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High-waisted houppelandes (gowns) with turned-down collars, V -necks, funnel sleeves & trains, sideless surcoat, mantle, girdle & headdresses, templers & veils Date: 15th century
Evening Dress / ZimmermanBack view of a high waisted draped gown with train by Zimmerman. An embroidered floating panel hangs from the shoulders. Worn with a toque & aigrette
Serving Le 5 OclockLow waisted dress with sleeves that are full from the elbow & with a tight cuff, a V neck with a scarf tie, tiered skirt & a scarf belt threaded through belt straps on the hip
White Star Line, cut glass flower vaseWhite Star Line, cut glass large waisted flower vase, house flag to front. 7ins
Marshall & Snelgrove gown: loose fitting, high waisted ankle length gown in a bronze fabric, round neckline, Medici style collar, translucent sleeves & reverse cuffs. Date: 1915
Woman at window overlooking the Panoramas, Paris, 1810Woman at window overlooking the Panoramas and the Passage des Panoramas, on Boulevard Montmartre, Paris, 1810. View of the Two Panoramas and of the Passage between them
An official ball in the Strasbourg Theatre, 1805Fashionable women in ball gowns and turbans at a theater. An official ball in the Strasbourg Theatre, 1805. Guests dancing in the background. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V
Couple waiting for a coach, Place de la ConcordeCouple waiting for the Saint-Cloud coach, Place de la Concorde, 1806. She in deep bonnet and high-waisted coat, he in hat, coat, breeches and boots. Saint Cloud was part of the Malmaison estate
Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, 1799Woman and child in front of the Fountain of Leda, Fontaine de Leda, in the Rue du Regard, Paris, Year VII, 1799. (Designed by Francois-Jean Bralle and built in 1807)
Fashionable woman in front of the Theatre des Varietes, Boulevard Montmartre, Year VII, 1799. (Built in 1807). She wears bonnet, fichu, high-waisted robe and long-sleeved gloves
Woman in a green dress. 1926
PINAFORE 1909Pinafore with bretelles (braces), box pleated skirt, button detail, high necked blouse with tucks; finely pleated low waisted dress with a yoke & lace trim & a sunbonnet Date: 1909
STRIPED & SPOTTED C. 1911 STRIPED & SPOTTED C. 1911A high waisted narrow line dress in spots & stripes with a hobble skirt with a box pleated hem to aid mobility, a wrap over corsage, sash & long sleeves with ruffled cuffs Date: circa 1911
Woman wearing high waist skirt 1930A high waisted check skirt worn with a cream blouse and an orange sash. Date: 1930s
Two young women in Georgian style costume, evening and walking dresses, August 1819. 1819
Pink & Gold Gown C. 1911The Directoire / Empire silhouette: a high-waisted pink & gold gown with an ornately embroidered corsage & decorative panel on the narrow trained skirt
Two women wearing evening dresses 1904Two Edwardian women wearing evening clothing with bell shaped skirts, narrow waists and frills. 1904
Mens fashions from the early 19th century showing slimline frock coats, high waisted trousers, silk top hats and walking canes
Harem Pants 1910Exotic eastern style: high waisted Turkish trousers / harem pants, decollete blouse, bolero, fish-net stockings, Louis heel shoes & a turban with aigrette
Theatre Robe & Coat 1913High-waisted clinging gown: finely pleated & ornamented with geometric designs, short tunic with a V -neck trimmed with pearls; voluminous coat in a bold floral print
Theatre Coat 1913Fur-trimmed kimono style evening manteau / coat in an oriental floral (peonies) fabric. Worn with a V -necked gown with a high-waisted cord belt & a toque with a feather
1797 WOMENs COSTUMEA lady wears a long high- waisted dress and a plumed hat, carrying a shawl and a fan
Duchess of Clarence, later Queen AdelaideAdelaide 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)
Two women in walking dresses, Kensington GardensTwo 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
COSTUME 1798-99Man: breeches, d-b coat cut- away & with a velvet collar. N.B Watch seals. Women: high- waisted gowns & pelises - some trimmed with fur, fur muff, turban or straw hat. Date: 1798 - 1799
Gown of 1810 / RobidaA fair Parisienne of 1810 according to a later source, wears a high-waisted striped gown with puffed sleeves & vandyked trim, a tall crowned hat & shawl. Date: 1810
Swimwear / Barbier 1913Pretty bathing belle in a swimsuit consisting of a high waisted & belted tunic (presumably with shorts or bloomers beneath) & a matching cap daintily holds a crab. Date: 1913
High-Waisted Frocks 1918The 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
Good Time Girls 1919Two 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
Swedish Frocks 1927Rather 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
Silhouette of 1911The fashionable silhouette of 1911: large brimmed hat, high waisted Empire line gown with an over-skirt or tunic & a train, tassels & lots of fur in the form of a muff & stole. Date: 1911
Elegant tailored summer dress 1909Woman wearing Merry Widow hat with plumes and pretty tunic frock with rats tail embroideries in mauve and gold on net. 1909
Womens seaside clothing 1886Three women at the seaside. 1886
Maternity evening wear by Just Jane, 1965Mrs John Hardy, aka the model Suzanne Kinnear wearing a maternity evening dress in soft black faconne silk with a soft, high-waisted skirt beneath a dÚú»lletÚáóodice centred by a big full-blown rose
Dress of the reign of George IV, 1820-1830.. Woman in feathered headdress, high-waisted gown and embroidered skirt, gloves and fan
Woman wearing piped tunic skirt 1909Woman wearing large brimmed hat with plumes, demi-saison wrap in ermine and embroidery, velvet piped tunic skirt, high waist and neck. 1909
Frailties of Fashion 1793Two slightly fey women wearing high-waisted Empire line gowns. Date: 1793
A scarecrow, 1793A scarecrow of 1793 - a woman wearing a fashionable, but ridiculed, high-waisted gown (with watch fob) which makes it appear that her legs begin under her bosom
Caricature of fashion 1794 Shepherds, I have lost my waistA satire on fashions of 1794. The high-waisted look that had come into fashion aroused much ridicule, and was described as the banishment of the body from the female form
Characters in High Life, c. 1796. Although one of the women is much shorter than the other, she makes up for it in the height of the feathers she wears in her turban
Two women posing in a fieldTwo women in their best clothes, posing for their photo in a field
Stockholm Olympics 1912 - English Relay TeamThe English 4 x 100 metres relay team who won gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. From left to right: D. Jacobs, H. M. Macintosh, W. R. Applegarth and V. D Arcy
Happy SchoolgirlFull-length portrait of a girl throwing her arms in the air. Date: late 1960s
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