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Background imageSmartest Collection: Dance at the Dorchester

Dance at the Dorchester
Dancing at the Dorchester Hotel, fashionably located in Park Lane, Mayfair, Londons smartest district. Evening dress is of course de rigueur

Background imageSmartest Collection: Rose Bertin Advertisement

Rose Bertin Advertisement
Advertisement for Rose Bertin, London's smartest hat shop'. Picture shows a very well dressed lady wearing a hat created in 1782 by Rose Bertin herself, who was Milliner to Marie Antoinette

Background imageSmartest Collection: A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Dashwood

A Madame Yevonde portrait of Lady Dashwood
Lady Dashwood, wife of Sir John Dashwood, is noted in the Sketch as, one of the smartest of the young women in Society. Madame Yevonde was a prolific and ground-breaking society portrait

Background imageSmartest Collection: The best attended private view: society and Sir John and Lady Laverys pictures

The best attended private view: society and Sir John and Lady Laverys pictures. The show of pictures by Sir John and Lady Lavery at the Alpine Galleries was the smartest private view imaginable

Background imageSmartest Collection: Revelations from the Riviera -What the smartest

Revelations from the Riviera -What the smartest
Revelations from the Riviera (1927) - What the smartest women wear at Monte Carlo is prophetic of what will be worn in London and Paris in the subsequent seasons

Background imageSmartest Collection: SOCIAL / CUP DAY AT ASCOT

SOCIAL / CUP DAY AT ASCOT
Cup Day at Ascot, the smartest day in the racing season Date: 1914

Background imageSmartest Collection: CUP DAY AT ASCOT 1914

CUP DAY AT ASCOT 1914
CUP DAY AT ASCOT The smartest day of the Racing Season, when all that is most elegant and newset in fashionable toiletries is displayed. Date: 1914

Background imageSmartest Collection: WW1 - WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) - No. 2 RFC Cadet Wing

WW1 - WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) - No. 2 RFC Cadet Wing
WW1 - A slightly patronisingly-captioned set of images of WaCS (Air Force Auxiliaries) of No.2 Royal Flying Corp (RFC) Cadet Wing. Date: 1917

Background imageSmartest Collection: Louis XVI (Duval)

Louis XVI (Duval)
LOUIS XVI - in his smartest but weightiest court dress Date: 1754 - 1793

Background imageSmartest Collection: German family group in studio portrait

German family group in studio portrait
German family group in a studio portrait -- a man and three women, all in their smartest clothes. Date: early 20th century

Background imageSmartest Collection: Boys / Cricket 1923

Boys / Cricket 1923
A group of boys decked out in their smartest cricket gear play a jolly game. The batsman awaits the ball

Background imageSmartest Collection: Afternoon at Biarritz

Afternoon at Biarritz
Even if one is not actually playing, one must look ones smartest at the Chiberta Golf Club, Biarritz; printed crepe afternoon dresses by Premet or Douillet-Doucet will do fine


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