Lapels Collection

Man & Quizzing Glass
Blue cravat, tartan under- waistcoat, D-B waistcoat with pointed front, grey woollen pantaloons, brown frock coat: gigot sleeves, black lining, roll collar & lapels

Signing the Register
A young bride and groom sign the register. The groom is wearing a suit with very wide lapels and the bride wears a satin wedding dress with fur around the cuffs

Four Men in Top Hats
Four men, two seated, two standing, in top hats and with decorations pinned to their lapels, pose for a photograph outside a brick house

Surtout Greatcoat 1907
An American surtout greatcoat: double-breasted with waist seam, full skirts, long lapels & a velvet collar. Worn with a bowler (Derby) hat & half- boots or town boots

Burberry Weatherproofs
Two sensible ladies are protected from the unpredictable British weather in their Burberry weatherproof overcoats with stylish long lapels & low waistlines

Model with St. Bernard puppy dog on lead - wearing double-breasted jacket (large lapels) and wide flared trousers. Also wearing a baker boy cap and white roll neck sweater. Date: circa 1966

WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913 WHITE TIE & TAILS 1913
Two debonair men-about-town wear evening dress clothes of white tie & black tailcoat, top hat, wing collar & dress pumps. One wears a cape with silk faced collar & lapels. Date: 1913

American men wear: cravat, fly-fronted overcoat, wing collar, spats, bowler hat, trilby & a S-B two-piece suit. Holding the lapels won t help the suit to last! Date: 1916

Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796.. Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796. He wears a small bicorn cocked hat, long jacket with huge lapels and cuffs, high-collar shirt

GIRLS KNITTED JACKET
Far too stylish for a little girl is this hand-knitted jacket with patterned yoke & cuffs, collar & lapels & patterned patch pockets with button detailing. Date: 1930s

Morning Dress circa 1810
White muslin dress with high stand collar & single ruff worn with a pale green spencer with collar & lapels, matching boots, a lace cap & a small hat. Her parasol is tiny. Date: circa 1810

AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 1909
Ladies in fashionable hobble skirts, one wears a coatee or spencer with Directoire collar & lapels & a blouse with a ruff. She also wears a large hat not unlike a Lunardi. Date: 1909

COSTUME / MACLISE 1850S
Gentleman wears a fly-fronted long coat with broad lapels faced in a contrasting fabric, large necktie tied in a bow & with fringed square cut ends. Date: 1850s

Costume - Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817

Male Model 1930S
A male model wearing a fitted suede jacket with wide lapels, hands in pockets, slicked-back hair. Date: 1930s

Costume: Lunardi Hat
Masculine influenced double- breasted jacket with large lapels; large gauze & wire framed hat (balloon or Lunardi hat); simple white muslin dress with sash... Date: 1787 - 1792

Turkish Army Officer - Adana, Turkey
Turkish Army Officer - Bezmi Bey - Adana, Turkey. Sent as a Bayram card (religious festival in Turkey) to his family in Isanbul from the Far East of Turkey - 28th January, 1939

Doublet, Hose & Points
The man holding stones wears hose & a doublet attached by means of laces called points (poins). His boots have a slightly pointed toe. Another man wears a full length gown. Date: 15th century

Woman wear a merry widow hat and Plumes
Young woman in a narrow fitting skirt, high necked blouse, full-length coat with black lapels & turned-back cuffs & a broad brimmed hat with plumes. Date: circa 1913

Advert / Kuppenheimer Clo
The Beltsac: double-breasted jacket with belted back, long lapels & large patch pockets - a somewhat effeminate style! Worn with a straw boater, spotted tie & cane. Date: 1917

Brown D-B Coat 1928
Smartly dressed middle-aged gentleman wears a brown double-breasted overcoat with collar, long wide lapels & hip pockets with flaps, also a black bowler hat. Date: 1928

Adm. Ferdinand Hamelin
FERDINAND-ALPHONSE HAMELIN Admiral of the French fleet. Commanded Black Sea squadron during Crimean War. Date: 1796 - 1864

WOMENs COAT 1940
A double-breasted woollen coat with broad lapels and 4 buttons. Accessories include a hat with felt feather decoration and leather handbag and gloves. Date: 1940

