Trousers Collection (page 6)

Waiter wearing beret and Oxford bags, 1926
Will it ever come to this? The President of the National Federation of Merchant Taylors is responsible for this awful suggestion

Cartoon of Oxford bags, 1925
Caricature of actors Peter Haddon and Rosaline Courtneidge in the play On Change, performed at the Savoy Theatre. Haddons character displays youthful vacuity and wears Oxford bags

Oxford bags worn at Regents Park, 1925
The logical development of the Oxford bags demonstrated at Regents Park in 1925. The gentleman shown was one of the participants in the Old English Garden Fete in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Regents

Cambridge students wearing Oxford bags
The youth of Cambridge displaying the latest university craze for excessively wide trousers, called Oxford bags, originating at Oxford University in the mid-1920s. Date: 1925

Marie George, American performer, sitting on a paper moon. Date: circa 1900s

Vesta Tilley, performer and male impersonator. Date: circa 1900s

Mr John Liston as Tristram Sappy in Deaf as a Post, a one-act farce by John Poole, at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London. circa 1820s

Woman and boy in a kitchen, possibly as part of a safety in the home campaign. Date: circa 1960s

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

Gentlemens fashions for November 1844
Latest fashion for French men. Date: 1844

Gentlemens fashions for December 1849
Latest fashion for French men. Date: 1849

David Frances Barry photo - American Indian man
American Indian man, one feather in his hair. His braids are wrapped with fur and cloth. He is wearing traditional trousers and an American army jacket and holdgin a pistol

Poster advertising Canadian Pacific Happy Cruises. An elegant lady wearing an enormous orange hat and bell bottom trousers sits sunning herself on deck

An article entitled What People are Wearing which features a Chinese badger fur coat from the London Fur Company, houndstooth check trousers, and a long kanga dress. Date: 1966

Cartoon, The good trader. A salesman of food and other items offers a French soldier some Camembert cheese for a much lower price if he will say where the 20th Corps is

Five fashions from the 1960s. From l-r: Sleeveless plum and mustard contrasting wool crepe dress by Tony Armstrong; Long-sleeved black voile dress with white paving stone pattern from Wallis; Printed

Comic Postcard - Dog called Buttons
Comic postcard - Why do you call your dog, BUTTONS? Owner - Because its so often attached to TROUSERS circa 1920s

Comic Postcard - Don t get pinched for following the fashions. A Policeman fails to agree with the sartorial bravery of a chap who has decided to launch out in his underwear (long johns)

Young boy in traditional local costume, The Netherlands
A young boy ( Bram ) in traditional local costume, The Netherlands. circa 1904

Brittany, France - Traditional male costume - Douarnenez
Brittany, France - The traditional costume of a man from Douarnenez. Date: 1906

Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (and Western)
Footwear of the Nations - Turkey (the turned-up toed slippers of a Turkish beauty and the Western black rubber-soled shoes of her male admirer)

Our Boys Clothing Company, teenagers jacket suits 1895
Young gentlemans dress or dinner jacket suit (Figure 104), youths dress suit, showing white dress vest (Figure 105), morning coat with checked trousers (Figure 106), vacation suit

Hungry Peter dressing as the Fat Boy in Pickwick
Hungry Peter dressing for a fancy dress ball as the Fat Boy in Pickwick -- he is finding the breeches rather tight, but then that is the general idea. Date: 1914

Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882
The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny

JAPANESE HOUSEWIFE IRONS
A young Japanese housewife irons her husbands trousers on the floor. This is a daily task, because the Japanese sit on cushions which makes trousers crease badly. Date: 1930s

Morning Coat 1909
Lord Chesterfield elegantly dressed in morning coat, grey striped trousers, town boots, shirt with high all-round collar, black tie, top hat, pink carnation & white gloves Date: 1909

ENGLISH WALKING FROCK
Garment described as an English Walking Frock coat with the front borders rounded off, worn with trousers with a front crease, lace-up shoes & a bowler hat. Date: 1907

Frock Coated Gent 1909
Sir A Osmond Williams wears a frock coat, chalk striped trousers with front creases, spats, a fawn coloured waistcoat with watch chain, all round collar & black tie. Date: 1909

Dapper Racegoer 1908
P P Gilpin at the races wears a top hat, morning coat & trousers with a front crease, black & white half-boots, white waistcoat, carnation buttonhole & a patterned bowtie Date: 1908

Racegoer 1909
J Reid Walker wears a ? Homburg hat, wing collar & red tie, black waistcoat & lounging jacket, grey herringbone tweed trousers with turn-ups & a front crease Date: 1909

OUTDOOR GIRLS 1832
Girls: white knee-length dress ornamented with tucks, black velvet spencer with imbecile sleeves, pantalettes, pelerine with vandykes; red & black plaid mantle with a cape. Date: 1832

MALE TYPE / 2 DANDIES
Dandies of other days: Sir Lumley Skeffington and Lord Petersham. Date: early 19th century

Costume - Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, greatcoat, frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & one man dressed all in black. Date: 1820

Morning Coat 1890s
Young man in morning coat with the top button fastened, a high stand-fall collar with rounded ends, plaid tie, dark waistcoat, pin-striped trousers, bowler hat & cane. Date: late 1890s

Costume - Diabolo 1817
Man: blue coat with gold buttons, lapels & split cuffs; light coloured pantaloons (trousers). Woman: white muslin dress with ruff, hem decorated with lace & rouleaux Date: 1817

CULOTTES ON CYCLES 1937
Two French ladies cycle into the countryside on their tandem clad in tailored costumes comprised of culottes (divided skirts), a belted blouse or D-B jacket. Date: 1937

Girl in Trousers 1911
Blonde lady in a large Merry Widow style hat; high heels holds a pipe-smoking bulldog. Date: 1911

GEORGE MOORE / VFAIR 1897
GEORGE AUGUSTUS MOORE Irish novelist Date: 1852 - 1933

AMELIA BLOOMER / POLKA
AMELIA BLOOMER American reformer who wore full trousers for women now known as bloomers Date: 1818 - 1894

AMELIA BLOOMER American reformer who wore full trousers for women now known as bloomers Date: 1818 - 1894

BOY / GIRL / BEACH / CRAB 1930
A boy on the beach in a sailor suit has his trousers nipped by a crab Date: 1930s

Woman and little boy in a fashion illustration
A woman with a little boy. She is wearing a narrow, pleated skirt, a Japonaise silk blouse, a short, sleeveless tunic and a sash

Hullo! Everybody, Revue, Hippodrome, Putney, SW London
Hullo! Everybody, Revue, at the Hippodrome, Putney, SW London, a Harry Day production. 1916

Mannequins with blue jeans on a clothes stall, Ludlow Market
Two mannaquins with blue jeans on a clothes stall at Ludlow Market, Shropshire, England Date: 2018

A mannequin with blue jeans on a clothes stall, Ludlow
A mannequin with blue jeans on a clothes stall at Ludlow Market, Shropshire, England Date: 2018

Appleby Horse Fair - horse wash
A young boy, stripped to the waist and wearing a cloth cap, washes a horse in the River Eden during the Appleby Horse Fair Date: 1990

A Normandy Lad with his wares for sale - he certainly has the look of a cad or Joker ! Date: circa 1910

Stylised glamour of the Cote d Azur - note the fashionable abstract printing on the warps and the sailors bell-bottomed trouser look. Date: circa 1930s

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