Skirts Collection (page 4)

Elegant Ladies in Shower
Costumes by Doeuillet: narrow line skirts with wrap-over front or button detail & tunic style belted jackets. Hats: cocked brim & flat crown or tall cloche style with plume

Two women police officers in a London street
Two women police officers walking along a London street, going past the Talbot Cafe. Date: circa 1920s

Womens clothing for early spring 1912
Women models wearing early spring clothing for day and evening. 1912

Edwardian theatre and dining clothing 1905
Women wearing elegant evening gowns, square and v-necklines, short puff sleeves, trimmings of lace embroidery and hair worn high with floral and feathered plumes. Date: 1905

Two women wearing evening dresses 1904
Two Edwardian women wearing evening clothing with bell shaped skirts, narrow waists and frills. 1904

Aristocratic Dress C18Th
Fontange headdress, petticoats are lavishly & horizontally trimmed with lace & jewels, over-skirts anticipate the polonaise of the late C18th. N.B handscreen & face patches Date: 1700 - 1707

Skirts too Short 1912
Mistress to maid : Julie, you shouldn t wear such tight skirts, you are showing far too much leg... Date: 1912

Advert for Mandel Brothers department store 1913
Announcement for the opening of the new spring collection at Chicagos Mandel Brothers department store. Advert showing some well dressed women and a men being welcomed by a Sikh boy. Date: 1913

Ethiopian Girls
Ethiopian (Abyssinian) Girls. Date: circa 1905

Petticoats, soldiers in kilts, WW1 silhouette postcard
First World War postcard. Petticoats, part of the Camp Silhouette series showing soldiers from a Highland regiment, with their kilts looking very similar to the skirts of their female companions

Emma Booker and Clare Peploe, standing in front of a butcher, both wearing yellow embroidered Afghan sheepskin jackets, which are prototypes of ones they will sell in their shop The Yellow Room

Druze woman of Lebanon wearing a tantour headdress.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Three young women on a yacht at Cowes, Isle of Wight
Three young women standing on the deck of Mr Inglebys yacht Esperance in the Solent during the Cowes Regatta, Isle of Wight, dressed in almost identical outfits

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1950
Give her a lovely NEW Gor-ray pleated skirt. With its permanised knife-edge into sheath-fitting, single material over the hips, it is the most flattering of all skirts. 1950

Mrs. Letitia Sage, first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon
The Parachute or a Sage Ladys Second Experiment. A rather saucy 18th century cartoon by Thomas Rowlandson which depicts Mrs. Letitia Sage, the first Englishwoman to ascend in a balloon. Date: 1785

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

Traditional Male Festival Attire - Baranya, Hungary. Skirt, lacey sleeves, embroidered jerkin, strapy shoes... Date: circa late 1920s

Dolly Sisters in their dancing frocks
The Dolly Sisters in His Bridal Night, Republic Theatre, New York, 1916 in creations by Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon) 1916

Princes Wilhelm, Adalbert and Eitel Friedrich of Prussia
Princes Wilhelm (1882-1951), Eitel Friedrich (1883-1942 - on the right) and Adalbert (1884-1948) of Prussia, children of Kaiser Wilhelm II, grandchildren of Vicky

Kolinsky Fur Coat 1922
A full-length coat in Kolinsky fur with wrap-over front, funnel sleeves, enormous roll collar & separate skirts with a seam at the hips

Jiving in Hoop Skirts
Two girls in hoop skirts dance the jive in front of assembled parents

Short Dress after Long
Old gentlemen reminisces with young lady about how he knew her when she was in long dresses. Comment on the vogue for short skirts in the mid 1920s

Metal Disc Dress 1968
Mini-dress: bodice & skirt are joined by a band of flat metal discs riveted to transparent plastic - a futuristic style reminiscent of Paco Rabannes metal dress of 1967

Hindu dancer and drummer, India. Date: circa 1910

Latest evening, walking and morning clothing 1913
Three frocks for evening, walking and morning wear. Date: 1913

Intricate laced jabot for May 1913
Examples of intricate jabot for womens clothing, using broad lace frills, castellated edge, pleated frill combined with hem stitch. Date: 1913

Clothing and hats for womens spring wear 1913
Three very smart models wearing the latest spring clothing and hats Date: 1913

Silhouette of girls dancing
Charming silhouette illustration of girls dancing in a row. 1899

Aftertoon clothing 1913
Clothing for the autumn season, two women wearing pretty frocks for the afternoon. Model to the left, soft fawn-coloured velvet cotele with sash of crepe de chine tied loosely st the side

Fur wraps for the winter season 1913
Women models wearing the lastest fashionable fur wraps. 1913

Fashion for fur trimming 1913
Women models wearing the lastest fashionable winter jackets with fur trim. 1913

Petite fashion 1930 - Dignity for the small woman
Harrods advertisement promoting their range of petite sizes for women, particularly in the new floor length skirt lengths fashionable in 1930. 1930

1920s woman admiring her shoes
1920s woman seated admiring her shoes. 1927

The Harem Skirt
Daring fashions for women in " The Sphere" magazine, 1927. The accompanying text scathingly declares that the Harem Skirt is " what we hope it will never be"

The Gartered Skirt
The gartered skirt, " the latest stunt costume", according to The Sphere magazine, which had the " merit of convenience, but the disadvantage of ugliness". 1927

School costumes for girls 1909
Schoolgirls autumn clothing, (left) single breasted jacket with pleated skirt of serge, (middle) smart three quarter length single breasted striped coat with black trim and collar and pleated skirt

Advert for Dickins & Jones clothing winter sale 1909
Selection of elegant Edwardian clothing for women. 1909

Stylish young ladies talking to each other
Two young stylish ladies wearing the following outfits: A Jenner brushed-wool tomato sports coat, ornamented (accessorised) with shaded blue embroidery (left)

The Lotus Flower - Dancer of the Moulin Rouge, Paris Date: circa 1910s

Bukoba residents, East Africa
Bukoba residents, two adults and two children, East Africa (now in Tanzania). 1919

Three young women in cycling fashions
Three young women in the latest cycling fashions. 1898

Forecast of fashion for spring 1914
Fashion based on M. Gavaults comedy, Le Mannequin, in Paris, showing actresses Mlle. Ducouret and Mlle. Magde Lanzy are shown in the posed photographs wearing dresses from the play

Afternoon dresses 1912
Seletion of afternoon dresses with cocked hats and feathers. Date: 1912

Tailor-made suits for the races 1912
Tailor-made fashionable clothing, single breasted wrap-over jacket with single or double buttons and hobble skirts. Date: 1912

Advert for Peter Robinsons womens spring dresses 1909
Three women wearing charming tunic frocks with high neckilne, high waist and fitted dresses, available at Peter Robinsons department store in Oxford Street, London. 1909

Women wearing tailored winter suits 1905
Edwardian women wearing tailored suits and high bonnets with veils over face. Date: 1905

Edwardian tailored suits 1905
Three fashionable Edwardian women walking along the promenade, wearing bell shaped skirts, narrow waists and large slanted hats with plumes ribbons. Date: 1905

Edwardian woman wearing walking clothing 1904
Edwardian woman wearing bell shaped skirt, high neck collar blouse and bishop sleeves. Date: 1904

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