Dress Collection

Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village, A. G. Sherwood Hunter (1846-1919)
Oil on canvas, Newlyn School, June 1897. This painting is a wonderful record of a lantern procession held to commemorate Queen Victorias Diamond Jubilee in 1897

Edgar Degas (1834-1917). French painter and sculptor. Women Ironing (1884-1886). Orsay Museum. Paris. France.

Munich picture sheet, costumes, 12th and 13th century, Order of Saint John, sword, shield, helmet, robes, portrait, historical illustration 1890

Josephine Baker Dancing the Cancan
5/26/1949-Josephine Baker dancing the Can-Can in the "Bal Mabille" act

Back View... Jackie Jones seen here modelling a dress pulled tight with a bulldog clip
Back View....Jackie Jones seen here modelling a dress pulled tight with a bulldog clip. March 1985 P000093

Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi (1919-1980) Shah of Iran 1941-1979, with his third wife Farah Diba and their son Reza in ceremonial dress in front of throne

Alexander McQueen dress with Magpie motifs

Laodicea Dicey Langston of South Carolina protecting her elderly father
SOUTH CAROLINA: LOYALISTS

Biba Style
A woman trying on a minidress in one of Londons hippest boutiques, Biba. (Photo by Stephan C Archetti/Getty Images)

GONE WITH THE WIND, 1939. Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O Hara in a still from the film Gone With The Wind, 1939

Full Dress Parade, the Citadel, Charleston, SC
View shows soldiers marching in formation across the parade grounds of the Citadel. Buildings re visible in the background

Spice Girls singing at Brit Awards in Earls court London February 1997

ST. BERNADETTE OF LOURDES (1844-1879). Nee Marie-Bernarde Soubirous. French peasant girl who had visions of the Virgin Mary

ELIZABETH TALBOT (c1527-1608). Known as Bess of Hardwick. Countess of Shrewsbury. Oil on canvas, 17th century, by an unknown artist after a portrait of c1590

Picture shows Ready Steady Go! presenter Cathy McGowan at the door of Biba Boutique in Kensington Church Street, West London. She is 2nd from the right, with her friend singer Cilla Black, far right

Elizabeth I (1533-1603) Queen of England and Ireland from 1558, last Tudor monarch. Version of the Armarda portrait attributed to George Gower c1588

JOAN OF ARC (c1412-1431). French national heroine. Oil on canvas, 1879, by Jules Bastien-Lepage

The Doves
Artist: Etty, William - Title: The Doves - Date: N/A - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Wood 28.6 x 20.3

David Bowie at his home, Haddon Hall, at Beckenham, Kent, 20th April 1971

Ladies in Florence during the Renaissance
Noble ladies of Florence during the early 1400s. Antique hand-colored print

ballerina's back 2
Young beautiful ballerina is posing in studio. Alexander Yakovlev

Five little girls, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s
A group of five young girls, comprising two older girls, two toddlers and a baby. The second from the left is probably Jane Ann Libby

Houses on the hillside, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s
Houses on the hillside with children playing in The Warren. Photographic print from the manuscript The History of Polperro by Thomas Q

Regatta and Carnival Week, Fowey, Cornwall. August 1993
The giant pasty, which is baked in Polruan, ready to be taken by harbour tug across Fowey harbour. Members of the town band escort it, who this year are dressed as Chelsea pensioners

Feathered Gown
A Norman Hartnell evening gown. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

American actor James Dean with Swiss actress Ursula Andress, 9 September 1955
DEAN & ANDRESS, 1955. American actor James Dean with Swiss actress Ursula Andress, 9 September 1955

BONNIE AND CLYDE, 1933. American criminal Bonnie Parker (1911-1934) playing at holding up her partner, Clyde Barrow (1909-1934). Photographed in 1933

Five young ladies, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s
Five young ladies in their Sunday best clothes. Photographic print from the manuscript The History of Polperro by Thomas Q

Portrait of a lady, Polperro, Cornwall. 1860-1870s
Full length portrait of a lady holding a book. Philip M. Correll (1992) identified the woman as " The school lady of the day"

The Harbour, Cadgwith, Cornwall. 1908
A man and woman admire the visiting French ketch Nouvelle Marie, moored at Cadgwith. The ship was lost with all hands in 1909 off the coast of Glamorgan

Pavlova In Giselle
Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova (1882 - 1931) performs in a production of Giselle. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

