying in the background
Blue Carrier Cock PigeonA portrait of a Blue Carrier Cock standing in full-length. The Blue Carrier Cock (Blue Bar), is one of the oldest English fancy breeds of pigeon
Black Carrier Cock PigeonA portrait of the Black Carrier Cock shown in a countryside landscape, with three of its kind visible in the background. The Black Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon
Victory Ball at the Albert Hall, end of WW1Prominent members of society and notable personalities, pictured in fancy dress at the famous Victory Ball, held at the Royal Albert Hall in November 1918 to celebrate the end of the First World War
People wearing Venice Carnival Costumes, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Woman wearing Venice Carnival CostumeWoman wearing costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Venice Carnival Jester CostumePerson wearing jester costume at the Venice Carnival, Venice, Italy Date: 2013
Golden Wedding Cake with Gum Paste Molding Date: 1936
Half Pierrot costumeA gentleman in (most of) a Pierrot costume, although he seems to feel that his Mothers bathcap would be suitable headgear to accompany the voluminous check trouser suit... Date: circa 1920s
Royal Wedding 1923 - Lady Elizabeth Bowes-LyonLady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, later Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, pictured in a fancy dress costume at the age of six
Gaby Deslys / BeaglesGABY DESLYS French singer and music hall artiste, wearing a fancy costume Date: 1884 - 1920
MenEarly 19th century fashion plate showing two designs for men. On the left is opera dress, complete with cloak and on the right a fancy dress costume for a page of the court of Francis I
Spider Web Cloche HatA rather unattractive young woman models a fantastical lace cloche hat with an elaborate spiders web radiating from the back - complete with spider