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Prince George having a tattoo, Japan 1881
" Everybody, it seemed, tattooed, whether belonging to the ward-room, gun-room, or lower deck, including, of course, both the Princes

A new dance - the Truda-Trott, 1927
Photographs demonstrating a new dance trend in 1927, the Truda-Trott devised in Austria as a compliment to the female Channel swimmer, Gertrude Ederle

Dress d in a Dolly Varden, by G W Moore
Promotional music sheet for Dress d in a Dolly Varden song by G. W. Moore, showing the Dolly Varden character who appeared in Charles Dickens Barnaby Rudge in 1841

Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot (Aestheticism)
Cartoon, The Six-Mark Tea-Pot -- a satirical comment on the new fashion of aestheticism: a man who resembles Oscar Wilde admires a teapot

The Bloomer Valse and the Bloomer Redowa
Promotional music sheet for The Bloomer Valse and The Bloomer Redowa dedicated to Mrs Colonel Bloomer. 1855

The Bloomer Song, by J H Nightingale and C Milward
Promotional music sheet for The Bloomer Song, by J H Nightingale and C Milward, performed nightly with great applause by Miss Kathleen Fitzwilliam in the farce Bloomerism or The Follies of the Day

The Bloomer Polka, The Promenade and The At Home
Promotional music sheet for The Bloomer Polkas, The Promenade and The At Home, showing genteel ladies resting after a bout of dancing

Women in a gymnastic wheel, a new craze. 1930

Harem skirt or harem pants
The fashion that was to cause a scandal: daring harem pants or Turkish trousers. Date: 1911

Lace spat for women 1913
A fleeting fashion of 1913, spats for ladies and in this case, one made from lace. Date: 1913

New Fashion Style from France - Jupes-Pantalons
New Fashion Style from France - three young women wearing Jupes-Pantalons stride confidently - Porte Dauphine, Paris. Date: circa 1910

Powdering Pierrot by Baird - 1920s
Stylised illustration showing a woman in a fancy dress style costume, surrounded by balloons, powdering the face of her Pierrot doll

Early 20th century French Fashion - Jupes-Culotte - pretty model in culottes - voluminous trousers with the appearance of a long skirt

France. Death of Paul Beurtheret, editor of the Union Liberale, hit by a Prussian projectile at the rue Royale in Tours, 1870. Engraving

Fashionable Style - Massive hat with feather adornment
Fashionable Bulgarian Style - Pretty model wearing a massive hat with Ostrich Feathers adornment, shaped almost like eagles wings!! She is enjoying a glass of something strong

Delahaye Coupe
The dream car of the 1930s, the Delahaye sports drop-head coupe anticipates the trend towards streamlined shapes and over-designed bodywork. Date: 1937

The The Dansant by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman depicting Maurice and Florence Walton exhibiting their dancing prowess at the afternoon The Dansants or Tango Teas at Prince s, a hugely popular entertainment in 1913

The Great Ladies Crusade Against The Matinee Hat 1906
Photographs showing hats made by the Comtesse de Talleyrand, the Comtesse Recope, the Comtesse de Fels, the Marquise de Jaucourt and the Comtesse de Guerne

Egyptian Inspiration
A photograph showing a 1920s model in an Ancient Egypt-inspired dress, decorated with hieroglyphics

A young girl wearing Jupe-Culotte Attire
A young French girl wearing Jupe-Culotte - culottes - voluminous trousers with the appearance of a long skirt, here further disguised by an overcoat with lace collar. Date: circa 1909

French park festivities with fireworks and balloon

Fashions of the future as predicted in 1930
An idea of what the girls of the future will look like according to C. B. Cochrans 1930 Revue shown in Manchester and the West End

The high hat trend, 1960
A selection of hats with high crowns, fashionable in the early 1960s. Top left is an original Tyrolean hat, which, can be bought over the counter at the big department stores for a modest price

The Fashioning of a Fad
Humorous sequential illustration by David Ghilchik poking fun at the merry-go-round of fashion

That Newest Step by Laurie Tayler
That Newest Step, by Laurie Tayler. Young couples on the dance floor comment jealously on the couple in the middle doing the latest dance

Mary attracts the chaps
Now Mary was a plain girl, Of Lovers she had few; She donned the Harem skirt and now She doesn t know what to do!

Girls Attire: The Newest and Best
Dress of Hop-Sacking and Silk Braid. Two women sit at a table in the fashionable attire of the day

People dancing the Cotillion in a London ballroom
People dancing the Cotillion in a fashionable London ballroom

Vaccination party in Philadelphia, USA
Fashionable Philadelphians are vaccinated at a party

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