La Maison Moderne c. 1902 (poster) by Manuel Orazi (1898-1934) Location Musee des Arts Decoratifs
La Maison Moderne c.1902 (poster) by Manuel Orazi (1898-1934) Location Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France ?TopFoto

Public Statue of a Sailor Kissing a Nurse
Public Statue of a sailor kissing a nurse, Sarasota, Florida, black and white

WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U. S
WORLD WAR II: NURSES. U.S. Army nurses advance through a cloud of smoke in a gas mask drill during training at Scott Field, Illinois. Photograph, c1942

JUDY GARLAND (1922-1969). American singer and actress

GABRIELLE COCO CHANEL (1883-1971). French fashion designer. Photographed on the beach in Etretat, Normandy, early 20th century. In the background is the cliff, Falaise d Amont

Women of Tudor England
City women and a country-woman in Elizabethan England, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

West Indian immigrants arriving in the United Kingdom. 19th May 1962

EMMELINE PANKHURST (1858-1928). English suffragist. Oil over a photograph

Stock Exchange
circa 1820: The London Stock Exchange from a drawing by Thomas H Shepherd. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Russian Ballet Dancer Anna Pavlova
Russian Ballet dancer Anna Pavlova (1882 - 1931), regarded as the prima ballerina of her era, wearing a pleated dress without a corset for complete freedom of movement

Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer 29th July 9181

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Chief Lttle Hawk photo 1904 - North American Indian wearing feather headdress Date:

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Italy, Venice, Antipope
Max Ernst (1891-1976), The Antipope, 1941

Illustration by Edmond Dulac for The Dreamer of Dreams
DULAC: THE ICE MAIDEN, 1915. Illustration by Edmond Dulac for The Dreamer of Dreams, by Queen Marie of Romania. Watercolor and gouache, 1915

Msai tribe people couple in costume traditional dress in jungles near hut near Kenya Africa (MR)

Two women at work in a Mexican kitchen. Painting by an unknown artist, c1850
MEXICO: KITCHEN, c1850. Two women at work in a Mexican kitchen. Painting by an unknown artist, c1850

MADELEINE FORCE ASTOR (1893-1940). Second wife and widow of John Jacob Astor IV and survivor of the RMS Titanic. Photograph, c1912

GIRLS FASHIONS, 1952. Page from the September 1952 issue of McCalls magazine
GIRLS FASHIONS, 1952

MARGARET MOLLY BROWN (1867-1932). The Unsinkable Molly Brown. American socialite, philanthropist, activist, and survivor of the Titanic. Photographed c1890

Silent Film Still: Sewing

Detail of traditional dress of Hmong woman, Lao New Year Festival, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Backyard carnival, 1800s
Children putting on a circus in the backyarrd, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Russian boyars, 17th century
Russian boyars, or nobles, during the time of Peter the Great, 1600s-1700s. Antique hand-colored print

Burmese womens native attire
Women of Burma (now Brunei) in traditional dress, 1800s. Antique hand-colored print

Woman painting her doorstep with rice flour paste, making rangoli design Diwali Festival decorations, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India

Portrait of a Lady called Countess of Nottingham (c. 1547-1603)
Artist: Critz, John de the elder (attributed to) - Title: Portrait of a Lady called Countess of Nottingham (c.1547-1603) () - Date: 1600-1605 - Original Medium and Size: Oil on Wood 113.6 x 85.7

Vietnamese schoolgirl taking picture of Khai Dinhs Tomb, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Mali, Timbuktu. An Islamic teacher corrects a childs homework on a wooden slate in Timbuktu. Since ancient times, Timbuktu has been a place of Islamic learning

AUSTEN: PERSUASION, 1898. Looking on her with a face as pallid as her own. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for an 1898 edition of Jane Austens Persuasion, first published in 1817

TAMARA KARSAVINA (1885-1978). Russian ballerina, in the ballet, Petrushka, by Igor Stravinksy, 1911

France, Paris, painting of The Russian dancer Tamara Karsavina in The Firebird by Igor Stravinsky
Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942), The Russian Dancer Tamara Karsavina in The Firebird (1910) by Igor Stravinsky

RED CROSS CORPS, c1920. A group of American Red Cross nurses. Photograph, c1920

Art Deco style vintage advertisement poster template
Vector illustration of an Art Deco style vintage advertisement poster. Features stylized woman in red dress, gloves and hat, cityscape with full moon and sample text design