Will Crooks, politician
WILL CROOKS Labour MP Date: 1852 - 1921

Aj Balfour / Renouard
ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR 1st Earl of Balfour British politician, Conservative MP Date: 1897

Costume of Lagorille, wig artist, one of the first Incroyables.. Costume of Lagorille, wig artist, one of the first Directoire dandies or Incroyables

Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796.. Costume of Dorlis, Muscadin in the fashion of 1796. He wears a small bicorn cocked hat, long jacket with huge lapels and cuffs, high-collar shirt

Red water spider or scarlet hydrachna, Hydrachna coccinea
Costume of a bourgeois man.. Costume of a bourgeois man. He carries an English hat, an old felt Tudor with its plumes removed

A fashionable man in 1790 - a Scaramouch
A Scaramouch (or Scaramouche): a fashionable dandyish man wearing short boots with spurs, a jacket cut short in front with multiple lapels, a large hat and carrying a decorative cane

Evening dress men 1951 - 52
Two Frenchmen in formal evening dress of a double- breasted dinner jacket with silk lapels & black tie or the more elegant tail coat with a white tie & waistcoat. Date: 1951

Mens eveing dress 1967
Frenchmans evening wear: black tuxedo, white double- breasted dinner jacket with long lapels & black tie or the more formally elegant tail coat, white tie & wing collar. Date: 1967

Two outfits by Philippe et Gaston and Jean Patou
Two fashionable ladies wearing the latest outfits. On the left, a plain off the shoulder blue dress with white collar, by Philippe et Gaston

Two ladies in outfits by Premet
Two fashionable ladies wearing outfits by Premet. On the left, a three-piece beige suit, single-breasted jacket with black block squares and belt

Young lady in black and beige outfit by Molyneux
Young lady wearing a 3/4 length black coat and tunic dress with beige pattern, by Molyneux. 1924

Middle-aged Victorian man with whiskers
A middle-aged Victorian man with whiskers and a long face. He is wearing a wide-lapelled jacket and a large tie with a tiepin

Middle-aged Victorian man
A middle-aged Victorian man with a round face poses in the photographers studio in this head and shoulders portrait

2-PIECE SUITS 1951
Stylish, two-piece Italian suits. Both have long lapels and trousers with cuffs or turn-ups. One is single- breasted with 2 buttons; the other double-breasted with four

Lenin at Comintern / 1920
VLADIMIR LENIN The Russian statesman at the 2nd congress of the Comintern, Petrograd, 1920

Fashion Men & Boy 1841
Boy: pantaloons & short jacket. Men: top hats with tall crowns, strapped pantaloons, cut-away coat with collar & lapels, green waistcoat, D-B coat with full skirt

Quilted Outfit 1880S
Margaret Edwards wearing a smart jacket with quilted lapels and collar and cuffs

Social / Us City in Snow
Young American wears a half- length blue double-breasted overcoat with velvet collar, broad lapels, cuffs & pocket flaps, a bowler hat & a high detachable collar & cravat

Stiebel / 1930S Suit
Outfit designed by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) comprising of a wool sweater and skirt, jacket with large lapels and typical 1930s hat

Fur Fashions of 1924
Cloche hats, fox fur stole, waistless tubular dresses with button detailing or fur cuffs & a window pane check suit of narrow skirt & shapeless jacket with large lapels

Granville / Earl / Faustin
Granville George Leveson-Gower 2nd Earl Granville English Politician

Modes De Paris 1830
Gowns of mousselaine, with wide lapels bodice en schall made by Madame Boussard. The ornate, broad brimmed hats are of gros de Naples

Grey or Striped Gown
Robe redingote: bishop sleeves, defined lapels on the bodice & trimmed to simulate a front opening. Adorned with black net lace. Hair: worn flat to the head

Sir George Cockburn
SIR GEORGE COCKBURN British naval officer. Commanded forces in War of 1812 during capture of Washington, D.C (1814)

Children with their Toys
Boy: tweed hat & D-B coat cut with the newly fashionable long lapels. Girls: woollen coats with flared skirts, wrap over fastening with velvet or fur trim & a hat or bonnet

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