Tight Collection (page 2)

Past and Presnt Fashions - The difference
Past and Present Fashions: Past Fashion - Covered everything and touched nothing; Present Fashion - Touches everything and covers nothing ! Date: circa 1910

Kim Wilde Wannabe
A Kim Wilde or Bananarama wannabe with blonde highlights and a fetching string vest with an off-the-shoulder t- shirt and rather tight jeans ignores The Jam lookalikes! Date: mid 1980s

Comic postcard, Couple about to fly in a monoplane - alarming advice from an expert pilot Date: 20th century

Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - new boots too tight. circa 1910s

Italian Costume 1380
Italian costume: garments worn with armour include parti- coloured soled hose, gipon or doublet, tight-fitting garment without sleeves or with short raglan sleeves & buckles. Date: 1380

Skirts too Short 1912
Mistress to maid : Julie, you shouldn t wear such tight skirts, you are showing far too much leg... Date: 1912

Come on and join me! - girl flies off a diving board
Come on and join me! - curvy girl in tight red swimsuit flies off the diving board! Date: circa 1930

WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the War
Sorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941

Hobble skirt fashion victim
A fashionable ladys vision and gait is impaired by her enormous hat and tight hobble skirt. A chance encounter with a gentlemen friend, also out walking his dog, saves the day. Date: 1911

Damsel in distress Date: 1919

Blondin cooking an omelette in a high-wire act, 19th century
Illustration showing Blondin (1824-1897), the French tight-rope walker and acrobat, cooking an omelette as part of a high wire act

Fantasy Cleaner
Every mans fantasy cleaning lady: petite blonde guaranteed to get into every nook & cranny wears tight red shorts, white court shoes, red headscarf & a wrap over blouse

Falka by H. B. Farnie. Image of Alexina de Kelkirsch
Falka by H.B. Farnie. Alexina de Kelkirsch, shown here, is a young heiress. The caption reads Ive got a mind of my own. Date: 1880s

Kicking the bucket to keep alive and well! 1914
Interestingly this artical was published on April fools day in The Sketch, 1914, you can come to your own conclusions! Latest primitive life-saving device invented by a German engineer

Circus Silhouette
A silhouette of a circus ring with tight-rope walkers. 1927

Soho, London - Newport Place car park, aerial view. 1973

Acrobat walking a tightrope on a stage. circa 18th century

Pressing the Eggs Tight in the Crate and Nailing the Lid - a view of this process at Cookstown market with people looking on. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Tyrone; Cookstown)

Motor race
Two racing cars negotiate a tight bend on a mountain road. Date: circa 1903

Man checking information at bus stop
Man checking information on Where to board your bus, next to a poster advising everyone to Hold On Tight! Date: 1970s

Royal Costume 1566
Man: jewel-encrusted trunk hose with panes & bombast padding, doublet & cloak. Woman: tight bodice, large under-sleeves, deep fur cuffs, ornate petticoat. Date: 1566

Evening Dress 1890
Mrs W J Bonsor wears a decollete evening gown with tight lace bodice & draped skirt & marabou trimmed mantle. She wears three bracelets, a necklace & tiara. Date: 1890

Costume / Fantasio 1915
He: short trousers with turn- ups, high heeled town boots with spats, jacket with narrow shoulders & tight waist, hair in the aviator style. She: tricorn hat & cape coat. Date: 1915

Green Dress 1899
Dark green princess style dress trimmed in white with shoulder puffs, wrap over bodice & gored skirt tight over the hips & flaring from below the knee. Date: 1899

Floral & Fur Dress 1899
Pale grey dress with fur edged floral print yoke, bodice panel & band on the gored skirt, tight sleeves with shoulder puff & belt with a large silver buckle. Date: 1899

Visiting Dress 1899
Fawn coloured dress, bodice composed of alternate panels of lace & plaid fabric, tight sleeves gathered into a puff at the shoulders, diagonal insert of lace on the skirt. Date: 1899

