Garment Collection (page 12)

Advert for International Fur Store 1919
Two women wearing winter garments with fur stole and muff. 1919

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens coat 1916
Woman wearing a woollen stockinette coat frock, with large collar and patch pockets. 1916

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens undergarments 1913
Sale of attractive undergarments embroidered by hand. 1913

Advert for Barkers blouses 1914
Barkers of Kensington, With the object of keeping all our workrooms occupied and the staff fully employed during this period of stress we have cut over profits down to the extreme limit

Advert for Barkers of Kensington blouses 1914
Woman wearing sailor collar blouse, available from Barkers of Kensington. 1914

Women wearing embroidered linen dress 1906
Side view of an Edwardian woman wearing a embroidered linen dress with high neckline and bell shaped skirt. Date: 1906

Advert for Burberrys weather proof trench coats 1916
Six service maxims. Wet-resistance, wind proofness, warmth, healthfulness, lightweight and durability. Available from Burberrys, Haymarket, London. Date: 1916

Advert for Burberrys WWI service coats 1916
Protection and comfort. Whenever the inclemency of weather conditions to be faced in Naval or Military services calls for the highest form of protection

Advert for Mandleberg & Co. waterproofs 1890
Mandleberg, patent coats made from rubber and " free from odour", for men and women. 1890

Advert for Debenham & Freebody mens fur lined coats 1905
Gentlemens fur lined coats. 1905

Advert for Wolsey underwear 1947
Advertisement for Wolsey slimsets underwear showing a very elegant woman in her bedroom showing the foundation garments off to their best advantage. Date: 1947

Advert for J. Roussel lingerie with elastic lace belt 1936
Roussel creates for you a belt in elastic lace... so light... so dainty... yet so firm in its moulding action. Roussel has created amasterpiece in this luxuriously feminine belt - woven for each

Advert for Kestos lingerie 1936
One brassiere for day or backless wear. Worn exclusively by the smartest women since its creation, the Kestos Brassiere has achieved a niche for itself unequalled by any other

A man, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, leaning on or rolling a large barrel-like object, possibly a mochi tub; he is carrying a long-handled tool, possibly a mallet

A man walking to the left, wearing a large conical hat and a straw or feather garment, carrying a long handled tool over his right shoulder. Date between 1830 and 1850

A man, wearing a conical hat, a straw or feather outer garment, and boots, is carrying a long-handled tool, possibly a dipper or mallet, from which fish are hanging. Date between 1830 and 1850

Interior of cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads, showing some of the eighty homesteaders at their work and some of the ladies coats made by them. Hightstown, New Jersey. Date 1936 Nov

Maid presents dry-cleaned dress to a lady
A lady looks delighted as a maid presents her with a frock that has paid a visit to Achille Serre Ltd, the famous cleaners and dyers. Date: 1927

Advert for Wolsey spring fashions, underwear
Wolsey lustral arttificial silk underwear and hosiery. Young lady modeling a slip with a floral shawl with long fringing. 1928

Dry Cleaning
A young woman leaves a garment with a helpful shop assistant with a bouffant hairdo, behind the counter of a dry cleaning shop. Date: 1960s

Racial / German Magistrate
A magistrate (left) and a knight (right) 16th century

Womens Costume Mid C17
Mourning Dress with a pointed bodice & a cloak-like garment with hood; a bodice with tabs, large slashed sleeves, lace falling collar, hitched up over-skirt & floral petticoat Date: mid 17th century

Anne De Beaujeu (Mono)
Anne de Beaujeu, daughter of Louis XI of France, keeps warm by wearing a long trailing thick fur-trimmed garment, with several layers beneath

Rhapsody in Wood
Victorian girl knitting a garment for her boyfriend or husband who is away fighting, possibly in the Crimea?

Polaniase Dress 1868
Girl: spatterdashes & fur trimmed garment with a cape cut into 2 deep points. Women: black & pink polonaise dress with pelerine; yellow dress, black tunic with pointed hem

Briton of the Interior
A Briton of the interior, with his dog : his garment is made from cows hide. In the background is a mound fortress

Poro-Plastic Corset
The patent Poro-Plastic corset is composed of felt & is seamless, boneless & stitchless and yet affords excellent support being elastic & porous & lightweight

Pin-Up / Gold Slingbacks
Blonde fifties pin-up wearing a black, off-the-shoulder garment (bathing costume or underwear ?) & gold slingback sandals, kneels on a floral print rug

Rag Trade Strike 1910
When the garment workers of New York go on strike for better pay and working conditions, they are supported by Annie Morgan, millionaires daughter

Removing Stains
Pouring a kettle of boiling water onto a garment placed over a bowl is a good way of removing unwanted stains

The Weddingfeast Parable
THE WEDDING FEAST The guest who arrived without a wedding garment

Dodgy Dealer
KINGSTON MARKET A stallholder holds up a floral garment in an attempt to make a sale to a potential customer

Walking Dress / Muff 1819
Grey kerseymere pelisse with long sleeves falling over the hands. Trimmed with ruby coloured velvet at cuffs, epaulettes, and round the perimeter of the garment

One-Piece Not Allowed
A young woman in a red one- piece bathing costume with lacing on the legs starts to remove the forbidden garment. From a time when the all in one costume seemed fast

Fur Poncho 1913
Green lined white fur garment somewhat like a cape or poncho with a thick all round fur collar & chinese style embroidered motif on the chest. Worn with a fur toque

Egyptian Evening Coat
Evening coat in fur & a fabric using motifs from a non- European culture (?Egyptian) with hood & large hanging sleeves giving the garment the appearance of a cloak

Ladies of C15Th
Ermine lined gown with belt, gown with tight sleeves worn over the knuckles or turned back to form a cuff, sleeveless garment with side vent worn over a kirtle

Viennese Fashion 1830
Viennese fashion: Ankle length skirts with a flounce at knee level, worn with gauze blouses with a double flounce at shoulder level extending round the entire garment

Mens Vest and Drawers
Aertex half-sleeve vest and trunk drawers - this two-piece garment suit is priced from seven shillings and sixpence

Pullover by Gillier
Gilliers Gossamer pull-over is the ideal sport garment for smart women... very light and gives a very agreeable line. Buy it in Paris, London or New York

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