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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
Kay Snap - Mr Cotton the Draper. 1930s
Cartoon, tailoring for actors, J L TooleCartoon, tailoring for actors -- Actors pieces may be made up nowadays with every consideration to peculiarity of figure. (This cartoon is not intended to apply to anybody in particular)
Cheery Families - Mr Trim the Tailor. 1890s
Savoy Taylors Guild, London -- invoice and receipt for cleaning a two-piece suit. 1927
TAILOR 1827A tailor cuts a piece of fabric with scissors while his two female employees take a customers measurements in the background. Date: 1827
Savile Place, LondonA fashionable young woman walks down an alleyway towards Stovel and Mason, Savile Place, near Savile Plac, Mayfair, renowned for its tailoring. Date: early 1930s
Striped coat from Jays, 1939A striped coat emphasising the fashionable silhouette of 1939 from Jays of Regent Street. Date: 1939
Photo of ladies shooting costumes in the TatlerBlack and white photographs titled Smart and Suitable suits for sportswomen under the headline The Humorous Side of Sport in the Tatler of 1st December 1909
Islington Technical Home - Tailoring ShopBoys at work in the tailoring workshop at the Islington Technical Home. One is using a sewing machine. The home was run by the Waifs and Strays Society. Date: circa 1907
Darenth Schools, Kent - TailoringInmates sit cross-legged in the tailoring department of the Darenth Schools, near Dartford, Kent. The Schools were opened in 1878 by the Metropolitan Asylums Board as a residential institution for
Utility coats for mother and daughter, 1947A Harella coat - a Utility model - in brown and beige broad herringbone tweed cut on classic lines with a belted back from Dickins and Jones. The little girl is wearing a Berkeley Utility model
From khaki to civvies, end of WW1A tailor measures a demobbed soldier for civilian clothes after his return from the Great War. Date: 1919
Silhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns, ParisSilhouette advertisement for Tailor Gowns by H.L. Oakley, showing a stylised view of the Place Vendome, Paris
Advertisement for Fenwick tailoringAdvertisement for Fenwick ladies tailoring department, , with a silhouette of tailors at work by H.L. Oakley. Tailor gowns to order, twelve and a half guineas (just over thirteen pounds)
Rothmans Harness TeamRothmans of Pall Mall harness team Pell and Mell ready to leave their mews stables for prestige deliveries. Photo taken mid 1980s. Date: circa mid 1980s
Hyams of Oxford Street, boys outfitters, advertisementAdvertisement for Hyams of Oxford Street, Leeds, Birmingham and Wolverhampton, one of the oldest established houses for boys tailoring and outfitting, providing first class goods at moderate prices
Mrs Irene CastleIRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts. The pair were incredibly successful and their earnings were high
No Objection Taken - womens war work, 1916A page of sketches of mans work the men want the women to want, a humorous (and slightly chauvinistic) comment on the traditionally male jobs taken by women during the First World War. 1916
Advert for Moss Bros evening wear 1933Evening wear at Moss Bros you can quickly obtain at moderate cost and with an absolute assurance of quality, perfect fitting tails or dinner suits with all accessories. 1933
The Very Last Words in the Story of Fashion, 1915The latest Parisian fashions copied by London shops showing examples of typical styles from the World War One era - high collars, circular skirts
French tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry 1799A French revolutionary tailor fitting John Bull with a Jean Debry (or de Bry) coat, in 1799, named after the President of the National Convention in revolutionary France
Advertisement for Burberry weatherproof clothes, showing a young woman leaning against a country wall in a jacket and long skirt described as a shooting gown
Rooftop TailorsTailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s
Tailors Working OutdoorsTailors working on a roof during a heat wave, cutting and sewing cloth for suits, Regent Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s
Woman wearing the trousers" What material would you like for your trousers, Sir?" " Oh! The same as my Wife s." !! A comment on a strong woman, most definitely wearing the trousers in this relationship
Regimental Tailor at a country show - displaying uniforms made for the Royal Gloucestershire Hussars. Date: circa 1910
Male dress (second half 18th c. ). SPAIN. BarcelonaMale dress (second half 18th c.). SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum
Womens dress embroidered with leaf decorations and inlaid with precious stones (late 18th c.). SPAIN. Barcelona. Textile and Clothing Museum
Tailoring Workshop at Merxplas Labour Colony, Belgium
Tailoring. Poster promoting occupations related to tailoring, such as cutter, fitter, tailor, salesman, inspector, sponger, presser, clothing factor worker, showing a swatch of cloth. Date 1937
Indian Street TailorsIndian street tailors with their sewing machines. Date: 1930s
Marwari Tailors, India - Manufacture Clothing FabricIndia - Manufacture of Clothing Fabric - Marwari Tailors. Marwaris are a Rajasthani people (an Indo-Aryan ethnic group), who inhabit the Rajasthan region of India. Date: 1904
Tailor, India - Manufacturing Clothing Fabric Date: circa 1910s
Schoolboy in his Sunday dressA Westminster schoolboy in his Sunday dress Date: 1909
Farningham Little Boys Home, Tailors ShopBoys equipped with needles, sewing machines, and a flat iron, learn tailoring at the Home for Little Boys at Farningham in Kent
Daks advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Daks suits by Simpson of Piccadilly featuring a well-groomed 1950s chap wearing his suit well. Date: 1953
Embroidering, India - Manufacturing decorated FabricThree generations of Indian Embroiderers - Manufacturing beautifully decorated clothing fabric. Date: 1906
Tailoring class, NIPRCC East Harling, NorfolkBoys taking part in a tailoring class at the East Harling, Norfolk, branch of the National Institutions for Persons Requiring Care and Control
National Workshop (Tailors) in the Prison of Clichy, ParisTailors at work in the debtors prison of Clichy in Paris, working away while one inmate reads aloud from the newspapers of the day
Tailoring Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North ShieldsBoys taking part in a tailoring class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868
Palm Beach Tailoring - PosterAn advertising poster for Palm Beach tailoring by Goodall depicting a very dapper young gent in a finely cut cream suit chatting to a flame-haired sunbather in pink costume
Boy at Tailors ShopA young boy in a sailor blouse is measured for a new outfit. His mother, in a fox fur stole, looks on. Tailors sit cross legged on a table while another cuts cloth
Cruikshank / Regent StreetA fashionable London tailor measures a client
Tailors WorkshopA busy tailors workshop