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Tailoring toolsTools used in tailoring, including scissors, needle and thread, chalk, measuring tape, a ruler and a smoothing iron
Busy tailors workshopA busy tailors workshop, with a gentleman being fitted for a new suit
Chesterfield Coat 1913A gentleman in formal day dress wears the New Chester or Chesterfield overcoat with velvet collar & fly-front. A silver topped cane is tucked under his arm
Advert for Titley, Son & Price, Tailors, BathAdvert for Titley, Son & Price, High-Class Tailoring, Cheap Street, Bath Date: 1902
Poster advertising British military uniform, WW1Poster advertising British military uniform, The Studington Military Kit... obtainable only from Studd & Millington Ltd, Military Tailors. Chromolithograph poster, 1914 (c)
French Tailors C18ThAn elegant Frenchman has a fitting for a new coat. A tailor, down on one knee, makes some adjustments. Another, sewing buttons, sits cross legged on a bench
Mr Tape the Tailor, from " Happy Families" devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861
Tailor of 1647 / BroadsideA tailor. These tradesman are preachers in the City of London, 1647. A satirical broadside on non- conformist preaching in London
TAILORs WORKSHOP / 1890A Tailors workshop, showing the master cutter, sleeve- presser and under-presser
Advert, Chas Baker & Co Stores Limited, LondonAdvert, Chas Baker & Co Stores Limited, High Holborn, Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road and Ludgate Hill, London, School Outfits, Gentlemen's & Boys Superior Clothing
Advert for Austin Reed's range of men's suits. Date: 1933
Promoting the Latest FashionsThe latest in women's fashion - coats and suits available from Kenneth Durward and Smee's. Date: 1932
Spain, Madrid. Exhibition of men's clothing, held by the Society of Master Tailors (Sociedad de Maestros de Sastre) La Confianza. It took place at the end of November 1881
Advertisement for Austin Reed tailoring. Outdoor scene showing two men in overcoats reading a newspaper, outside a Midland Bank
Men and women in a tailors workshop with sewing machines on the workbenches. Date: circa 1960s
Tailors in a workshop with coat on displayA group of tailors in a workshop with a finished coat on display on a dummy. Date: circa 1960s
Three people in a tailors workshop. Date: circa 1960s
Tailors in a workshop. Date: circa 1960s
Cutter at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s
Tailor at work on a garment. Date: circa 1960s
1911 Census - John Bull being measuredFront cover of The Sphere, of John Bull being measured to see if his waist has grown from the decade before. Date: April 1911
Advert, W Shingleton, Tailor & Habit MakerAdvert, W Shingleton, New Bond Street, London, Tailor & Habit Maker - showing a woman riding sidesaddle on a horse. 1880
Gamages Royal Air Force uniform advertisementAdvertisement for the officers uniforms for the newly formed Royal Air Force in April 1918 From Gamages of Holborn, London. Date: 1918
Victorian Card - Little Tailors. 19th century
A Tailor at work. Date: 1900
Childrens Home Tailoring ShopA tailoring class at a boys home. A sign on the wall extols the boys to gather up the fragments of cloth that remain so that nothing be lost. Date: Circa 1908
Tailoring 1855Tailor sitting crossed-legged on the floor sewing a piece of clothing. Date: 1855
Homes for Little Boys at Farningham 1905Homeless and destitute children at Homes for Little Boys, Farningham, Swanley. Young boys given a training in a trade or schooling to provide them with the best opportunities for their adulthood
Riding Habit 1899English riding habit with Amazon corsage. Quite severe in its tailoring & worn with a top hat & buttonhole the only feminine note is the rider sitting side saddle. Date: 1899
Mstr Tape, Tailors SonMaster Tape the Tailors Son, from Happy Families devised in Britain by Mr Jacques in 1861 Date: 1861
Hogarth - Rakes - TailorThe Rakes Progress 1. The young heir is measured for new clothes Date: 1735
A blind man working a sewing machine, Rajasthan, IndiaA blind man working a sewing machine to make shirts. He squats on the ground in a street in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India Date: 1984
Tacuinum Sanitatis. Late XIV century. TailorTacuinum Sanitatis. Medieval Health Handbook, dated before 1400, based on observations of medical order detailing the most important aspects of food, beverages and clothing. Tailor. Miniature. Fol
Anti-German cartoon, map of Europe, WW1The tailors of strafe street. An anti-German cartoon showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, in a tailors shop during the First World War
Man in suit and bowler hat, 1962A smart gent in a tailored Heptons suit, carrying a cane and wearing a bowler hat. Date: 1962
St Pancras Union School, Leavesden, HertfordshireTailoring class at the St Pancras Union Industrial School at Leavesden, Hertfordshire. Boys are engaged in cutting and sewing material, supervised by school staff
Singer Sewing Machine - Tailors Machine model 31K15. 1932
Robin Steadman in dandyish 1960s jacketRobin Steadman, hair stylist at The House of Leonard in Grosvenor Street, London wearing a tweed jacket that he had made to measure at John Stephen Custom Built Clothes in Carnaby Street
Old man in shabby suitAn old man in a shabby suit leans (perhaps unwittingly) against an advertisement for Burton tailoring: Let Burton Dress You
Men dress (18th c. ). SPAIN. Barcelona. TextileMen dress (18th c.). SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum
Balenciaga outfit, 1960A coat, jacket and skirt by Balenciaga displaying the cllllean tailoring and functional lines of his designs from this period
Selfridges, London - Tailoring SectionSelfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - Tailoring Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909
Resisto posterAdvertising poster for Resisto mens tailored shirts which two dapper chaps admiring the craftsmanship and fine finishing in a blue, striped Resisto shirt
Town Ulster Coat 1913A bowler hatted businessman in a double- breasted coat with velvet collar described as a Town Ulster - but unlike the Ulster has no cape. His narrow trousers have turn-ups
Letterhead design - Stephen Naylor, Tailor, WisbechLetterhead design - Stephen Naylor, Tailor, Clothier and Hatter, Church Gates, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. 19th century
Highbury Truant School, London - Tailoring ClassA tailoring class at the London School Boards Highbury Truant School. Some boys are using sewing machines. Date: early 1900s
The Tailor Maid by Reginald HigginsIllustration showing a young woman sewing a suit while a male admirer gazes lovingly into her eyes. Date: 1926
Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, WW1Advertisement for British Tailoring and Repairing, advising on the economies of repairing or renovating old clothes during wartime. Date: 1917