Roman Catholic bishop, 1500s - 1600s
Roman Catholic bishop in a choir-robe (left) and a bishop in his vestments for Mass, 1500-1600s. Antique hand-colored print

Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Artist: Jacques-Ernest Bulloz Claude Monet, Giverny, 1905. Claude Monet, French Impressionist painter

2024 Notting Hill Carnival

The East Coast, Ideal for Golfing, Great Eastern Railway poster, early 1920s. Artist: John Hassall The East Coast, Ideal for Golfing, Great Eastern Railway poster, early 1920s

A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875. Artist: David Henry Friston A scene from Trial by Jury, 1875

Tajikistan, Gbao province, girl posing in Khorog park during Roof of the world festival with ishkashim dress, portrait of Pamiri

Suffragette magazine gives angelic status to Emily Davison

Colour Sergeant Stephen Ross holding the Colour. "Trooping the Colour" 2010 Colour Sergeant Stephen Ross, who was awarded the Military Cross in 2006, with the just uncased Colour

Sex change bride dawn Pepita Simmons and her John-Paul Simmons have their wedding blessed by the Vicar at St. Clements Church, Hasting. November 1969 Z10815-003

Australian Christmas
1st December 1881: Picnicking and fruit picking in the heat of an Australian Christmas. Original Publication: The Graphic - Christmas Number - pub

A fashion portrait of Diana Dors
taken at Elstree Studios to publicize the release of Yield to the Night (1956)

Women of ancient Greece
Ancient Greek women and a priestess (background). Antique hand-colored print

peruvian woman with traditional clothes smiling

Italian actress Gina Lollobrigida attends the Sunday Pictorial Great Film Garden Party at Morden Hall Park in Surrey, on a Vespa motor scooter. She is in Britain to promote an Italian Film Festival

HOLY LAND: BEDOUIN CAMP. A Bedouin man and woman of the Adwan tribe, in the Middle East. Photograph, c1910

Lady Diana Spencer arrives at St Pauls Cathedral with her father Earl Spencer for her marriage to Prince Charles 29th July 1981

PRIDE & PREJUDICE. Illustration by Hugh Thomson for an 1894 edition of Jane Austens novel Pride and Prejudice, first published in 1813

Public event at Prideaux Place, Padstow, Cornwall. Possibly 1899
Garden party or similar in grounds of Prideaux Place. Photographer: Unknown

American seamstress and patriot
BETSY ROSS (1752-1836). American seamstress and patriot. Then, now, and forever! Betsy Ross sewing the first flag with General George Washington standing alongside

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Dress: A Reflection of Culture and Identity" In the Jubilee Procession in a Cornish Village, we witness the vibrant display of traditional attire, showcasing the rich heritage and customs of the local community. A. G. Sherwood Hunter's artwork captures the essence of this celebration. The Alexander McQueen dress adorned with Magpie motifs is an exquisite masterpiece that combines artistry and fashion. It symbolizes elegance and creativity, reflecting the designer's unique vision. During the Full Dress Parade at The Citadel in Charleston, SC, military uniforms stand as a testament to discipline and honor. Each meticulously tailored garment represents dedication to duty and tradition. Biba Style takes us back to an era where fashion was bold and daring. This iconic brand revolutionized British fashion in the 1960s-70s with its avant-garde designs that embraced individuality. St. Bernadette of Lourdes' humble dress reminds us that true beauty lies within simplicity. Her devotion to faith transcended material possessions, inspiring millions around the world. The ballerina's back reveals gracefulness through her delicate costume as she effortlessly glides across stage - a visual poetry in motion. Regatta and Carnival Week in Fowey, Cornwall brings together locals dressed in nautical-themed outfits, celebrating their maritime traditions amidst joyous festivities by the sea. Houses on hillside Polperro showcases quaint cottages against a picturesque backdrop - their residents' attire echoing timeless charm from 1860-1870s Cornwall. A portrait captures a lady from Polperro during this period; her elegant dress reflects societal norms while hinting at her personality beneath layers of fabric - mysterious yet captivating. In Venice's Antipope festival attire transports us into another realm entirely – elaborate masks paired with lavish gowns create an enchanting atmosphere filled with intrigue and allure. Laodicea Dicey Langston bravely protects her father during America's Revolutionary War, her dress a symbol of resilience and defiance against oppression.