Images Dated 16th August 2004 (page 4)

Paris fashions for September, 1851
A design for a gentlemans promenade outfit, a jacket of chesnut or green cloth with a pattern of quilted flowers. Louis XV shaped trousers without straps or mixed satin; green, grey or light drab

Paris fashions for September, 1851
A design for a boys dress, white edged with a drill lace and mousquetaire short trousers

Fashions for September 1923
Illustration showing a stylish pleated dress, made from almond green crepe de Chine, embroidered with a dull gold

Paris fashions for September, 1851
A design for a ladies dress with a bonnet of white crepe, trimmed with a bunch of green leaves. The dress was made from flounces of pink taffeta trimmed with black velvet

Winter headwear fashion, 1927
A striking design displaying a diamante buckle on a grey velour hat

Spring fashions for 1925
A colourful design from Paris where the couturiers announced that skirts were to be shorter and a straight slender outline was the most desirable shape for spring 1925

Bathing costume, 1897
Illustration of a bathing costume made of pale blue serge with white serge revers, waistband and knickerbockers, trimmed scallops of white mohair braid

The Paris fashions for April, 1860
A sketch from the monthly ladies fashion pages. The evening dress (back) is made of silk, the colour of violette de Parme, trimmed with fluted silk plaiting of a slightly darker tone

Caught out by the draught, c. 1909
Photograph showing the problem faced by women trying the cross the gratings above the Berlin Underground railway, 1909. Date: 1909

The Spitalfields Ball, 1848
Costumes on show at the ball for the Spitalfields School of Design. From left: Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard as Queen Adeliza of Louvaine, The Hon, Miss Campbell, Queen Elizabeth and Mr Graham Vivian

Ladies day suit, 1926
A suit featuring a long jacket made of Gabardine and Crepe de Chine. The outfit was accessorised with matching corsage and handkerchief and a sliver fox stole

Futurist designer dress, 1913
A design by the Futurist artist, Leon Bakst, expressing the spring time of the earth, 1913. Bakst designed dresses and scenery for the Russian ballet at this time

Paris autumn fashions
A selection of the latest day and evening designs from the couturiers in France

Paris fashions for February, 1864
Sketches of designs featured on the monthly ladies fashion page. (From left) The walking dress, made from dark brown silk, trimmed with black velvet

Winter fashion for 1927
A boudoir wrap of embossed pink velvet trimmed with white swansdown

An Afternoon Dress, 1905
Design for an afternoon dress, made of white voile over straw coloured silk. The bodice and skirt were trimmed with Irish lace, finished with a belt of Liberty satin

Autumn fashion selection, 1926
Illustration showing a dress of pink and black chiffon; this was the must have colour combination in Paris during 1926

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