Gowns Collection (page 5)

Advert for practical womens clothing 1929
Selection of ladies practical clothing. 1929

Beautiful gowns for the spring season 1913
Three women models wearing pretty fashionable frocks for evening and afternoon wear 1913, almond green charmeuse forms the skirt of model on the left, which is cut with a train

Dresses for morning, evening and afternoon wear 1913
Three women models wearing pretty fashionable frocks for morning, evening and afternoon, Morning clothing, khaki tailor-made jacket with belt and brown velvet collar

Evening gown and fur coat
An evening dress with trains that only just touch the ground expressed in tissue lame from Vanit霧s of Sloane Street, paired with a mink and musquash coat from Artemis. 1929

Models wearing elegant gowns 1912
Three women models wearing dainty toque hats and elegant gowns. 1912

Childrens nightdresses 1913
Little girls ready for bed wearing their nightdresses. Date: 1913

Advert for P. Steinmann & Co Christening robes 1926
P. Steinmann advertising a beautiful embroidered net Christening robe with matching bonnet. 1926

The Captain of the School by Parry and Mouillot
The Captain of the School, by Edward A Parry and Frederick Mouillot, first produced at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester, in November 1910 and at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in December 1910

Advert for the Paris fashion house of Bernard et Cie, 1926
Advert for the Paris fashion house of Bernard et Cie, 35 Avenue de L Opera, Paris, 1926 Date: 1926

Frocks and Feminity: four creations by Hoban et Jeanne
Frocks and Feminity: four elegant fashions created by the London couture house of Hoban et Jeanne, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Dress and the Danseuse - three original and charming models sketched by G. Peres, London, 1922 Date: 1922

Dress and the Danseuse - suggestion for ermine cloak and hat
Dress and the Danseuse a suggestion for an ermine evening cloak and two hats designed by G. Peres Date: 1921

Claire Luce in Schiaparelli
Actress Claire Luce (1903-1989), actress and entertainer, photographed in a Schiaparelli evening dress worn in the film, Vintage Wine

Summer Gowns and Capes, Millerand & Gervaise
Advertising design, Summer Gowns and Capes, Mesdames Millerand & Gervaise, Regent Street, Brighton. 1900

Elegant dresses for dining 1912
Four women wearing fashionable high waist tunic dining dresses. Date: 1912

Edwardian women wearing teagowns 1905
Teagowns for lounging in and receiving friends. Lemon tunic with black velvet belt, a lace coat with short puff sleeves. High neckline gown made from crepe de chine and wrap-around chiffon coat

Hildred, a mannequin for Lucile
One of Luciles famous models. Lady Lucy Duff Gordon (aka Lucile) was famous for employing a band of mannequins at her salon and for introducing the mannequin parade for her customers

Celanese evening coat and dress, 1937
A dramatic evening coat in heavy Celanese crepe bavalo, worn over an evening frock of lustrous celanese boucle satin. Date: 1937

Paquin evening dress, 1938
An evening dress by Paquin in black net and lace, full skirted, longer at the back than the front. The frock is completed by a large taffeta bow of an elusive petunia shade. Date: 1938

Advert for the fashion house of Lafayette, London, 1922 showing two smart evening gowns Date: 1922

Jean Peron shows off two of his couture creations
At his salon on Regent Street, London, fashion designer Jean Peron shows off two of his beautiful couture creations to Mrs Philip Maufe

Fashionable ascot frock 1933
Woman wearing a fashionable Ascot frock designed and carried out by The White House of 51 New Bond Street. It is expressed in white organdie, patterned with pastel black

Dresses for dining 1910
Four women wearing fashionable dinner dresses with high waists. 1910

Advert for Debenham & Freebody undergarments 1915
Danity negligees, tea frocks and dressing gowns. 1915

Evening dress for a cruise
An evening frock suitable for a cruise in uncrushable crepe ideal for a cruise. It is boldly striped in four tones of green (or red)

Evening frocks for fashionable casinos
A holiday abroad necessitates many lovely evening frocks for fashionable casinos. On the left is a dress of shimmering satin in duck egg blue, embroidered with diamante from Marshall and Snelgrove

Harrods advertisement, presentation gowns for 1931
Harrods advertisement for presentation gowns suitable for Their Majesties Courts. Appropriately, the three models shown all have regal names - Elizabeth, Anne and Victoria. Date: 1931

