Gowns Collection (page 7)

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens gowns 1911
Womens Autumn gowns for all occasions, bride, bridemaid s, evening, tailor-made and day. 1911

The Girl on the Film adapted by James Tanner
Promotional postcard for The Girl on the Film adapted by James Tanner from Filmzauber( Film Magic, Berliner Theater, 19/10/1912) by Rudolf Bernauer & Rudolf Schauzer; music Walter Kollo

Christs Hospital, Horsham
Pupils in long gowns cross the Change over Quadrangle at Christs Hospital, Horsham, Date: circa 1919

Advertisement for an evening gown, 1939
Advertisement for a short gown made with Courtaulds Rayon. The text reads: " When you re off-duty retain the military touch with this new, short dinner gown with distinctive epaulettes

Evening gown made with Courtaulds Rayon advert, 1939
Advertisement for a soft-draped evening gown of " Tested-Quality" satin made with Courtaulds Rayon available in pastel shades for 7 guineas. Date: 1939

Jane and Jane evening dress from Debenham and Freebody, 1965
A long chiffon dress, printed like a poem to midnight in brown and pink or black and orange designed with the modern wizardry of Jane and Jane

White pure silk chiffon ball dress by Victor Stiebel
Victor Stiebels magnificent ball dress of white pure silk chiffon. The high bodice is entirely encrusted with crystals and Wedgewood blue embroidery while a satin sash of the same blue encircles

Elegance Maternelle maternity fashion, 1965
Advertisement for a couple of elegant couture cocktail gowns for expectant mothers, available from Elegance Maternelle of Sloane Street and Thayer Street, London. Date: 1965

Fashions for Evening and Dinner-Wear
Dressing for dinner - fashions that decorate the evening from Bernard et Cie and Redfern 1927

Four leaders of fashion on the Parisian stage, 1927
The mode and the muse - four leaders of fashion on the Parisian stage: Florence Walton (Jeanne Lanvin), Jane Renouardt (Jeanne Lanvin), Jane Marnac and Gaby Morlay (Jean Patou) 1927

Fashions for dinner-time, Paris, 1927
Dinner-time destinies - Parisian fashion offerings for dinner time from Nicole Groult, Worth, Refern and Jeane Lanvin 1927

Advert for Selfridges, 1927
The small woman says - Selfridges Salon-for-Petites - gowns, wraps and suits for the smaller size Date: 1927

First Drawing Room of the Dublin Season, 1908
The first drawing room of the Dublin Season - the presentations in St. Patricks Hall. Date: 1908

Advert for Players Bachelor cigarettes 1930
Woman holding Players Bachelor cork tipped cigarettes, wearing green silk pyjamas and a long oriental thin dressing gown. Date: 1930

Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot night
Japanese children putting their dolls to bed on a hot summer night. Date: 1932

Page design, commencement, School Silhouettes
Page design for commencement in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Oxford University robes: Doctor of Music (full dress)
A Doctor of Music at Oxford University sporting a mortarboard and long, red gown. Date: 1920s

Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns, Paris
Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns by H.L. Oakley, showing a stylised view of the Place Vendome, Paris

Advertisement for Fenwick tailoring
Advertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)

Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps, WW1 fashion
Advertisement for Elspeth Phelps of Albemarle St, London. Phelps was one of the leading purveyors of fine ladys fashions in London during the First World War and 1920s

A War Bride by J. Mitchell Elliot
Artistic photograph showing a bride in veil and dress, looking pensively out of a window, perhaps in the knowledge that her new husband will soon be leaving for the front

Redfern advertisement, dressing well is patriotic, WW1
Advertisement for fashion house, Redfern advising ladies that, It is patriotic to treat our soldiers well, and to look your best when they are home on leave

Dress by Ernest, WW1
A picturesque dress of pervenche blue taffeta trimmed with frills, with a stiffened hem and a frill of white muslin edged with lace from Ernest s

An auction of fashion in aid of Belgian Relief Fund, WW1
Page from The Tatler reporting on a fashion show and auction of dresses at the Savoy Hotel in aid of the Belgian Relief Fund at the Savoy

Court Presentation gown by Isobel
An elegant gown for a debutante to wear to be presented at court by Isobel. Date: 1937

Advert for Barkers womens dressing gown and skirts 1918
Barkers womens heavy quality lambs wool dressing gowns, with bodice lined flannelette collar and cuffs. Date: 1918

Miss Olwen Lloyd George in her court presentation gown
Miss Olwen Lloyd George, twenty-one year old daughter of David Lloyd George, at that time, Chancellor of the Exchequer and later Prime Minister

Court gown by Isobel 1938
An elegant, streamlined court gown for presentation at their Majesties court in 1938 by Isobel. Note the traditional three feathers in the hair and the ostrich fan

Advert for Jays negligees 1936
Exquisitely trimmed negligee. Left, rich satin trim with lace. Right, heavy crepe material with lace. Date: 1936

Advert for Viyella childrens sleepwear 1936
Lets go to bed said sleepyhead. But lets first show you our nice new nightclothes. (Whose patterns came from Paris as you can plainly see). They won t shink or fade get thin and cold

Advert for P. Steinmann Christening robes 1930
Exquisite Christening robe in fine tambour lace, rich cream shade, lined with good jap silk. 1930

Tatler front cover, Just Married 1958
Front cover of The Tatler showing a newly married bride and groom emerging from a church to be pelted with confetti and rice by well wishers. Date: 1958

Tatler front cover, London Fashion Week - Jill Kennington
Front cover of The Tatler magazine celebrating the start of London Fashion Week and featuring sixties model, Jill Kennington

Frailties of Fashion 1793
Two slightly fey women wearing high-waisted Empire line gowns. Date: 1793

Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban

Two evening gowns by Sarah Jane 1936
Two women in slender evening gowns by Sarah Jane. Date: 1936

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove teagowns 1917
Two graceful teagowns. 1917

Royal Wedding 1904 - wedding dress of Alice of Albany
The wedding gown of Princess Alice of Albany who married Prince Alexander of Teck in 1904. Made from soft, flexible satin mouselline, the skirt, supplemented with a very long train

Black & White evening dresses 1929
Black and white flared evening frocks for the Autumn. 1929

Advert for Debenham & Freebody teagown 1928
Model wearing a teagown made from soft metal brocade, with drapery lace down the sides. 1928

Advert for Royal Vinolia perfume 1912
Royal Vinolia perfume, essence of flowers and sweet grasses. 1912

Fashion parade in Philadelphia, 1910
Photograph showing models displaying the latest gowns, before prospective customers. This show took place in the Egyptain Hall, Wanamakers Store, Philadelphia, 1910. Date: 1910

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 Debenham & Freebody evening gown 1938
Delightful evening black gown in knife pleated chiffon with tiny frills of net on each pleat; gauged bodice and graceful attached cape Date: 1938

Avert for Viyella womens dressing gowns 1936
Oh lovely lady, here are dressing gowns... You will love for your languid moments... As elegant as an eighteenth-century belle

Women in ball gowns and men in military uniforms observing embracing couple at foot of staircase. Date c1900

Liberty print dressing gowns for men
Image from Liberty catalogue Date: c.1930

1950s woman by David Wright
A bold painting by David Wright of a red-haired woman wearing a glamorous black, one-shoulder evening gown, set against a lime green background. Date: c.1950

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