Fashions Collection (#16)

Incense, Cinnamon, Myrrh
Orientalism: depiction of the influece of all things eastern upon western fashions including harem pants or Turkish trousers & turbans. N.B lampshade tunic. Date: 1914

Mrs. Cody / Aviator
wife of Samuel Franklin Cody. Became the first woman to fly in England at Laffins Plain, Aldershot, Hampshire, here modelling the latest fashions Date: 1909

Vamp Fashions 1914
Vamp & Victem: seductively clinging gown with low back, translucent sleeves & tasselled tail in an exotic patterned fabric; soft beret style hat & high heel court shoes. Date: 1914

Cartoon, The great couturier, WW1
French satire on Austrian fashions show ghoulish staring eyed women with heavy make-up, outlandish hairstyles & bizarre & eccentric clothes in garish colours & patterns. Date: 1917

Racegoers Fashions 1899
Blue: tucked front & sleeves, wrap-over front, high pointed collar. Lilac tunic dress: dentate wrap over body, pointed & curved hems, flat braid trim, lace & belts. Date: 1899

Frilly Fashions 1892
Blue: yoke bodice, sleeves (3 vandyked flounces, pleated transparent flared cuffs). Brown: wrap-over coat bodice, frilled revers, gored skirt, gigot sleeves, broad belt. Date: 1892

Fashions / Lefranco 1892
Tartan blouse, gigot sleeves, sleeveless bolero with passementerie. High necked lace blouse, coat bodice with long basques simulating an over-skirt, gored skirt. Date: 1892

Fashions Early 1880S
Black mantle: lace, jet beads & passementerie. Blue dress: panniers, vandyked skirt, under-skirt with flounces at hem. Jacket body: frilled basques & shoulder puffs. Date: early 1880s

Princess Lind Dress 1880
French fashions: princess dresses with tie-back skirts ornamented with embroidered panels, flounces & gauging or in lilac with lace, gauging & a quilted & trained skirt. Date: 1880

Fashions Palais Royal
Clothing worn by society & the demi-monde of the Palais Royal. One man wears cossack trousers, another top boots while many of the ladies wear evening dress. Date: 1822

Greenhouse Fashions 1899
White gown: gauged bodice, simulated tunic with flounces & pearls. Purple & lilac dress & bolero: bold floral print trimmed in black. Both have square necklines. Date: 1899

Skirt & Blouse 1828
Ruff, kerchief, ribbon adorned bonnet, blouse with full sleeves contained at the upper arm by a band, a canezou, skirt trimmed at waist & at knee level with lilac & foliage. 1828

Autumn Fashions 1932
A plum-coloured coat with fur- trimmed cape, collar and cuffs. A large square clasp fastens the coat. Date: 1932

Women fashions of 1931
Two suits comprised of jackets and skirts and worn with matching hats. Both are designs by Mlle. De Ste-Claire Date: 1931

Lady of Ca 1760
A lady of the court of Louis XV, when fashions were perhaps at their most artificial Date: circa 1760

Merveilleuse 1794
Encouraged by Amaury Duval, an official at the Ministry of the Interior, Parisiennes defy aristocratic fashions with their own free-expression styles, often exaggerated Date: 1794

Hotel Foyer Fashions
Well-heeled people in evening dress mingle in an hotel foyer. Some sit at tables possibly waiting for drinks ordered from the cocktail waiter at the hotel bar. Date: 1930s

Winter Fashions / 1643
Elegant woman wears the winter fashion of fur to protect her from the cold and a mask for her face Date: 1643

Female Type / Doll 1929
A woman looks at a miniature doll which shows off the latest Autumn fashions. Date: 1929

Costume / London Fashions
Two women in London fashions - full and half dress Date: 1799

5 Years Without Paris
Oh, the horrors of war ! Imagine - five years without Paris fashions ! (German womans comments after World War One) Date: 1919

Four fashionable ladies at a soiree
Four society ladies: two wear wide shouldered gowns with transparent over-sleeves marking the transition to the new fashion. The other two have short puffed sleeves. Date: late 1820s

