Hemlines Collection

Evening Dresses / Worth
Sensually draped dresses with narrow beaded straps, square necklines & detailing over one hip - some with double or triple skirts, uneven hemlines & trains. N.B feather fans

COSTUME FOR 1815-1820
French & German dress 1815-20 according to a later source: cut-away coat & white trousers, pelisse with mancherons & dresses with profusely trimmed hemlines

English Dresses Oct 1838
3 gowns all with bishop sleeves, 2 with reverse cuffs, V necklines and pointed waists. Hemlines are trimmed with flounces, embroidery, rouleaux and puffing

Hemline Regulations
A female swimmer having the hemline of her bathing costume inspected at Palm Beach. Date: circa 1925

WW1 fashion - As it was. Is. And Ever Will Be
" What absurd clothes, my dear; besides; you really look a little fast." Cartoon by G. E. Peto in The Sketch, 1915 commenting on the changing silhouette of womens fashion in response to

Monstrosities of 1819-20
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars, the Nelson bustle, huge headgear & profusely adorned hemlines

Gilrs Skipping in Park
Young girls wear pantalettes & dresses with decorated hemlines, gigot sleeves & bands at the waist. Two of the dresses have square collars

Lace Frocks 1929
Feminine dresses with uneven hemlines using lace, silk & satin in tiered flounces, chevron shaped inserts & in gathered side panels & capes

Evening Modes for 1929
A device to lengthen hemlines: the train of this grey princess-shaped gown, also a velvet bridge coat with ruffle trim, a lace gown & a green gown with double bolero corsage

BON GENRE NO. 20 C. 1805
Une soiree de Coblentz - French emigres flee France, and take refuge in Coblentz just across the German border, where they wait for the Revolution to blow over

Costume / Le Bon Genre
Man: double-breasted cut-away coat, pantaloons, top hat & green overcoat with stand-fall collar. Women: white dresses with decorative hemlines, tall crowned hats, ruffs & pelisses

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