Waist Collection (page 4)

University Exerciser and Reducer advertisement
Advertisement for the University Exerciser and Reducer to eliminate that tired feeling from your life and step out into a new world of joyful energy

Cartoon, Lord Cairns and Miss Fortescue
Cartoon, Lord Cairns to Miss Fortescue -- Delighted, my dear, that my son has shown such good taste! May Fortescue (1859-1950) was an actress, singer and actor-manager

Misfitz Dolls - Dolly. early 20th century

English Ballet Dancer. 19th century

The Four Seasons, Spring, by John Hassall
Children having lots of fun in the park, playing hoops, climbing trees and playing rounders. 1902

Advert for D. H Evans girls school uniforms 1915
Double and single breasted school overcoats with wrap around belts. 1915

Beauty and the Beast 1912
Front cover of Femina magazine, showing an elegant women wearing cartwheel hat, white cotton dress with high waist, sash belt, pleated yoke, and embroidered hem, with white elbow length gloves

Duchess of Clarence, later Queen Adelaide
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), Duchess of Clarence, wife of Prince William, Duke of Clarence. When her husband became King William IV, she became Queen Adelaide (reigned 1830-1849)

Three young women in cycling fashions
Three young women in the latest cycling fashions. 1898

Two women in walking dresses, Kensington Gardens
Two women in walking dresses, as seen in Kensington Gardens, London, June 1806. 1806

Woman in a Georgian style dress -- designed at the fair of Saint Gorgon, near Rouen, France. circa 1830

Three women in Georgian style costume. 1815

Woman in Georgian style costume. 1816

Two women in Georgian style dresses in a garden. 1803

Advert for M. A. Claverie womens corsets & petticoats 1905
Woman wearing a delicate lace corset and petticoat, by M. A. Claverie, Paris. Date: 1905

Elegant garden dresses 1912
Elegant tunic double dress narrows at the ankles, with floral designs. Date: 1912

Elegant dresses 1912
Elegant afternoon, walking and tennis tunic dresses, with intricate designs and cocked floral and feathered hats, created by Zimmermann. Date: 1912

Sport clothing for women 1912
Sensible womens clothing for sports. Date: 1912

Elegant dresses for dining 1912
Four women wearing fashionable high waist tunic dining dresses. Date: 1912

Women wearing tailored winter suits 1905
Edwardian women wearing tailored suits and high bonnets with veils over face. Date: 1905

Edwardian women wearing bell shaped skirts 1904
Two women wearing bell shaped skirts, high necked lace, thin V - shaped waist and lace flounce. Date: 1904

Advert for La Samaritaine womens clothing 1908
Three women wearing different style outdoor clothing, fox fur lined coat with matching muff, tailored-made coat with button detail, embroidered edging and a loose fitted coat

Woman wearing floral patterned dress 1938
Woman wearing a mauve summer patterned floral dress with matching clutch bag and hand gloves. Date: 1938

Women wearing tailored skirted suits 1954
Women wearing tailored skirted suits attached with a small belt to slim the waist. 1954

Advert for Electropathic Belt 1882
Electropathic Belt for gentlemen and ladies, consists of a series of constant current electric generators, which are constantly in action while the belt is being worn. 1882

Advert for Electropathic Belt of Life 1882
Professor Barkers Belt of Life for women and men, helps stimulate, invigorate strengthen and exhilarate. 1882

Dresses for dining 1910
Four women wearing fashionable dinner dresses with high waists. 1910

Four women wearing outdoor jackets 1910
Four women wearing new fashionable jackets for the season. Date: 1910

Poster, Bottle Dance, Hungary. circa 1950s

Floral evening dress 1934
Vivid floral backless evening dress with draped neckline, high across the front and frills that cover the shoulder meet the pleated drapery at the back of the waist

Advert for Debenham & Freebody autumn tailor mades 1915
A selection of womens coats in navy and black with high collar and military lines. 1915

French womens fashion 1926
Three-piece blue and white afternoon dress in crepe by Worth. Chiffon sun dress by Bernard. Date: 1926

Womens spring clothing for 1926
Creation by Doeuille, two women wearing afternoon dresses with low waist. Date: 1926

Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt, French actress
Caricature of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923), legendary French actress, described here as: Actor, author, painter, sculptor, universal genius, creation-whipper and wholesale fascinator

Frog with parasol and pink ribbon on a Christmas card
Frog with a parasol, and a large pink ribbon tied in a bow round its waist, on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Frogs snowballing on a New Year card, with holly round their waists -- ouch! Date: circa 1890s

Advert for Debenham & Freebody womens fur garments 1905
Edwardian woman wearing a fur Russian sable bolero. 1905

English Costume 1620
Man: doublet with overlapping, pointed tabs, cloak, shoes with roses, transitional collar between ruff & falling band. Woman: ruff, bodice with pointed waist, triple cuffs. Date: 1620

Her Sculptured Self
- But will they still see that I ve got a slim waist ? Date: 1895

Gown of Late 1820S
Lady of the Champ-Elysees during the Restoration according to a later source: a gown with natural waist, gigot sleeves, antique cuffs & a floral motif on the hem. Date: late 1820s

Depiction of Autumn 1903
A depiction of Autumn showing a woman wearing a reform style dress with uncorseted waist & a broad black sash. She stands against some grapevines holding a bonnet by its strings. Date: 1903

Fur Trimmed Tunic 1914
Narrow fashionable silhouette of narrow skirt worn with a fur-trimmed V back tunic. Her hair is dressed simply with a soft hat worn close to the head. Date: 1914

High-Waisted Frocks 1918
The silhouette at the close of decade: skirts have become less full but narrow at the hem, waist-lines remain high. Hats: high crowns & narrow brims. Shoes: high heals & bows. Date: 1918

Fur-Trimmed Ensemble
Loose fitting brown jacket gathered in at the waist with a high fur collar & cuffs, short, full skirt which narrows at its fur trimmed hem, a fur muff & brimless hat. Date: 1918

Good Time Girls 1919
Two good time girls model the new barrel-line silhouette: One dress with thin shoulder straps still has a high waist the other is strapless & low waisted. N.B fur stole, pearls Date: 1919

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

Swedish Frocks 1927
Rather matronly low waisted dresses: two with pleated skirts, also a two-piece dress with blouson top, an open robe in a bright pattern & a blue dress with a tiered skirt. Date: 1927

Stripy Summer Frock 1928
Young woman in a fetching orange drop waist frock whose use of stripes complement the large umbrellas in the background. An orange gilet & cloche hat complete the look. Date: 1928

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