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Master and maid on a sepia greetings card - All are good maids (But whence come the bad wives?). Date: circa 1900s
Evening dress by Elspeth PhelpsAn artistic evening dress in a crinoline style rendered in silver lace embroidered with pale pink ostrich fronds by Elspeth Phelps. Date: 1920
Tatler cover - Lady Diana Manners on her wedding daySociety darling, Lady Diana Manners (Lady Diana Cooper) 1892-1986, youngest daughter of the Duke of Rutland, in picturesque pose in her wedding gown at her familys London home in Arlington Street
Lady Bridget Poulett wearing Norman HartnellLady Bridget Poulett (1912 - 1975), only daughter of Earl Poulett and society beauty, pictured in a modern setting arranged by Curtis Moffat
Womens clothing for early spring 1912Women models wearing early spring clothing for day and evening. 1912
The Countess of Galloway in court dressThe Countess of Galloway, formerly American-born Miss Philippa Wendell, photographed in her court gown. She was presented by her mother-in-law on the occasion of her marriage to Lord Galloway
A gown by Pam of 110 New Bond Street, 1927 Date: 1927
Edwardian theatre and dining clothing 1905Women wearing elegant evening gowns, square and v-necklines, short puff sleeves, trimmings of lace embroidery and hair worn high with floral and feathered plumes. Date: 1905
Zoe Palmer in her exotic Victorian gown for the Old Fashioned Girl number in the Midnight Follies cabaret show at the Hotel Metropole, London, 1924 Date: 1924
A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne MeunierStudies in Femininity, A Window in the South of France, by Suzanne Meunier. 1925
Evening gown and bodice by Elsa SchiaparelliIllustration of an evening gown and bodice by Elsa Schiaparelli, on a fashion page by Winifred Lewis. The outfit is described as
Mens winter clothing 1936Various outfits for men in a fashion catalogue, from golfers trousers, gentlemens winter coats, dressing gown with rope string, underwear and Pyjamas. Date: 1936
Tatler cover - Duchess of Gloucester in her wedding gownFront cover of The Tatler showing Lady Alice Montagu-Douglas-Scott in her wedding gown (designed by Norman Hartnell), in a picture specially drawn by Fortunino Matania
Schiaparelli Gown 1950SRed satin evening gown from Schiaparelli with a full skirt & partially strapless, asymmetric tunic with one shoulder strap. Worn with short gloves. Date: early 1950s
Hanging Sleeves 1930SA gown somewhat mediaeval in style with a deep V neckline, slender trained skirt & hanging sleeves worn with a belt composed of two rows of silver beads. Date: 1930s
Italian Costumes C15ThItalian costume: gown with hanging sleeves & laced across the kirtle bodice; gown with large sleeves ornamented with bows. Man: fur-trimmed jacket & sleeveless, hooded garment. Date: 15th century
French Costumes 1460-80Men: shallow caps with upturned brims, jackets with pleats & doublets. Women: gown with fur borders, V -neck with revers, kirtle, hood-like headdress, hood with liripipe. Date: 1460 - 1480
German Knight & Lady C15German Knight and his lady. He wears a full suit of armour, she wears an ornately patterned gown and a burlet and barbette over plaited hair. Date: 15th century
German Dress C14ThWoman: goffered veil & wimple, kirtle with buttoned sleeves, loose fitting gown, girdle & pouch. Man: dagged cape, gipon (doublet), girdle, piked shoes & hat with an up-turned brim. Date: 14th century
GERMAN COSTUME 1300-1349Men: gipon, dagged hood, cote- hardie with dagged tippets, girdles, swords & daggers. Woman: garment with elements of a cote-hardie & sleeved surcoat, ornamental fillet. Date: early 14th century
Florentine Costume C15ThFur-lined and edged houppelande or gown with funnel sleeves & a hood; fur- trimmed huke worn over a doublet. Both wear hose, piked shoes (cracowes) & caps. Date: circa 1425
Johannes Forster / De BrijJOHANNES FORSTER German Protestant theologian Date: 1495 - 1556
Lucy Baldwin, Countess Baldwin of BewdleyThe wife of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin wearing Buckmaster banquet gown. (1892-1945) Date: 1924
Evening gowns 1910French models wearing v necked evening gowns. Date: 1910
Sphere cover - wedding of Charles Sweeny & Margaret WhighamFront cover of The Sphere magazine featuring society wedding of the year in 1933; that of society beauty and media darling, Miss Margaret Whigham, later Duchess of Argyll, to Mr Charles Sweeny
