Styles Collection (page 11)

Futurist Portrait
- Thank heavens, Mummy is never going to know that I sat for this portrait !

Monstrosities of 1819-20
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars, the Nelson bustle, huge headgear & profusely adorned hemlines

Fur Hats for 1922
A selection of hats in various styles and furs including a petit-gris turban, velvet & mole fur Marquis, a toque & a Breton hat with a fur brim

Japanese Coiffures
A variety of hairstyles for Japanese men and women

Long Wavy Hair
A model shows off her mane of freshly brushed, thick, wavy hair

BLOUSES 1915
Selection of blouses in floral, striped & plain fabrics with lace over-bodice, wide shawl collars, wired stand collars, epaulettes & various cuff styles

Big Hair of C. 1918
An example of the big hair style fashionable around this date. The hair is curled & piled high up on the head, with large curls at the cheeks & a short fringe

English Woman 1610
Her farthingale holds the panels of her gown to her sides, revealing her under- skirt far more than did the cutaway styles of yesterday; high ruffs are now in fashion

Lingerie & Caps 1851
French lingerie & caps. The blouses are decorated with a profusion of lace especially at the cuffs where various styles are used including vandyked & scalloped edges

Park Entrance Gates
Various styles of park entrance gates

Brit. Recruitment Poster
The Army of Today and Yesterday - Join the Army and See the World - Good pay - Fine Prospects - A Good Life

Maid Admitting Visitor
A pretty maid, sporting a fashionable hair style of the day, looks coyly at a male visitor who is calling on her mistress

Symbolic cutting of pigtails in Shanghai, China
At Shanghai, 500 young men voluntarily relinquish their traditional pigtails, symbolising a new modernising spirit in China

Knickers 1935
A lady models one of the many styles of undies available from this company. Others include a girls knicker with a pocket for keeping safe all manner of things

FRENCHWOMAN 1614 - 2
A marked change of fashion takes place when Louis XIII inherits the throne : the wide lace collar and low-cut bodice are new styles which distinguish the period

3 Evening Dresses 1843
Hair is worn off the face & covers the ears & is ornamented with white ostrich plumes & wheat, rosettes & tiny flowers. Ans shaped coil of hair is secured with a comb

Dog-Walking Chic 1937
Spanish dog-walkers preamble in the park. Styles include a check jacket & waistcoat & a short sleeved jacket worn over a frock. A pink butterfly print dress catches the eye

Extravagant Styles
Coiffeurs at work on an extravagant hair style : a contemporary satire on the fashionable excesses of the late 18th century

American Fashions 1924
Selection of tubular dresses with belts & sashes on the hips. Styles include a coat dress with diagonal wrap over front & button detail, pleated skirts or kimono sleeves

Hairstyles / French 1919
Decisions, decisions... whether to cut it all off or not?

Ladies Sewing / 1850S
Open bodices with or without revers worn with chemisettes (with buttoned front, broderie Anglaise, volans), pagoda sleeves, various styles of engageantes & lace caps

Hyde Park Fashions 1822
A satire on fashion. Amongst the styles mocked are cossack trousers, pinched male waists, high stand-fall collars & large expanses of shirt front & ladies showing their legs

Suits / Men & Boys 1926
Men: a selection of single- breasted suits some with patch pockets, trousers with turn- ups & spats. Boys: shorts suits with various jacket styles

Asian Headdess
Depicting various styles of headgear worn in Asia including brightly coloured turbans, tall pointed hats with ornate patterns or in fur

Fancy Hats for 1919
Five styles of cap for the summer resembling bathing caps, berets and turbans. Ornamented with bows large & small, a rose or a pom-pon they are very becoming

Hat Styles for 1787
Hats profusely ornamented with feathers, bows, ribbons & flowers. Stripes are very much in vogue. Some have broad flat brims, others have a brim that tapers outwards & downwards

Shoes by Lotus 1938
Hand-fashioned Spring shoes for women by Lotus: a high heeled suede court shoe, a shoe with punched out designs & two styles of heeled lace- up

C18th Century Revival
Fine feathers in wartime: dress designers attempt to counter the practical move of wearing shorter, fuller skirts by employing impractical styles of previous centuries

COTE D AZUR STYLE 1915
Fashion panarama showing the variety of styles available during 1915. Amongst the full- skirted creations are gowns with low backs & long narrow skirts with trains

Vichy Fashions 1915
Girls: loose smock or drop waist. Women: styles ranging from a single long skirt to the fashionable voluminous skirts. Also Louis heeled shoes, hats - broad brims or vertical feathers

Fishing / Norway / Dangers
The variety of fishing styles in the Norwegian Sea, from ship-based catches to the dangers of fishing while balanced on floes of ice!

Old & New Introductions
The old and new styles of introducing a new acquaintance

Extravagant C18 Hair
In this contemporary caricature a fashionable young lady, sporting the magnificent new hairstyle, is so transformed that even her own mother does not recognize her

Female Type / Spherism
After Cubism, Spherism! Portrait of a woman in 64 circles

Greuze Cubed
Greuzes painting La laitiere brought up to date in the cubist manner

Costume / Accessories / Shoe
Various styles of shoe from the Orient and the Americas

C12th Hair Style
Portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of Henry II wearing a plaited hair-style

Roman Women
Roman women in various styles of costume

Toilet / Hair / Styles
Hair dressing; the old and new styles

Hastings Old Town
A glimpse of All Saints Street, part of the Old Town of Hastings, Sussex, showing its contrasting styles of architecture

Hairstyle 1940S
A fashionable young woman puts her hair up in pin curls

Volunteer Rifle Corps
RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORPS from 12 towns, districts or counties showing the range of uniform styles: Shoreditch, Edinburgh, Sheffield, Staffordshire, Winchester, Hon. Artillery

Jahangir and his Court
JAHANGIR, the fourth Mughal emperor, styles himself Conqueror of the world; depicted here with his court, he will be visited by envoys from England

Hair Styles for 1831
How the well-groomed lady is dressing her hair this year. Evidently designed to keep her maidservant busy !

Hat Styles for 1896
Seletion of ladies Hats

Costume / Women / C15 France
A group of French noble women in a variety of dress and headwear styles

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