Music sheet: Oh Bimbolo
Music sheet cover for Oh Bimbolo!, a song about a boxing champion, written by Lionel Rothery and Val Watson, with music by Robert Stolz. Date: 1922

Fashions for children 1904
Edwardian children wearing winter garments. Date: 1904

Illustration of a becoming skating costume in the Tatler
Black and white illustration of a lady modelling a becoming skating costume in the Tatler of 29th December 1909 as part of an article entitled The Highway of Fashion : by Marjorie Hamilton

Advert for Swan & Edgar coats 1909
Full page colour advertisment for Swan and Edgar Limited, London, in the Tatler of 3rd November 1909. Advertising fashionable furs it shows five portraits of very elegant Edwardian girls modelling

Advert for Swan & Edgar ladies fur coats 1909
Full page colour advertisment for Swan and Edgar Limited, London in the Tatler of 3rd November 1909. Specifically advertising fashionable furs it shows six portraits of very elegant Edwardian ladies

Fashion for winter sports 1929
Models wearing comfortable ski-wear. 1929

Fashions for winter sports 1929
Models wearing the latest fashionable skiing and skating outfits. Date: 1929

Alluring sports-kit for the winter 1929
Models wearing winter sports outfits available from Selfridges. 1929

Advert for Peter Robinson mourning dress 1887
Peter Robinson mourning warehouse, in Regent Street, London. Black materials by the yard and new makes of BLACK SILKS are marvellously cheap and strongly recommened for good wear. 1887

Advertisement, G W Jones & Co Modes (fashions), Oxford Street, London. 1883

Women in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball
Examples of women dressed in dazzle fancy dress for the Chelsea Arts Ball at the Albert Hall in March 1919. Date: 1919

Mother and daughter party fashions, 1966
Woman wears an emerald green Irish wool shirt and matching skirt checked with purple from Laura Desmond with silver cover-up shoes from Elliott. The little girls green dress is by Popchicks

Young people at a disco, Cornwall
Young people at a disco somewhere in Cornwall, with colourful lighting from spotlights. Date: mid-1980s

Fashions for the open car at Dunhill
An outfit for a lady motorist comprising a leather jumper of a dark penguin grey shade broken by touches of crimson velvet worn with a grey suede double breasted coat

French Fashions - 1950s Date: 1950s

Fashion for tennis 1933
Three models wearing practical clothing for tennis. 1933

Simpson of Piccadilly advertisement - ski fashion 1956
Advertisement for ski fashions from Simpson of Piccadilly featuring a woman wearing a royal blue ski jacket with a shoulder flutter of embroidered snowflakes

Tatler cover - Paris translated, 1959
Front cover of The Tatler - an issue devoted to showing how the latest fashions from Paris and Rome can be translated into clothes you can buy in the shops now. Date: 1959

Dazzle style fashion on the beach, 1919
Dazzle fashion, inspired by the dazzle camouflage pioneered by the British Navy during the First World War, seen in evidence on a beach in 1919, complete with matching parasol and head scarves

Fashions for Spring, 1919
Demi-toilettes de Printemps. Soft blue and beige charmeuse make up the dress on the left, which has a distinctive note, a cleverly arranged panel of black satin

Advertisement for Bri-Lon sports shirts
Advert for sports shirts in Bri-Nylon by Fred Perry Sportswear, and on the right, a button-through sports shirt in Bri-Nylon by Marathon. Date: 1966

Black and white zebra dress by Hildebrand
A black and white zebra dress in Courtelle jersey by Hildebrand with Echo black and white stockings and black mock croc shoes by John Smith. Date: 1966

Sixties patterned silk culotte suit
Janet Lyle wears a long pink patterned silk culotte suit designed by herself. Date: 1966

Advertisement for Daks dinner suits at Simpson Piccadilly
Advert for dinner suits that add dash to dinners, dances, from Simpson Piccadilly. Date: 1966

Sixties fashions
Model on the left wears a navy with red and white striped Mono trouser suit, with Edward Mann spy girl hat from Bourne and Hollingsworth

Advertisement for Crimplene jacket
Advertisement for a Crimplene jacket which ensures the man appears handsome and eligible in all situations. Date: 1966

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