Nipped Collection

Christian Dior sketching a fashion design, 1948
In 1947 Christian Dior (1905-1957) created a sensational collection labelled the New Look. His designs centred around gowns with an 18 inch waist, which focused attention on the bust and hips

BOY / GIRL / BEACH / CRAB 1930
A boy on the beach in a sailor suit has his trousers nipped by a crab Date: 1930s

Down by the Sea - Catch of the Season - Crab biting a toe
Down by the Sea - The Catch of the Season - A pesky Crab bites the toe of a late Victorian / early Edwardian lady having a paddle through the rockpools

Terror in the Ice
The Terror nipped in the ice in the course of James Rosss 1839- 1843 Antarctic expedition Date: January 1842

The honesty of an Elderly Irish Woman - Mortality
Mrs Murphy - " Shure its goin to be a moighty hard winter, Father dear; there ll be a moighty lot av us owld Folks Nipped in the BUd, oi m thinking." Date: circa 1890s

Nipped in the Ice while whaling
American Whalers Crushed in the Ice. Date: ca. 1880

Christian Diors Spring Fashion Show, 1948
Christian Berard, the Surrealist painter, seated on the floor, gazing at passing gowns during Christian Diors Spring Fashion show, 1948

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