Skirts Collection (page 7)

Wartime fashion article, Britannia and Eve magazine, 1941
A double-page illustrated article from Britannia and Eve, April 1941, reporting on women outfits for any occasion, from regular working days to a week-end out in the countryside

Fashion Illustration, 1966
Fashion illustration by Shuna Harwood featuring dresses by Nina Ricci, Harvey Gould, Yves St Laurent, Louis Feraud and Hildebrand. Date: 1966

Edwardian style 1960s evening dresses
On the left, a long black velvet skirt and white silk ruffled shirt from Harrods worn with black patent ankle strap shoes from Charles Jourdan

Reldan Digby Morton tweed suit, 1965
An Edwardian style suit in oatmeal tweed with patch pockets below a high waistline designed by Reldan/Digby Morton. Burnt sugar straw boater by Moriot. Date: 1965

Womens clothing in 1910
Photographs of women, wearing the latest fashion in 1910 1910

Circassian man carrying a musket, curved sword
Kamtchadal woman in coat decorated with hair, holding a basket.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Afghan soldier from Herat in turban, robes, skirts with musket.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Groom of Calcutta (Kolkata) with turban, skirts, slippers and fan.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Indian sepoy officer in turban and jacket over skirts.. Handcolored woodcut from Auguste Wahlens Manners, Customs and Costumes of all the People of the World, Brussels, 1845

Woman in floral bonnet, a pink fur-trimmed coat over long white skirts and carrying a cane.. Handcolored lithograph of an illustration by Francois-Claudius Compte-Calix from Paris Fashions under

Lady in winter dress, 1641, reign of Charles I, from Hollar
Lady in the court of Elizabeth I, 1559, from the Procession of Queen Elizabeth to Hunsdon House.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by

Womens costume from the reigns of Edward I
Aveline, Countess of Lancaster (d. 1274), from her effigy in Westminster Abbey.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by Charles Martin

German male costumes of 1526-1546.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

German male costume of the first half of the 16th century.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century

French woman wearing the fashion of February 1792
French woman wearing the fashion of January 1792.. French woman wearing the fashion of January 1792. She wears a bonnet with feathers, full wig tied with a ribbon, large fichu (neckerchief)

French woman wearing the fashion of November 1791.. French woman wearing the fashion of November 1791. She wears a bonnet with flowers, full wig, large fichu (neckerchief)

Mexican natives marking the end of the century with a ritual.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Mexican natives celebrating the beginning of the century.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Costumes of Tripoli, Libya, bagpiper and a female dancer.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Petite bourgeoise woman of Paris, early 19th century
French woman wearing the fashion of March 1793.. French woman wearing the fashion of March 1793. She wears a bonnet with ribbons, wig, fichu (neckerchief), jacket with tight bodice and full skirts

English woman in the fashion of August 1798.. English woman in the fashion of August 1798. She wears a bonnet, a high-waisted dress with ribbon detail under the bust, panels joined with a brooch

Bystander cover - The Three Graces
Three girls from the 1920s dressed in floaty pastel hued dresses. Date: 1929

India - Two Rajput Chiefs in Durbar dress, Delhi
Black and white. Two bearded men wearing head wraps and decorated jackets/waistcoats, with white skirts underneath.. Part of India Box, Boswell collection. Slide no. 17 and 39. Date: circa 1890s

Lady with pug dog
A lady in colourful outfit and hat holds her skirts up before a small pug dog. Date: C.1899

When Women Vote Men Sewing. Domestic roles reversed when women vote marriage rules revised, husbands duties now include making their trousers out of wifes old skirts and minding the baby

Duchess of York with her two eldest sons
Duchess of York (later Queen Mary consort), with her two eldest sons, (left) Prince Albert, Duke of York (later King George VI), (1895 1952)

Shorter, full skirts of 1915, WW1 fashion worn by Eve
Eve, the fictional gossip columnist of The Tatler magazine pictured under a parasol or umbrella with an army and navy officer

The Tatler Guide to Sales - WW1 fashion
Illustration marking the fashion section of The Tatler magazine, focusing particularly on the summer sales. Note the wider, flared skirts which had replaced the hobble skirt by 1915. Date: 1915

Patriotic stockings
Stockings embroidered with the Allied flags, a fashionable way of showing off ones legs and patriotism during the First World War

Eileen Molyneux in Not Likely
The actress Eileen Molyneux pictured in a leg-revealing stage costume for the show, Not Likely, staged in July 1914. The outfit is suggested as ideal weather the country was experiencing at the time

Eve as a W. A. A. C, WW1
Eve, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist (and author of Letters of Eve ) muses on the charm of a W.A.A.C (Womens Army Auxiliary Corps)

Eve as a police woman, WW1
Eve, gossip columnist of The Tatler (author of Letters of Eve ) contemplates the charming idea of wearing a police womans uniform with a very short skirt in order to save on material during the First

The Crinoline by Miss Haddon Chambers
Stylised illustration showing a woman dressed up in a Victorian crinoline, accompanied by a man in a Pierrot costume. Date: 1918

Short, full skirt & taffeta cape, fashions for 1916
A fashion forward outfit comprising of a black and white gown with full skirt worn with a pretty little taffeta cape trimmed with ruches supplemented with an Eve ruffle from Dickins and Jones

Advert for Gor-ray skirts 1948
Gor-ray skirts one better! and no nonsense. 1948

Silk coat, 1915
Slim and shapely, but planned to withstand the ravages of the weather, this silk coats charm is enhanced with fur, while the moujik cap is of black astrakhan

Silk dress, 1915
A silk dress which, accords in every way with the mode, permits itself the luxury of a bustle edged with fur and an excelsior collar

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1946
To account slendered. Figures always balance in this beautifully tailored Gor-ray skirt. Cleverly cut pleats subtract form the waistline and add to the charm

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirts 1947
To do you justice Gor-ray. You ll know the new Gor-ray skirt at a glance. Fine material, eight stylish pleatsine Gor-ray label, you can t mistake it. Date: 1947

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1946
Good cut always looks cut. A Gor-ray skirt always smart, with its good cut, good material, Zwow pocket and no placket, and low price too, it hangs witha swing and never seats. 1946

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1945
Come the dawn. The great day will dawn when there will be once more unlimited supplies of unrestricted styles in Gor-ray skirts. Till then and afterwards a Gor-ray is always smart for work or play

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1944
Problem find the placket. No, there isn t any placket. No buttons or other fasteners on the hips to cause bulkiness or spoil the symmetry of the line

Flower arranging 1914
A group of young women arranging flowers on a maypole tree. 1914

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pocket skirts 1943
Pocket elegance. It is modish to stand around with a hand in your hip pocket now that the Zwow enables you to do so with elegance and ease

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray 1942
Whoever could tell ? Illustrated above are two very differnt designs made by the creators of the famous Gor-ray Koneray pleated skirt. See how stylish thay are

Advert for Gor-ray Koneray pleated 1942
Streamlined pleated skirt. Fine quality material cleverly cut to fit closely over hips and open out to give a delightfully full skirt, having three permanised pleats front and one back. 1942

A quiet corner on Sark. A woman in a brown skirt, pink hat and matching blouse reading a book on the stony beach of the Channel Island

Romanian Women spinning
A large group of Romanian Women spinning outside a thatched cottage in their village. Date: 1910s

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