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Advert for Kayser Bondor, makers of hosiery and underwear. Date: 1954
The front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine from March 1954. Date: 1954
A selection of fashionable outfits for women. Date: 1954
A striped jumper, knitted "on the cross". Date: 1954
A drop shoulder cardigan in honeycomb stitch, published with instructions on how to create the garment at home. Date: 1954
A street dress from Susan Small, a ready-to-wear fashion label founded in the 1940s by Leslie Carr Jones. Date: 1954
Advert for Courtaulds, makers of rayon fabric. The gown depicted is made by Liberty's. In the background is a scene from Ranelagh Gardens in the 18th century. Date: 1954
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from January 1954. Date: 1954
An advert for Wolsey's range of women's wear. Date: 1943
Wartime advert for Dolcis shoes, featuring a festive sprig of holly. Date: 1943
Advert showing Vani-Tred's Carlton range of women's shoes. Date: 1943
Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a reversible cardigan and a jumper. Date: 1943
Advert for Harella coats, emphasising their smart fit from any angle. Date: 1943
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from October 1943. Date: 1943
Wartime advert for Dolcis shoes, featuring an image of women serving in the Women's Royal Naval Service. Date: 1943
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from November 1943. Date: 1943
Wartime advert for Vani-Tred shoes, designed to ensure superb poise. Date: 1943
Advert for Norvic Shoes, promising comfort and elegance. Date: 1943
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from September 1943. Date: 1943
Some ideas and instructions for home knitting projects - a twin set, and woollen stockings. Date: 1943
Advert for Wolsey Clothing, emphasing the durability of their garments in the "mend and make-do" era of World War II. Date: 1943
Designs for women's knitwear, published with instructions on how to make the garments at home. Date: 1943
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from August 1943. Date: 1943
A wartime advert for Dolcis Shoes, emphasising their comfort and durability as well as their "grace of line". Date: 1943
The front cover of Britannia and Eve from July 1943. Date: 1943
A wartime advert for Wolsey, emphasising the durability of the garments. Date: 1943
Advice on women's fashions and accessories for an outing by road. Date: 1932
Fashion and accessory advice for women travelling by plane. Date: 1932
Suggestions for hats, luggage, fashions and accessories to take on a train journey. Date: 1932
Some fashion suggestions for women when travelling, perhaps - as here - on the deck of a cruise ship. Date: 1932
Advert for Morley's range of silk, mercerised stockings. Date: 1932
Afternoon fashion options for the stylish woman. Date: 1932
Designs for women's summer dresses. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932
Advert for Marshall and Snelgrove's range of printed silk frocks, worn with woollen coats. Date: 1932
A range of daytime options for the fashionable woman. Date: 1932
Designs for women's coat-frocks. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932
Designs for women's dresses. The patterns were available to order for home dressmakers. Date: 1932
Styles of women's accessories popular in Spring 1932. Date: 1932
Advert for Woollands, illustrating their range of women's coats and short coats. Date: 1932
Advert for Debenham & Freebody, showcasing their new styles of knitted frock for the spring. Date: 1932
Averil Streatfield (1911-1977) is here seen modelling a crepe romain gown and a coat bordered with grey fox, by designer Norman Hartnell (1901-1979). Date: 1932
A crocheted hat and a knitted and crocheted cravat scarf. The images accompanied instructions on how to create the garments yourself. Date: 1932
A sketch of a woman in a fashionable tweed suit, accessorised with hat, scarf and handbag. This sort of outfit was popular for wearing in the country, or for mornings in town. Date: circa 1932
Sketch illustrating some fashions in women's night attire - a nightgown and pyjamas. Date: circa 1932
A sketch showing the current fashion in women's eveningwear, including gloves, jewellery, evening bag and shoes. Date: circa 1932
A selection of late Victorian hats for women. Date: 1900
Man in tight stays 1788Tight lacing 1788. A painfully fashionable young man wearing corsets to achieve a fashionable figure, bowing, perhaps in a dance. "These tight stays will be death of me, " he says
The charm of the women in black, as revealed at AscotFashionable race-goers wear black in 1910 in mourning for the death of Edward VII. The figures shown (clockwide from the centre) are Countess of Portarington and Mr