Evening wrap and evening dress, 1919A straight, slim and elegant evening wrap on the left in emerald green velvet, and is trimmed with fur and brocade. Simplicity and originality combine in this evening dress of black satin
Belinda Belville wedding dress, 1965A Camelot-style wedding dress and veil of nun-like simplicity in translucent white organdie with a wide border of guipure lace and the cuffs and hem, also trimming the veil and train
A Race Gown by Isobel for Royal Ascot, 1927A lovely race gown and hat for Royal Ascot by Isobel, London Date: 1927
WW1 - Kaiser disappointed with his Zeppelin and U-BoatWW1 - An illustration mocking the German Emperor Wilhelm II. Here he is depicted in his night robes, holding a down-scaled zeppelin in one arm, and a U-Boat in the other
Oxford University robes: Doctor of Civil Law or MedicineA Doctor of Civil Law or Medicine at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, red gown. Date: 1920s
Oxford University robes: Doctor of Music (undress with hood)A Doctor of Music at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, black gown with white and magenta hood. Date: 1920s
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth 1937King George VI in uniform of Admiral of the Fleet (1895 - 1952) and Queen Elizabeth consort also known as Queen Mother (1900 - 2002) in the year of the Coronation. Date: 1937
Royal wedding 1893 - Princess May of TeckPrincess May of Teck, (later Queen Mary), (1867 1953). On her wedding day, to Prince George, Duke of York, (later King George V). Date: 6 July 1893
Royal wedding, 1923 - bridal gown & bridesmaid dressThe bridal gown of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon for her marriage to Prince Albert, Duke of York on 26 April 1923 at Westminster Abbey, designed by Madame Handley Seymour in a medieval style
Sleepy-Head by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl with her doll and teddy bear is ready for bed. Date: circa 1940s
Tatler front cover, 1963 - Christian Dior dressFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a model posed in a garden wearing a pink and crystal embroidered evening dress called Diorissimo by Christian Dior. Date: 1963
Fashion for summer evening wear 1932Two women modelling full length evening dresses for the summer. Woman on the left wearing a cross over back dress made of heavy crepe-de-chine printed in small floral pattern
Three schoolboys apply themselves and become Oxford scholarsThree schoolboys apply themselves, becoming first class Oxford scholars. They then lend their acquired wisdom to become a Bishop, a Physician and a great warrior! Date: 1898
Queen Elizabeth II at The Royal Film PerformanceThe Royal Film Performance, 1952 - Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022). Date: 1952
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (18971918) - the second daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and of Tsarina Alexandra. Date: circa 1916
Royal Wedding 1947. The Wedding DressThe dress designed for Princess Elizabeth by Norman Hartnell of ivory duchesse satin with hand embroidery on the skirt and bodice and Court train (fifteen feet long and of ivory tulle)
Royal Wedding 1919 -- Princess Patricia of ConnaughtPrincess Patricia of Connaughts wedding dress (left), and the dresses of the elder and younger bridesmaids. She married Commander Alexander Ramsay RN on 27 February 1919
Royal Wedding 1923 - the bridal gownPhotographs of the bridal gown and bridesmaids dress worn at the wedding of Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey on 26 April 1923
Royal Wedding 1981 - Prince Charles and Lady Diana SpencerThe newly married Prince and Princess of Wales wave to waiting crowds as they emerge from St. Pauls Cathedral following their wedding on 29 July 1981. Date: 1981
Royal Wedding 1986 - just marriedA newly married Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Lady Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York wave to crowds as they emerge from Westminster Abbey following their marriage on 23 July 1986. Date: 1986
Princess Maud in her wedding dressPrincess Maud of Wales (1869 - 1938), later Queen of Norway, youngest daughter of King Edward VII, pictured in her wedding dress for her marriage to Prince Charles (Carl) of Denmark
Bridal gown of the Duchess of KentThe silver flowered brocade gown worn by Princess Marina of Greece on her marriage to Prince George, Duke of Kent on 29 November 1934 at Westminster Abbey