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Islamic portrayal of Adam and EveAdam and Eve from a Persian manuscript. They are shown in Oriental robes singing to the tree of life in Paradise, halos and flames shooting from their heads. Adamo id Eva
Coco Chanel in her own designsCoco Chanel in the garden of her hotel in the Faubourg St. Honore in a cardigan suit made with a sleeveless jumper of her own design. Date: 1929
Mens celluloid detachable collars. circa 1900
Groovy people in Carnaby Street, 1960sA group of groovy people wearing flamboyant fashions of the 1960s in Carnaby Street, London. Date: 1966
Carnaby Street, 1960sFront cover of a promotional booklet about fashion epicentre of the 1960s, Carnaby Street, London. A model poses in front of the streets various boutiques wearing a Union Jack waistcoat
High fashion evening hairstyles with accessories 1912French models wearing elegant headdresses. Date: 1912
Advert for Raoul Shoe Company 1912French footwear, womens shoes for all occasions, street, town, seaside, tennis, walking, evening and court. 1912
Fashion plate, Album de Bal, Atelier BachwitzFashion plate, Album de Bal, from Atelier Bachwitz, showing three women in the latest fashions. 1920s
Fashion at Rectors Night Club. A model wearing a dance frock shown in Philip Moss Fashion Parade, London, 1923. Long bodiced of pale pink chiffon velvet
Hazel Lavery in a Lucile gown for Petticoat Lane Tombola WWIHazel, Lady Lavery, wife of painter Sir John Lavery pictured as the artist in a tableau staged for a charity event during the First World War called Petticoat Lane
Man on his 1956 / 7 Royal Enfield motorcycleTravelling biker on his 1956/7 Royal Enfield Meteor motorcycle outside the Post Office at John O Groats in the late 1950s
Tatler cover - Gabrielle Chanel & Alain GerbaultFront cover of The Tatler featuring a snapshot taken at Eaton Hall, Cheshire seat of the Duke of Westminster, where Alain Gerbault, captain of the Firecrest and French lawn tennis star, was staying
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath. La Belle FeLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architedt. Renaissance. La belle Ferronniere, 1490-95. Museum of Louvre. Paris. France
Poster, Nil Simile, The Ladys Shoe, sold by W F Heddon, Bridge Street, Carmarthen, Wales. Date: circa 1920
Le Miroir des Modes front cover - art deco woman & goldfishFront cover of French fashion magazine, Le Miroir des Modes featuring a woman in a draped red patterned day dress alongside a glass sphere or bowl of goldfish. Date: c.1920
Maenson Clothes advertisement for flannel trousers, 1930Advertisement for Maenson flannel trousers, cut to fit and tailored to keep their shape. In consequence they never demoralise into " bags" but always remain a very proper adjunct to
Cartier advertisement 1965Advertisement for Cartier featuring a number of gold pieces of jewellery, 1965. 1965
Mount Lebanese man wearing turban, cloak, carrying a spear.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845
Knight of the mid 15th century in battle armor with weapons.. He wears a checkered tunic over stocking, with two angels above holding his coat of arms. The weapons include a war hammer A and sword E
Men in evening wear from the 1920s.. Men in evening wear from the 1920s, in tuxedo, spats, bow-tie, top hat and canes. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920
Men in Ulster coats from the 1920s.. Men in double-breasted Ulster coats, with hats, gloves, canes and spats, in a snow scene
MURASAKI SHIKIBU (c. 978 - c. 1014). Japanese writerMURASAKI SHIKIBU (c. 978 - c.1014). Japanese writer. Illustration of a court lady of the Heian period. Illustration of Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), which chronicles the life of Prince Genji
Golfers at the Redan, North BerwickA group of well-known people at the famous hole on the North Berwick links: Miss Katherine Tennant on the left, then Lady Oxford; Lady Dorothy Macmillan; Mrs Sylvester Gates; Lady Constance Hatch;
Gaby Deslys and her gowns by Drian 1913Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), French actress, dancer and singer, pictured in a variety of lavish outfits designed by Drian and realised by Landolff for her latest revue at the Palace Theatre, London
