Dresses Collection (page 3)

Society women at Cowes Week 1907
During early August, society gathered on the Solent for regattas and royalty. Two women wearing white linen and blue serge sailor styles suits. 1907

Advert for Marshall & Snelgrove, fashionable dresses 1933
Two models wearing spring frocks; (left) Beautiful race gown in white organdie and net over crepe-de-chime, detachable frilled cape

Harrods head dresses 1919
A variety of head dresses for evening, a popular accessory during the First World War and early 1920s. Date: 1919

GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠Masks
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Masks. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection

Advert for Courtaulds Rayons 1936
The miracle of Rayons. Rayon is what you used to call artifical silk. Its name was changed because it isn t silk and it isn t artificial. It is beautiful thread

Advert for Horrockses Fashions 1949
Horrockses Fashion advert with women in cotton dresses 1949

Late Victorian Wedding party
A superb photograph of late Victorian Wedding party focusing on the bridal group. All show perfect serious face expressions, in keeping with the formality of the occasion (it seems!). Date: circa 1895

Picture No. 10761621
Cuba - Some women in Habana Vieja, the Old Town of Cuba's capital Havana, wear beautifully coloured dresses and for some money pose for photographs. Date:

Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c. ). Roman
Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology

Madame Peacock by Gilbert Rumbold
Lovely illustration showing a lady in a dress with a peacock feather skirt and matching fan. Date: 1927

Three evening outfits by Drecoll, Premet and Paul Poiret, for the arrival of the Flying Cloud at Cannes, France. On the left, a black dress with lace

Afternoon dresses by Poiret and Drecoll
Two fashionable women in afternoon dresses. On the left, black decorated with metal and gold lace, by Poiret. On the right, three-piece dress in crepe de chine, red and black

Wedding of Queen Elizabeth II
Wedding portrait of Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten who were married at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947. 1947

Cocktail fashion, 1958
A woman wearing a white lace cocktail dress by Bijou, enjoys a cocktail at what is now considered quite a kitsch, Tiki-style bar

Gowns That Express Poetic Ideas
Purple and blue wigs to complete the colour-schemes of dresses: gowns that express poetic ideas. Costumes from the house of Madame Lucile

Seaside Fashions 1878
Princess line dresses: one is short & more practical for walking, the other has a stand up collar, lacing down the central back seam, buttoned panels at the sides & a train

Dog Show Childrens Class
The Transvaal Kennel Club Show, Johannesburg, childrens class. In white dresses and hats, very young children hold their dogs for the judges inspection, watched by parents

Cover of The Sketch, Christmas number, 1906 (colour litho)
7185906 Cover of The Sketch, Christmas number, 1906 (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cover of The Sketch, Christmas number)

The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1740 / 41. Creator: Michele Marieschi
The Church of Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, 1740/41

A Capri Witch, 1884-85 (oil on panel)
MHW325714 A Capri Witch, 1884-85 (oil on panel) by Stokes, Marianne (1855-1927); 32x21 cm; Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Satin gown by Reville
Photograph of a rose-pink satin gown with pink and grey beads by Reville, Hanover Square. Date: 1921

Fashion design by Eva Lutyens. 1936

Costume June 1886
Hand-coloured page of the latest Paris fashion of 1886, dinner dresses with drapped swags and flower arrangements, ball dresses with long gloves and fans and traditional garden party frocks

Advert for Gorringes womens bathing dresses & capes 1924
Selection of womens exclusive bathing dresses with separate knickers and capes. Date: 1924

The Mackerel Shawl, 1910 (oil on canvas)
2829776 The Mackerel Shawl, 1910 (oil on canvas) by Talmage, Algernon Mayow (1871-1939); 125.7x78.7 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums, Galleries & Archives; Purchased

A courtesan at the time of the 2nd Empire playing billiards (colour engraving)
1757254 A courtesan at the time of the 2nd Empire playing billiards (colour engraving) by Morlon, Antony Paul Emile (fl.1868-1905) (after); Private Collection; (add.info)

Johnny in robes talking with Dons at Oxford University, while other scholars and students buy corn from grocers
FLO4999608 Johnny in robes talking with Dons at Oxford University, while other scholars and students buy corn from grocers and molest maids

Girl with champagne bottle (colour photo)
3096002 Girl with champagne bottle (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl with champagne bottle)

Marilyn Monroe actress outside her home at Parkside House Englefield Green Surrey June 1956

The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rougewith Her Sons Alexis and Adrien
The Marquise de Pezay, and the Marquise de Rouge with Her Sons Alexis and Adrien, 1787

Les Elegances Parisiennes by Jenny -- three women in dresses and coats in shades of blue. circa 1916

Printed Fortnum & Mason dresses for the Riviera casinos
Elegant evening dresses in print crepe-de-chine, among the styles seen in the casinos of Southern France according to The Sketch magazine in which this photograph was featured

Advert for Gorringes inexpensive summer frocks 1929
Three charming floral frocks, available from Gorringes. Date: 1929

Harrods advertisement Yves St Laurent dress
Advertisement for London department store, Harrods, featuring a knee length, long-sleeved shift dress designed by Yves St Laurent but made in London exclusively for Harrods

Barefoot Days Thornaby Teesside 1969 1969

At the Ascot races - Lady Congleton and companion. 1926

Woman from Lublin, Poland
Village peasant woman from Lublin, Poland Date: circa 1910s

Native Amercan Women
Highly romanticised depiction of a Native American Woman Date: 1911

Royal Ascot fashions, 1951
A selection of fashionable outfits for Royal Ascot from Debenham and Freebody and Dickins and Jones. Date: 1951

Royal Wedding 1947 - newlyweds depart for honeymoon at Water
Following their wedding at Westminster Abbey on 20 November 1947, Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip arrive at Waterloo Station, complete with corgi

Fashions for 1899
Man in morning dress, the ladies wear dresses with gored skirts, one with a netted & tasselled under-skirt, the other is ornamented with bold wavy lines

Canterbury / Mercery Lane
Smartly-dressed pedestrians on Mercery Lane, Canterbury, Kent

Michael Crawford Actor meets The Queen - December 1972 At the Premiere of Alices Adventures in Wonderland Dbase MSI

Womens fashions for May 1851
Womens Fashions for May 1851. 1851

Harrods ballgown of nylon net, 1958
Advertisement for a Harrods ballgown of nylon net and lace with a billowing skirt on a fitted swathed top. Perfect for a debutante, though inadvisable to stand near open fires while wearing it

The Sketch Book: Young flapper girl with decoration
The Sketch Book: Young flapper girl hanging a wall decoration. The caption reads " Aiding and Abetting." Date: 1928- 1929

A court dress to curtsey in from Harvey Nichols, 1935
Advertisement for the department store, Harvey Nichols in Knightsbridge, London, advertising a gown of classic simplicity to wear to a court presentation

1960s fashion, eloping in Victor Stiebel
A couple elope in the most elegant way possible; she wearing a long evening dress in apple green taffeta by Victor Stiebel, with bows added for extra charm

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