Swan and Edgar bridal outfits, 1931
Advertisement for Swan & Edgar of Piccadilly Circus, London, promoting their bridal fashions in 1931. The blushing bride can opt for simplicity in a gown

Riviera evening wear drawn by Edmund Blampied
Illustration in The Bystander to accompany an article on Riviera Fashion Forecasts which stipulates that while fashion is simple for daywear, nothing is too ornate or elaborate for the evening

Advert for Ciro jewellery 1937
Ciro will inevitably attend the years Courts... A variety of their twinkly products are displayed and in the middle, a woman, perhaps a debutante, in court dress by Marshall and Snelgrove

The Tatler Summer Number front cover by Lewis Baumer
Front cover of The Tatler Summer Number for 1924 featuring an illustration of a fashionably dressed young woman, wearing a graduated pink evening gown with a matching feather fan. Date: 1924

An Ascot frock from Ernest and Redfern, 1924
An Ascot frock from the salon of Ernest and Redfern of Albemarle Street, London. The fourreau is of black satin, the overdress being of black and white foulard marocain

A Lovely Ascot frock from Harrods, 1924
A black and white georgette frock, embroidered with silk and beads, worn with a osprey trimmed hat and silken sunshade decorated with sheared marabout (marabou), all from Harrods of Knightsbridge

German - Italian Dress
Woman: barbette & fillet. Man: tabard style sleeveless surcote, tunic, mantle fastened with cord. Italian students wear voluminous gowns & a fur-lined surcote. 13th century

English Costume C16Th
Royal Costume. Men: flat caps, fur-lined gowns, doublets, heavily embroidered sleeves, duck-bill toed shoes. Woman: ruff split at the front under the chin. 16th century

Frenchmen of 1470
Short fur-lined jerkin (jacket) with hanging sleeves, hose, piked shoes (cracowes), long gowns - one with dagged sleeves, small round caps & hats & a chaperon with liripipe Date: 1470

French Nobles of C15Th
Fur-lined and edged houppelandes or gowns with hanging sleeves worn over doublets, a pouch or bag suspended from a belt & hats with burlets. Date: circa 1425

State Officers
State officers wear long gowns or houppelandes - two have pleated fronts, one has closed hanging sleeves, also a long huke, shoulder cape & hood, a chaperon & a cone shaped hat. Date: 15th century

Officials Dress
Officials wear long gowns or houppelandes - one has dagged side vents & a pleated front. N.B long huke, jacket & various hats including some with tall conical crowns. Date: 15th century

London Ladies of C. 1560
Mid century English costume: richly embroidered dresses & gowns with short, padded sleeves which allow the under- sleeve to be seen, plus ruffs & matching cuffs. Date: circa 1560

Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto 1909
Mary Caroline, Countess of Minto (n饠 Grey), (1858 - 1940), popular society figure, daughter of Gen. Hon. Charles Grey married in 1883 to Gilbert John Murray Kynynmond Elliot

COSTUME 1798-99
Man: breeches, d-b coat cut- away & with a velvet collar. N.B Watch seals. Women: high- waisted gowns & pelises - some trimmed with fur, fur muff, turban or straw hat. Date: 1798 - 1799

WOMENs COSTUME 1789-90
Ladies wearing pelerines, a buffont, fur tippet & matching muff, hats including a large mob cap & gowns with open fronts revealing waistcoats & petticoats. Date: 1789 -1790

Gowns of 1830 / Robida
Gowns of 1830 according to a later source with gigot sleeves. One gown has a ruff & lace mancherons. One lady wears a fur tippet. Both have their hair in Apollo knots. Date: 1830

Wedding gown 1912
An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle

Ball Dresses 1899
Gowns with square Victorian bodices, shoulder straps & transparent epaulettes. Pink: draped corsage. Green: corsage of horizontal rows of lace, panels of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Evening dresses 1931
Two gowns by Worth: one has a low back, shoulder straps, a long train & corsage & bow detail at the small of the back; the other is a simple design in pink with a V neck Date: 1931

Morning Dress 1801
Both gowns are probably of printed muslin - one white the other pink. Both ladies wear straw hats, one has a veil. The white gown has a ruff & is worn with a white spencer. Date: 1801

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