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Latest summer fashion from Paris, dress or undress? Decollete and slit up, but not clinging. Date: 1913
Girls afternoon frocks 1886Summer wear for girls outdoor clothing, with box-plaited skirts and smart high collar jackets Date: 1886
Girls seaside costumes 1886Girls wearing the latest skirts and straight collar and cuff jackets. Date: 1886
Advert for D. H Evans womens clothes 1917Selection of womens loose fitting fashionable clothing during World War One. 1917
Paris Fashions for 1874Dresses with single, trained skirts with tablier fronts in 2 colours. Ruffs are worn. The polonaise is replaced by a basque on a jacket bodice. Date: 1874
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
Womens Autumn clothing 1929Beige, red and brown in fashion for Autumn 1929. 1929
The woman on the left belongs in Chelsea, while the one on the right comes from The Ladies Mile, Hyde Park. Date: 1928
Simple designs for morning wear 1909Coat and skirt of stripes flannel are shown in the first sketch, while the second costume is of tabac brown linen, made in Princess style. Date: 1909
BEMBERG STOCKINGS 1931Three lovely ladies show a leg through the split in their skirts, revealing their Bemberg stockings. 1931
Have you heardcirca 1910s
The Jade Shawlcirca 1910s
A fine couple - Victorian Studio photographA hand-tinted Victorian studio carte de visite (CdV) photograph of a fine middle class couple circa 1870
French woman wearing the fashion of February 1792.. French woman wearing the fashion of February 1792. She wears a wig decorated with flowers, fichu (neckerchief)
Londons drapers 1900Busy work room in a drapers in London. Date: 1900
Edwardian women skating 1907A group of Edwardian women skating. Date: 1907
HOUSEMAID WITH BROOMA French housemaid in a mob cap and long skirts rests a moment from her sweeping with one hand on her hip Date: circa 1835
AUX TROIS QUARTIERS 1909Ladies 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
SHORT SKIRTS SAVE FABRICPatriotic German woman does her bit by taking the new fashion for short skirts to an extreme to save on fabric. Yet her long boots / gaiters must require a lot of material? Date: 1916
ERMINE COAT 1922Ermine trimmed otter fur coat with an 18th century feel having boot cuffs & imitation brandenbourgs, a flared skirts. worn with a fur scarf & hat with a cocked brim. Date: 1922
CLOTHES FOR MOROCCO 1924Man: plus fours, flat cap, knitted vest, plaid or tartan socks & brogues. Women: cloche hats, tubular shaped skirts with jacket or belted tunic & spectator/co-respondent shoes. Date: 1924
COUNTRY CLOTHES C. 1890Boys: deerstalker hats, knickerbockers, short square cut fly-fronted jackets. Girls: cloth Tam-OShanters, pleated skirts, gauntlets, D-B jackets, fur coat & bonnet. Date: circa 1890
Fashions for December 1856If the children are male then they wear pantaloons or if female the garments that are visible below their skirts are pantalettes. Date: 1856
HIKING FASHIONS 1926Feminine rambling fashions of 3/4 length tweed or checked skirts worn with matching or contrasting jackets. Stockings or ankle socks are worn with various styles of shoe. Date: 1926
Childrens Autumn costumes for promenade wear 1886Fashion clothing for girls from ten to four years old. Date: 1886
CULOTTES ON CYCLES 1937Two French ladies cycle into the countryside on their tandem clad in tailored costumes comprised of culottes (divided skirts), a belted blouse or D-B jacket. Date: 1937
Costume - Children 1880Boy: knickerbocker, jacket, sailor hat, red socks, heeled boots. Girls: lace dress, yoke bodice, pink sash on hips; kilted skirt, jacket bodies & tie-back skirts. Date: 1880
Cross Paris Street - 1815An elegantly dressed Parisienne raises her skirts as she crosses a Paris street with its flowing gutter Date: circa 1815
EVENING DRESS 1830Gowns with transparent lace over-skirts with deep scalloped & embroidered flounces & wide over-sleeves that taper to a point. The white gown has lace manchettes. Date: 1830
Childrens Autumn costumes for outdoor wear 1886Fashionable clothing for girls from fourteen to six years old. Date: 1886
Four student friends posing for a group photograph on the lawn of a suburban garden. circa 1910s
A Freak of Fashion. Date: 1897
Skier turning back - Switzerland - 1900s Date: circa 1907
Skier with backpack following tracks - Switzerland - 1900s Date: circa 1907
A woman on the north promenade at BlackpoolA woman looks out to sea across the sands from the north promenade at Blackpool, Lancashire, England. The wind catches and blows her skirt up. Date: 2011
Cheer leaders, HuddersfiledA party of young women cheer leader dancers in long dresses in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. Ely Garnett mill in background. First published The Sunday Times c1989 Date: 1989
Past and Presnt Fashions - The differencePast and Present Fashions: Past Fashion - Covered everything and touched nothing; Present Fashion - Touches everything and covers nothing ! Date: circa 1910
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA - Two Young Hula dancers. Date: 1920s
La Belle Kerro - French ActressLa Belle Kerro - French Edwardian Stage Actress. Date: circa 1908
Norman Hartnell tulle gownA striking frock in white tulle embroidered with pearls embodying the lengthening of skirts which typified fashions towards the end of the 1920s and beginning of the 1930s
Mendi (Mende) Dancing Girls, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Date: circa 1930s
Translucent x-ray skirt 1913Women caused a sensation by wearing a translucent x-ray skirt, Paris-made striped skirt was displayed on Broadway at Luna, Coney Island by a Bath Beach Girl
Two women in crinoline dresses. circa 1850s
Lily d Alvarez wearing her Schiaparelli tennis culottesLili d Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931
Crinoline Difficulties 1860sA lady goes to extreme lengths to wear the widest, most fashionable crinoline skirt during the 1860s when the fashion was at its height. Date: 1865-70
Bar Room ceiling of The Glory Hole Tavern in Colorado" Bottoms Up" the rather fun and risque painting on the Bar Room ceiling of The Glory Hole Tavern in Colorado, USA. Date: 1953
Lili de Alvarez and her divided skirtLili de Alvarez, Spanish tennis player, pictured modelling her famous culottes, or divided skirt which divided opinion when she wore them at Wimbledon in 1931
Three Girls in MinisTake Three Girls Three young women wearing mini skirts in Trafalgar Square, London. A " No 11" bus going to Liverpool Street station passes by in the background
