Head Dress Gallery

A Rehearsal of the Wild West show

A series of sketches by Ralph Cleaver of rehearsals for Colonel Cody's "Wild West" show at Olympia, including Sioux braves racing horses, cow girls and cowboys, Mexican vaqueros using lassos and an exhibition of cossack riding

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Evening Dress 1922

Sleeveless, slash neck Chinese or orientally inspired black dress by Worth with red tassel detail which with the horizontal & vertical drapery draws attention to the hips

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A court dress to curtsey in from Harvey Nichols, 1935

Advertisement for the department store, Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, London, advertising a gown of classic simplicity to wear to a court presentation, encircles at the waist by a twisted gold-thread belt with a train of ruched chiffon'. To demonstrate its suitability, the model wearing it is pictured mid-curtsey Date: 1935

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