Houndstooth Collection

Houndstooth, Cynoglossum officinale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

An article entitled What People are Wearing which features a Chinese badger fur coat from the London Fur Company, houndstooth check trousers, and a long kanga dress. Date: 1966

GIRL IN PHONE BOX
A young woman puts 1/- (a shilling) into a public pay phone in a telephone box. Only 6d (sixpence) or 1/- coins accepted. Dial 100 for the operator. Those were the days. Date: 1960s

Advert for Margaret Marks of Knightsbridge 1933
Models wearing ready to wear two-piece dresses, suits and coats. 1933

Burberry cotton houndstooth coat and Simone Mirman turban
A Burberry in French cotton printed in large black and white houndstooth design, fully shower proof and lined with cherry taffeta

Simpsons of Piccadilly jacket and slacks, 1954
A gay scarlet wool jacket lined with jersey costing 8 12s. 6d. A warm and comfortable coat to wear with slacks about the house or farm (according to The Tatler!)

Wetherall advertisement 1959
Advertisement for Wetherall coats in a variety of houndstooth and plaid patterns - just the thing to ensure elegance on a rainy day at the races. Date: 1959

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