Wear Collection (#23)

Lotus Boots 1912
Advertisement for ladies boots, " the emodiment of ease and refinement, beautifully made and delightful to wear" manufactured by Lotus of Stafford

Hiking Sanitary Towels
Advert for Southalls compressed sanitary towels, each one packed with two safety pins and made especially for hikers! Talk about cashing in!

People watching Television at home, 1946
Illustration showing a group of people, in formal evening wear, watching a television in a sitting room, 1946. One might reasonably suppose that this shows a dinner party having a little televisual

Bridal Fashions 1929
For a spring wedding, Brides dress is of white net embroidered in silver; bridesmaid in apple green satin while the small attendants wear Greenaway

Summer Fashions / Dryden
Summer fashions

Cycling in Evening Wear
A fashionable group in evening wear, the men on bicycles, standing under a palm tree

Elegant Ladies / Dryden
Two elegant women in evening wear

The Church in the firing-line
A French soldier-priest ministering to his comrades under fire. In 1915, it was estimated that over 20, 000 priests served in the French army in some capacity

Emigrants sighting Australia, 1887
Engraving showing a group of emigrants on the deck, sighting Australia in the distance, 1887. The men are shown dressed in suits and bowler hats, whilst the women wear skirts, jackets, hats and shawls

Chas Baker and Co. Stores
Advertisement for gentlemens high class clothing, for immediate wear or made to measure, showing five different outfits and illustrations from the four London Chas Baker stores

SS Great Western in a Heavy Gale, North Atlantic, 1846
Engraving showing the Steamship Great Western being struck amidships in a gale during a crossing from Liverpool to New York in 1846

Franco-Prussian War: French Infantry
A Group of French soldiers, three of whom wear uniforms with the kepi or cap. One soldier is in turkish dress of a zouave and one black soldier is also in eastern dress with a turban

Sunderland Bridge
Bridge over the Wear at Sunderland (Tyne & Wear), with shipping including a sailing vessel being towed out to sea by a steam tug. Built 1793, repaired Robt Stephenson 1859

French Childrens Wear
French children (with their mothers) in styles ranging from the traditional French childs schoolwear to an amazing boys outfit with shorts, long socks and cap

Lanvin / Evening Dress
Design for front cover of Art, Goute, Beaute showing an elegant group arriving at a venue, dressed in evening wear

Plus Four Suit 1939
a rugged strength in wear and a proved loyalty in service like a trusted friend faithful in all weathers

Ready-To-Wear Suit
For the swift service of those who want something supreme and smart at a moments notice - and it costs only 55 shillings !

Couple in Formal Dress
Full-length profile portrait of a couple in formal evening dress

Summer head-wear, 1926
Cyclamen coloured hemp straw trimmed with flowers and velvet ribbon. This design was produced by Woolland Bros of Knightsbridge in 1926

Head-wear fashions for Spring 1939
A hat made of royal blue grosgrain, extravagantly decorated with a blue veil, 1939

Head-wear Fashions for May 1850
Illustration showing a Crinoline hat, designed to be worn to the opera, 1850

Beachwear Fashion, 1955
Photograph showing fashionable casual wear designed for the beach, 1955

Fashions for June, 1870
A selection of head wear for well dressed ladies, the latest designs from the couturiers in Paris

Empire Allegorised
An allegory of Napoleons imperial take-over after the 1852 plebiscite - Marianne, the symbol of France, chooses to wear imperial robes

Old Age / Paddling C1950S
Two elderly gents in suits take off their shoes to enjoy a paddle in the sea

Travel with Snowshoes
Man and horse both wear snowshoes when travelling in medieval Scandinavia

Cullercoats Lifeboat
Launching the lifeboat at Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear : the boat is dragged into the water on its carriage

Racial /s Africa / Ricksha
Two Ricksha boys of Durban in the special costume they wear - introduced from Japan, the ricksha became a form of transport in Durban in the late 19th century

Drunken Carnival Party
Guests at a carnival party looking rather the worse for wear in the small hours of the morning

Men
The latest fashions for men by Edward Minister and Son, featured in the Gazette of Fashion. The two men wear tail coats, silk top hats, double breasted waistcoats and carry walking canes

Curiosities and ingenuities from the Patent Office; More wet
Illustration showing ideas for protective rain wear in the form of various rain shades and capes worn on the head and body

Licenced to wear the Breeches

Licenc d to Wear
Licenc d to wear hair powder

HAT DYEING
Except for a few eccentrics, Victorian gentlemen wear their hats any colour they like so long as its black : this is the dyeing process

Jacobins medal
The Club or Societe des Jacobins, also calling themselves Montagnards, wear this medal with pride - perhaps even as they go to the guillotine

Cocarde Tricolore
The tricouleur is adopted as the emblem of the Revolution, and the cocarde tricouleure is sewn by women for their men to wear to express their revolutionary sentiments

England / Philadelphia
The corner Post Office in Philadelphia, not the Philadelphia in the U.S.A. the small mining village in Tyne and Wear, Newcastle

SMART DAY WEAR 1964-65
A woman in smart day wear & fur hat getting into a taxi

TAXI
A woman in smart stylish suit of straight knee-length skirt & a collarless sac like short jacket with tie fastening, fur hat & stiletto heels hails a taxi

Evening Wear 1931
Two evening dresses by Goupy: one in dark blue has a gored skirt; the other is in a diaphanous, floral print

Summer & Travel Dress
Anglo-Saxon Summer dress of super-tunic or roc & draped mantle & a travelling habit of super-tunic with extra long sleeves with an ornate border. Both wear head-rails or veils

Charlemagne & Courtiers
Lavishly embroidered mantles worn over tunics, kirtles & super-tunics. The women wear broad corset like belts & girdles, a veil & coronet or long plaits

French Court 1428
Charles VII & courtiers: long houppelandes (gowns) with contrasting revers (one has hanging sleeves), an ermine trimmed huke & cape. They wear small close-fitting hats

SKI-WEAR, 1923
Burberrys Ski Outfits

For Evening Wear
Two women dressed in evening gowns and an opera coat prepare for their night out on the town

Summer fashions 1915
Two women dressed in the latest Parisian fashions for summer. Both wear walking costumes, and one holds a parasol

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