Bolero Dress 1899
Blue tunic dress: lace edge bolero with epaulettes & tight sleeves extending in points over the hands, wrap over lace edged tunic, belt with paste buckle, hat with wavy brim. Date: 1899

Brown Tailor Made 1899
Brown tailor-made with open jacket bodice secured with crossed bands & buttons, tight sleeves with flared cuff, tight skirt flaring from the knee & swansdown ruff. Date: 1899

Purple Ensemble 1899
Open bodice, velvet revers, cuffs & trim, tight sleeves with slight puff at shoulder, skirt with lace ruff collar & cravat, gored skirt with tablier trim, velvet belt. Date: 1899

Coat & Tartan Dress 1899
Full length coat, the front sloping away revealing a tartan skirt. Tight sleeves, slight puff at the shoulder. Lace jabot, high upright collar, self-coloured trim. Date: 1899

Fashion / Tweeddale 1884
Marchioness of Tweeddale wears a brown & ivory dress, low cut, tight-fitting bodice, bows on the shoulders & 1/2 length sleeves, panniers & trained skirt. Date: 1884

Grey Tailor Made 1899
Pale grey tailor made with white trim: collarless jacket with short rounded basque, tight sleeves with puff at the shoulder, gored skirt, pleated blouse & grey fur stole. Date: 1899

First Dip of the Year
Taking her first dip of the year, this young womans tight bathing costume doesn t leave much to the imagination. Date: 1914

Hold tight
A young family gingerly crossing a stream via stepping stones. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1913

Cover design, Paris Plaisirs no. 81 for March 1929, depicting a female performer in a multi-coloured, tight-fitting costume. Date: 1929

Dun Carrier Cock Pigeon
A full-length portrait of a Dun Carrier Cock. The Dun Carrier Cock is an English fancy breed of pigeon. The large cere above the beak is one of the characteristics

Folland Gnats RAF Red Arrows Farnborough 1978
RAFAT RAF aerobatic display team. the Red Arrows, in tight formation at Farnborough Air Show in September 1978 Date: 1978

Sir Philip Sydney, poet, wearing tight short breeches and mittens, 1586.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalarts Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of

Lady in winter dress, 1641, reign of Charles I, from Hollar
Lady in the court of Elizabeth I, 1559, from the Procession of Queen Elizabeth to Hunsdon House.. Handcolored engraving from Civil Costume of England from the Conquest to the Present Period drawn by

Tying on a pack, Toyah, Texas, USA
Three men tying a pack onto a patient horse at Toyah, a small town in Texas, USA. Date: circa 1908

Dutch sea scouts with leader, Holland
Two Dutch sea scouts with their leader, Holland, learning the ropes. Date: 1972

Suffragette, Suffragist Muzzle. Addressed to Suffragist who wears a skirt and jacket embroidered with broad prison arrows and a muzzle round her mouth

Watertight tobacco & cigarette box for the front, WW1
An air tight, watertight tobacco and cigarette box to keep your smokes dry at the Front, available from Silver and Edgington of Eastcheap, London. The advertisement contains testimonials from J

Ships during winter months by G. H. Davis
Naval notes of the week (lightships and buoys). Above: revictualling a lightship during the winter months. Below: hold tight for your life -- attending to the Mariners Fingerposts in winter

Mrs Vyvyan Drury by Madame Yevonde. Seen here modelling a garden party dress by Lelong in white marquisette, with a tight-fitting bodice, and a wide-brimmed straw hat from Albert and Johnson

Flying Fortresses by G. H. Davis
The deadly teamwork of the Flying Fortresses: massed precision bombing and defence gunnery during the Second World War. Flying in a tight formation designed to give the closest cooperation in attack

Hungry Peter dressed as Fat Boy in Pickwick
Hungry Peter the pig dressed as the Fat Boy in Charles Dickens Pickwick Papers, ready for Humpty and Dumptys fancy dress ball. Date: 1914

Advert for Mexi-Coolee by Joyce California shoes 1946
Red criss cross sandals by Mexi-Coolee, Joyce California, fitted by Saxone. 1946

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