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Menai / Home / LithographShips passing under the Menai Suspension and Tubular Bridge built by Thomas Telford, opened in January 1826
Fringed Hem 1924Two tubular shaped dresses with low waistlines. One has a deep V neckline, uneven seam at the hip & a gored skirt, the other a slanting low waistline & fringed skirt
Handkerchief Hem 1924Designs by Perugia: white strapless dress with red & gold shoes; narrow low cut tubular shaped dress with pleated side vents worn with purple & pink T-bar shoes
USA Teen Fashion 1924Selection of teenage fashions: tubular drop waist dresses or skirts & tunic style blouses in patterned prints with flounces, tiered skirts round collars & embroidery
American Fashions 1924Selection of tubular dresses with belts & sashes on the hips. Styles include a coat dress with diagonal wrap over front & button detail, pleated skirts or kimono sleeves
Menai Tubular BridgeConstruction of the main tube on the staging of Stephensons Britannia tubular bridge across the Menai Strait
Ermine Stole, Scarf, HatA young woman wears an ermine muff, hat and scarf to keep out the winter chills while out foraging for fir tree branches to decorate her home at Christmas
Mole & Skunk MantletWoman wears a mantlet in mole & skunk fur with a high stand collar, leather gloves & a long pleated tubular skirt
Dinner Dress 1912Doeuillet Empire-line revival gown: column like silhouette, with a high waist, impossibly decollete with a V -neck, belt with pearl clasp & floating sash ends
Afternoon Dress 1912Taupe coloured, high-waisted dress by Doucet with white engageantes, lace tucker, & a green sash. A narrow piece of drapery hangs from the waist & back. N.B hat with chin strap
Tailor-Made 1912Fur-trimmed tailor-made costume with hobble skirt worn with a fur stole with animal tail fringing, a flat fur muff ornamented with roses, an animal head & tails
Skiwear for 1913Striped fabric used vertically to emphasize the column like silhouette: tubular skirt with decorative panel, long line jacket worn with a long, fringed scarf
Afternoon Dress 1914Tunic dress with Dolman (Batwing) sleeves, ruffle stand collar, open tunic flaring from a yoke, tubular skirt & belt with a rose clasp
Tailor-Made / Worth 1914Elegant tailor-made costume by Worth: tubular skirt, flared open tunic in 2 colours, directoire style jacket with stand-fall collar, hat worn over one eye
Fur Accessories 1915Stylish tunic dresses: either a narrow tubular under-skirt & flaring tunic or slightly flared skirt with assymetrical tunic worn with fur stoles, flat muffs, Louis heel boots
Quilted & Ermine CoatOrientally inpired evening coat with cape collar, loose tubular sleeves & pleated back panel in a quilted brightly coloured ornate printed fabric lined & trimmed with ermine
Asymetrical Trim 1922Barrel-line dress: slash neck & all-round turnover collar creating a berta or cape effect, narrow sleeves, asymetrical bands of trim & a low slung belt at the hips