Smart Gallery

British Military Poster - Inter-war period

Smart Men Wanted, rates of pay for soldiers enlisted or re-enlisted, Scots Guards, on or after 26 October 1925. Coloured chromolithograph recruitment poster after A W Baylis, 1925. Published by HMs Stationery Office, 1925. Recruiting poster with five figures in different uniforms. Army Form B2530. Date: 1925

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

On the rails at Goodwood by Howard K Elcock

An illustration showing how the Goodwood meeting at the end of the Season was as much a picnic party as a race meeting, with smart spectators enjoying a picnic lunch (at a table covered in a white cloth no less) right by the rails of the course. Date: 1928

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1920s, 1928, 20s, Cars, Course, Elcock, Goodwood, Historical, History, Horse, Horseracing, Howard, Illustration, Lunch, Meeting, Picnic, Picnics, Race, Races, Racing, Rails, Season, Smart, Society, Spectating, Spectators, Sport, Sports, Sussex, Table, Twenties, Vintage, Watching

Fashion for 1956

A bolero and dress of lightweight wool georgette with all accessories from Debenham and Freebody, is a spring winner. The bolero, high lighted with a spotted silk surah and the dress beneath with the straight long look cost 20gns. The hat is a navy shantung Baku cloche

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

1950s, 1956, Beauty, Bolero, Chic, Cloche, Debenham, Dress, Elegant, Fashion, Fifties, Figure, Flowers, Freebody, Hat, Historical, History, Hour Glass, Lady, Model, Outfit, Slim, Smart, Spring, Style, Surah, Woman