Gowns Collection (page 3)

Royal Ascot fashions for mother & debutante daughter
Two dresses for a debutante and her mother to wear to Royal Ascot in 1933 from Derry and Toms. On the left is a gown of white lawn embroidered in Wedgwood blue, and trimmed with kilted ruffles

Debutante gown from Harvey Nichols, 1933
A debutante frock in primrose yellow net with a rich brown velvet sash. Delicately tucked panels, ending in ever-widening frills, give an air of gossamer lightness to the skirt

Dresses at Queen Victorias Fifth Drawing Room, worn by Miss Campbell, The Marchioness Cassar de Sain and Miss Earl. 1897

Advert, Mesdames Millerand & Gervaise, Regent Street, Brighton, Summer Gowns and Capes. 1899

The Story of a Dress - Christian Dior
Double page spread from The Sketch drawn by Francis Marshall documenting the different stages of a Christian Dior dress. Top left the dress is designed by Dior himself while top right shows a

Lucien Lelong evening dresses
Two evening dresses in contrasting styles from Lucien Lelong. Fro the young woman on the left, a white tulle gathered on the hips and stiffly outstanding fullness of deep tucks

Latest summer fashion from Paris, dress or undress? Decollete and slit up, but not clinging. Date: 1913

The Tallien Costume, finishing touches to a new fashion
The Tallien costume, so called after the famous Directoire beauty, Mme. Tallien, the latest fashion from Paris. A model being fitted with the style at the salon of Doeillet. Date: 1912

Fashions for Monte Carlo, 1925
Evening dresses for the fashionable resort of Monte Carlo on the Cote d Azur. On the left, crepe dress in peacock blue enriched with silver rose

Advert for Peter Robinson gowns 1924
Two women wearing gowns of georgette. Date: 1924

Evening frock 1905
Side-view of a woman wearing an evening frock made from crepe-de-chine, available from Shoolbred, department store. Date: 1905

Women wearing black evening frock 1905
Women wearing a black evening frock of ninon, inset with arched motift of lace which at the hem resolve into large wheel effects, worked up with chenille and silk

Debutantes court gowns of 1905
A page of Debutantes wearing traditional white court gowns. Date: 1905

Advert for Kendal, Milne and Co. tailor-mades 1897
Ladies tailor-made garments and girls knockabout frock Date: 1897

Advert for Peter Robinson womens evening gowns 1925
Sleeveless evening gowns made from taffeta. 1925

Advert for Debenham & Freebody Ascot frocks 1914
Fashionable woman wearing sunshaded frock with parasol. 1914

Christening robe 1868
Beautiful embroidered Christening robe. 1868

Womens evening dresses 1929
Narrow tiered evening dresses. Date: 1929

Christmas gift from Dickins & Jones catalogue, showing three ladies wearing slim-lined satin evening gowns. Date: 1911

The Parisians of Paris: La Cavalieri
Lina Cavalieri (1874 - 1944), beautiful singer, posing elegantly in a magnificent evening gown adorned with silk flowers

Two fashionable women wearing elegant afternoon and evening dresses with sashes. Date: 1913

Advert for Debenham & Freebody clothing sale 1929 Advert for Debenham & Freebody
Stocktaking sale for late 1920s womens clothing. 1929

Advert for Madame Thea - wedding gowns 1929
Advert for a three quarter length wedding gown with large bouquet. 1929

Young Edwardian lady wearing a fashionable frock, with white cloth adorned with hairpin work and trimmed with raw edged flounces. Date: 1904

Costumes include: hood with liripipe, hose, short doublet or jerkin, tall crowned hats, hood-like headdresses, pouches suspended from belts, short gowns with full sleeves. Date: 15th century

Nurses and women in dressing gowns. Date: 1940-55

Albert, Duke of York - Honourary Degree for Taft, Cambridge
Prince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - receiving an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Law along with the ex-President (and then Chief Justice)

