Skirts Collection (page 5)

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

Edwardian women wearing bell shaped skirts 1904
Two women wearing bell shaped skirts, high necked lace, thin V - shaped waist and lace flounce. Date: 1904

Four women wearing day clothing 1910
Women wearing high neck blouses with striped and diagonal design tunic tops and simple skirts. 1910

British Caribbean girl and two English girls standing by a t
Nottingham. British Caribbean girl and two English girls standing by a tree in Nottingham Arboretum. The girls stand either side of the tree

Women wearing tailored skirted suits 1954
Women wearing tailored skirted suits attached with a small belt to slim the waist. 1954

Poster, Carnival scene with cars and performers
Carnival scene with cars and performing artistes. circa 1925

Fraulein Hollander - Dancer. Date: circa1905

Memories of Italy - Playtime at the Piccadilly
Suppertime Pastimes of the London Season. Memories of Italy - a charming cabaret number for sixteen performers, one of the items on the attractive programme of Playtime at the Piccadilly

Phyllis Dare - Edwardian Singer and Actress
Miss Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) - Edwardian Singer and Actress, aged 16. Date: 1906

Advert for McDonalds Limited womens skirts 1917
Advertisement for McDonalds Limited, in Glasgow, a variety of fashionable tailored kilts, check tweed and Scottish clan tartan. Date: 1917

Smart suit from Jenners for cruise wear
A smart suit, appropriate for deck as for shore wear, in uncrushable linen from Jenners of Edinburgh. The skirt is cut on fitting lines with godet pleats while a high neckline

Outfits for travelling north to the grouse moors
Chic women at a railway station (probably Kings Cross) all set to travel north to the moors to indulge in a spot of grouse shooting. Date: 1926

A group of young people having fun at the seaside
When the Heart is Young - a wonderfully free, natural and modern photograph of a group of young men and women having fun at the British seaside

Spring sings
Two French women walking their dog, been followed behind by an admirer gentleman and his dog! Date: 1928

Paris Ball - Bal Mobile. mid-19th century

Paris Ball - Bal d Asnieres. mid-19th century

Group photo, women police officers in cricket team
Group photo, women police officers in a cricket team. They include WPC Haywood (centre, holding cup), Commander Sally Hubbard, ? Summers, Superintendent Joan Partridge, ? Sims

Women police officers in a tug-of-war contest, Hyde Park
Women police officers having fun in a tug-of-war contest as part of a training exercise in Hyde Park, London. Instructing them is Sergeant Ridley of A Division. Date: circa 1919-1920

Group photo, women police officers, Westminster, London
Group photo of women police officers standing on Clive Steps, Westminster, London. At the front (left) is Superintendent Sophia Stanley

Group photo, women police officers, Carlisle
Group photo of ten women police officers in uniform, with a sergeant in the middle of the front row, from the studio of Fred W Jassell of Carlisle. Date: circa 1920s

Woman police officer on duty for a parade
Woman police officer on duty with military men on horseback in a parade, and spectators behind a fence. Probably during the 1929 Met Police centenary celebrations in Hyde Park, London

Women police inspectors in procession, WW1
Women police inspectors in procession along a street during the First World War. Date: 1915

Two women police officers, Bow Street, London
Two women police officers outside Bow Street Police Station, London. They are WPC Ivy Ellis (left) and Inspector Alice Bertha Clayden (right)

Women police officers on parade, London
Women police officers on their first parade in London, wearing the new Stanley Uniform, taking part in a postwar Thanksgiving Service. Date: 1919

Lady with flowers on a greetings card
Lady with flowers and a three-dimensional skirt made of paper on a greetings card. (3 of 3) circa 1890s

Racial Types France
Strasbourg costumes including a bride: skirts with gathered yokes, bodices pointed borders, ornate stomachers, large lace hat or close- fitting cap or toque. Date: 1670 - 1690

Walking Dress 1864
The vogue for short, hitched- up skirts revealing brightly coloured petticoats & boots was originally an English fashion later adopted by the French. Date: 1864

Cartoon, Sheltering from a squall
Cartoon showing a couple sheltering from a squall under a leafless tree. The wind blows her skirts up, giving him a revealing view of her legs. Date: 1916

Autumn Winds 1928
The winds of auutumn blow up this young ladys skirts in a revealing manner, but does she care ? Not she ! Date: 1928

Girl Shows a Leg 1908
A young woman lifts her ample skirts & petticoats in order to check her stockings. 1908

High-Waisted Frocks 1918
The silhouette at the close of decade: skirts have become less full but narrow at the hem, waist-lines remain high. Hats: high crowns & narrow brims. Shoes: high heals & bows. Date: 1918

Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits, WW1
Three Frenchwomen in fashionable outfits. High Empire waists, short full skirts and high hairstyles. Gingham dress: plain sailor collar

Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, WW1
Cartoon, The Fashionable Shape, a comment on the changing fashionable style from the narrow long skirts with tunics and drooping feathers to short, bell-shaped skirts, vertical hats and high boots

Swedish Frocks 1927
Rather matronly low waisted dresses: two with pleated skirts, also a two-piece dress with blouson top, an open robe in a bright pattern & a blue dress with a tiered skirt. Date: 1927

Frocks / Red Parasol 1899
Blue tunic dress: 3 pointed upper skirts draped up at the back, gauged lace edged yoke. Grey mohair costume with orange lace bodice & simulated tunic. Date: 1899

Princess Lind Dress 1880
French fashions: princess dresses with tie-back skirts ornamented with embroidered panels, flounces & gauging or in lilac with lace, gauging & a quilted & trained skirt. Date: 1880

Girls Hockey 1890
A group of young women wearing long skirts, hats and gloves play hockey. Date: 1890

COSTUME 1895
Enormous gigot sleeves with epaulettes, large skirts (possibly 7 gored skirts), tiny waists, broad belts, high necked blouse with yoke, huge hats ornamented with flowers. Date: 1895

Women fashions of 1931
Two suits comprised of jackets and skirts and worn with matching hats. Both are designs by Mlle. De Ste-Claire Date: 1931

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