Woman in flapper dress 1923Soft georgette evening gown, with cross-over bodice, edged with narrow band of self-coloured satin. Two flat panels appeared at the front and back of the skirt
Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885-1969), Princess Andrew of Greece from 1903, pictured in a sumptous evening gown and cloak
Mrs Whighams Ascot PartyA group at a house party held by Mrs George Hay Whigham at her home at Ascot, during Ascot Week. From left, Mr, C. Moore, Miss Margaret Whigham (Mrs Whighams daughter, later the Duchess of Argyll)
Dorelia McNeill - wife of Augustuis JohnDorothy (Dorelia) McNeill (1881-1969) the model for the Welsh artists Gwen John and Augustus John and the common-law wife of the latter. Pictured with a pet dog near Poole, Dorset. Date: circa 1927
Lady Edwina MountbattenEDWINA ASHLEY MOUNTBATTEN Wife of Earl Louis Mountbatten of Burma (1900 - 1979), whom she married in 1922. Last Vicereine of India, friend of Gandhi and Nehru. Date: 1901 - 1960
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, 1920s fashionAdvertisement for Elspeth Phelps of Albemarle St, London, part of a series depicting tongue in cheek scenes of society ladies (in this case the fictional Miss Lobelia Lobb)
The Bloomer Costume. Woman wearing bloomers dress and trousers fashion Date: 1851
Medea and Jason stealing the Golden FleeceDepiction of Medea and Jason from Greek mythology. Medea drugs a serpent while Jason prepares to kill it and steal the Golden Fleece. Venus and a winged youth stand at their side
Great Expectations: The Dickens Christmas Spirit by MataniaA Dickensian Christmas as imagined by the Italian-born artist, Fortunino Matania, who in his later career concentrated on historical genre subjects
Advert for the House of A. Lynes & Son, London, 1921 selling evening wear for men. Date: 1921
Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568-1625). Flemish painter. Peasant dance to the Dukes (Archduchess Isabella Clara Eugenia and Albert). 1623. Oil on canvas. Prado Museum. Madrid. Spain
Albaniz. Kruje. Albanian traditional dress. Bazaar
Elisabeth of France (1602-1644). Queen consort of Spain (1621 to 1644) and Portugal (1621 to 1640) as the first wife of King Philip IV of Spain
Advert for Peter Robinsons mens clothing 1904Tailored clothing for gentlemen at Peter Robinson s, Oxford Street. Date: 1904
Brita Edholm in Biba dressBrita Edholm, a graphic designer and art director at Trends Promotion Unit, pictured in London Life magazines What People are Wearing section in a silver dress from Biba
Advertisement for evening dresses by Elizabeth Henry, 1939Two models wearing dark evening dresses inspired by the late 19th-century fashion designed by Elizabeth Henry and made with Courtaulds Rayon. Date: 1939
London Life cover - On the Level - 1960s fashionsFront cover of London Life magazine showing three cast members from a new musical, On The Level (about a GCE scandal) which opened in London on 19 April 1966
Doncella cigar advertisement, 1965Advertisement for Doncella cigars featuring a man under a bunch of mistletoe smoking a cigar and attracting much interest from a bevy of beautiful brunettes. Date: 1965
London Life - Fashion pages by Jean Shrimpton, 1965Spread from the short-lived but impossibly cool magazine, London Life, with a column by sixties supermodel Jean Shrimpton who regularly wrote about the clothes she liked
Bystander masthead design, society at the racesStylised masthead design on the front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring smart society mingling at the races, possibly Ascot, the Derby or Goodwood. Date: 1930
Munrospun advertisement featuring librarians, 1964An advertisement for Munrospun knitwear of Edinburgh featuring two glamorous librarians, wearing skirts and sweaters in softest Lambswool. Date: 1964
Tatler front cover, 1958Front cover of The Tatler for April 1958 featuring a model wearing a hat, or Easter bonnet, by French designer Pierre Cardin, using yards of wide-mesh net, swathed on a white
Tatler cover photoshoot focusing on sunglasses. A variant shot from this particular photoshoot was used for the cover of The Tatler issue for 4 November 1959. 1959