Hospital Theatre, Lagos
A hospital operating theatre in Lagos, patient on operating table with surgical team an observers standing around table in gowns and masks. Date: circa 1930

Fashionable evening gowns 1909
Two women wearing the latest evening gowns from Swan and Edgars collection, model on the left is fashioned of sapphire-blue satin veiled with black ninon with panels of gold

Page of fashion adverts - October 1909
Page of four fashion adverts for clothing, for Autumn, in The Tatler, October 1909. Aquascutum Ltd, waterproof pure wool coats for men and women. Debenham & Freebody, fur-lined coat with squirrel

CLEANERS DELIVERY VAN
Achille Serre is THE cleaner for LOndons fashionable crowd, and this is the van in which your gowns and dress suits will be brought to you. Date: 1912

1797 DRESS, WOMEN & KIDS 1797 DRESS, WOMEN & KIDS
Working class clothing from the late 18th century. The woman and girl wear plain gowns with aprons and sraw hats, the boy wears a smock. Date: 1797

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Two gowns with corsage en coeur, one with a fringed bertha. The pink gown trimmed with a column of rosettes, the white has a double skirt - the upper looped up in waves. Date: 1843

EVENING DRESS 1830
Gowns with transparent lace over-skirts with deep scalloped & embroidered flounces & wide over-sleeves that taper to a point. The white gown has lace manchettes. Date: 1830

Social Scenes - France - 15th century
The French court - Marie dAnjou, queen of Charles VII, receives a book from her chaplain, Robert Blondel, while courtiers stand around Date: 1455

Lily Langtry in A Society Butterfly - photograph by Downey
Lily Langtry as Aphrodite in A Society Butterfly at the Opera Comique, London. Date: 1894

A very jolly group playing with a huge ball on the beach
A wonderful photograph of a very jolly group (possibly one large extended family) playing with a huge ball on the beach - note the variety of magnificent beachwear on show!

Wedding of Oswald Mosley and Cynthia Curzon
Wedding of Lady Cynthia Curzon and Oswald Mosley in 11 May 1920, as reported in The Sphere magazine. The left picture shows the bride leaving Carlton House Terrace with her father, Lord Curzon

Norman Hartnell tulle gown
A striking frock in white tulle embroidered with pearls embodying the lengthening of skirts which typified fashions towards the end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s

Norman Hartnell and dress designs, 1924
Sir Norman Bishop Hartnell (1901 - 1979), British couturier and favourite fashion designer of the Queen and Queen Mother. Pictured at the very start of his career in 1924 when he had just launched

Evening gowns of 1936
Various styles of full-length evening gowns in a fashion catalogur magazine. Date: 1936

Carina Martin wedding dress, 1958
A high fashion wedding dress in lace tinted with the merest pink, short enough in front to show a stocking and slippered foot

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Divinity (undress)
A Doctor of Divinity at Oxford University sporting a mortar board and long, black gown. Date: 1920s

Barbara Cartland in her wedding dress
Dame Mary Barbara Hamilton Cartland (1901-2000), married name Mrs Barbara McCorquodale, British novelist. Pictured in the wedding gown she designed herself for her marriage to Alistair McCorquodale

Anna Held in her peacock gown
Miss Anna Held, appearing in Follow Me at the Casino in New York, displaying her spectacular peacock gown with the tail spread. Date: 1917

Crinoline Difficulties 1860s
A lady goes to extreme lengths to wear the widest, most fashionable crinoline skirt during the 1860s when the fashion was at its height. Date: 1865-70

Lady Gloria Vaughan as a debutante
Lady Gloria Vaughan, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Lisburne, one of the most important debutantes of the year according to The Sketch magazine

Fashion inspired by Leon Bakst
Gowns in the newest manner, inspired by the modern designs of Leon Bakst (best known for his theatrical costumes for the Ballets Russe) and realised by Paquin

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