Suits Collection (page 3)

Advert for Walpoles
Walpoles, advertising Autumn 1939's must-have outfit: an all-in-one air-raid shelter suit, with pockets large enough to accommodate gas-mask, torch and make-up. Available in Air Force blue

Advert for Aquascutum
Advert for a woman's tweed suit, from Aquascutum's autumn collection. Date: 1939

Autumn fashion from Matita
Showcasing part of the autumn collection from Matita. Checks were in. Date: 1939

Advert for Slixsilver swimsuits. The one pictured is made of silver oilsilk. Date: 1939

Outfit designed by Maggy Rouff, studio fashion portrait. Captioned, Short Coats for Longer Days'. With description, Spring suits are, like our spring climate, variable

Knitted Golf club covers, suits for women. Captioned, For Golfers. With description
Knitted Golf club covers, suits for women. Captioned, For Golfers.... With description, The attractive little knitted caps to keep your golf sticks clean

Caricature illustration, by Batchelor, showing policemen in top hats and evening dress suits, passing by police station. Captioned

Caricature illustration, The Killers by H M Bateman. Showing two young gentlemen in evening dress suits, fancy socks and dance shoes

Caricature illustration by Dudley Tennant, mixed bathing in the bathroom. With men and women in bathing suits, and an overflowing bathtub. Captioned, Outdoor hobbies for the home'

Summer fashion ideas for women: a plage suit with a lozenge-patterned jerkin, and two swimsuits. Date: 1954

A selection of fashionable outfits for women. Date: 1954

A sketch of a woman in a fashionable tweed suit, accessorised with hat, scarf and handbag. This sort of outfit was popular for wearing in the country, or for mornings in town. Date: circa 1932

Snowbirds by Philip Boileau (1863-1917) - two pretty young ladies in matching sailor suits and dark bonnet-style hats. His illustrations of dignified women became a part of popular culture

Two little boys - British sibling toddlers - posing for a photograph in a studio Date: circa 1905

Queen Victoria with her four great-grandchildren 1900
Queen Victoria with her four great-grandchildren taken at Osborne House, eldest standing next to Victoria, Prince David, future Edward VIII for one year in 1936 and then Duke of Windsor (1894 - 1972)

A page of adverts from - February 1954
Three fashion adverts for women's permanent hair styles at Vasco's Hair Bubbles, tailored lingerie at and Supalese early spring tailored suits at Swan & Edgar. Date: 1954

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Un vago es un faccioso (A lazy is a factious). Poster edited by the Departament of Public Order of Aragon

Michael Stewart, British Foreign Secretary
Robert Michael Maitland Stewart, Baron Stewart of Fulham (1906-1990), British Labour politician, Fabian Socialist and government minister

Charlie Chaplin and Max Linder in Hollywood
Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), comic actor, film star and director, with Max Linder (1883-1925), French pioneer of silent film, comedian, writer and director

Balenciaga Fashion 1965
Balenciaga Paris fashion collection, navy wool lean sleeved jacket suit with brass buttons left open, narrow skirt, collar in linen. Date: 1965

A study in an infant school, where the young children are learning their left and right hands. Date: 1898

Children of London's West End. Boys: knitted jersey suits with knickerbockers. Girls: pink polonaise & sunbonnet; lilac dress with yoke, sash, gathered bodice & gigot sleeves Date: 1884

DRYDEN/DIE OBERST/31
Advertisement for Die Oberst cigarettes -- cartoon of three men in suits. Date: 1926

Rego Tailors and Outfitters, London
Premises of Rego Tailors and Outfitters, London. Date: circa 1930s

Comic postcard, Two girls with a sailor Date: 20th century

Comic birthday postcard, Two children in sailor suits Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, scene in a teashop Date: 20th century

Advert for Burberrys tailored suits, overcoats and weatherproofs for women, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Paris Prepares for Spring Fashions: showing two three-piece suits from Doeuillet and a gown from Germaine, Paris, 1925 Date: 1925

Five fashion sketches by Hemjic on the Riviera, 1925 at the Croisette Cannes. Models from Drecoll, Callot and Alice Bernard Date: 1925

Fashion sketches by Hemjic enroute to the Riviera, 1925 - travelling suits and coats from O Rossen, Alice Bernard, Jean Patou and Rodier Date: 1925

Top left a jumper suit by Gordon Conway and bottom right Margaret Bannerman in a flower patterened chiffon gown by Lenief, London, 1925

Four jumper suits sketched by Gordon Conway, London, 1925 Date: 1925

Three suits designed by Souile for the South of France, 1925 Date: 1925

A sketch of a lady with an umbrella in the summer sun on a beach in a bathing suit, 1926 Date: 1926

Two bathing suits shown on the Lido, Venice, 1926 - top from Jane Rigny and bottom from Phillipe et Gaston Date: 1926

Travelling feminine fashions for a trip to Scotland, 1926 Date: 1926

Three suits for an afternoon promenade, Paris, 1926 - one jumper suit, a tweed coat and a double breasted cloth coat Date: 1926

The Custom House, the Press Gang and the Tower of London. The New Custom House opened in 1817 on Lower Thames Street 10, Press Gang men armed with swords

Chainmail suits of armour and helms, 12th century
Chainmail suits of armour and helms of 12th century German knights. From manuscripts in Hamburg library. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes

Man and woman in fashionable suits, 1913. Costumes pour un ensemble. Handcoloured pochoir (stencil) etching after an illustration by Bernard Boutet de Monvel from Tommaso Antonginis Journal des Dames

Woman in suit of red duvetyn with red fox fur trim holding a bowl of grapes. Tailleur de duvetyn rouge borde de renard rouge

A jolly mens drinking club - the table is well stocked with beer and glasses and everyone is very smartly-dressed in top hats ans suits, some with additonal badges of office ! Date: circa 1920

Tweed suit and coat
Pattern from MABS FASHIONS depict two women modelling tweed suits and matching coats for Autumn wear. Date: circa 1930s

Playing with hoops
Young boy and girl dressed in sailor suits are playing hoops. Artist: Ellen Jessie Andrews Date: 1904

Beach and garden suits from Liberty, 1931
On the left, a pyjama suit of Japanese silk enriched with stencilling and on the right, a three-piece outfit also in Japanese silk. Date: 1931

Two men on Brighton Pier, Brighton, East Sussex. 1925

Decontaminator in full uniform, September 1939
A London decontaminator in an anti-gas protective suit. As a result of fears of chemical warfare in the early stages of the Second World War

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