Wear Collection (#42)

Bavarian C18th Costume

GERMAN NOBLES 1570-88
Two German noblemen wear small ruffs, doublets, cut-fingered pumps, hose or breeches ornamented with embroidery or ribbon bows, a sleeveless jerkin & short cloak. Date: 1570 - 1588

Eglinton Tournament 4
The Queen of Beauty - Lady Seymour - rides to the lists with her attendant ladies. Not only participants but many spectators wear medieval costume for the occasion. Date: 30 August 1839

15th Century Couple
A lady and gentleman in fashionable summer wear : she wears a stomacher, he wears a short doublet over his shirt, with trouses and breeches. Date: circa 1499

Two Ladies of 1800
Two ladies in morning dress; both wear round gowns caught at the neck, one carries a capacious bag - too big for a handbag, so perhaps its her knitting or sketch materials Date: February 1800

Breton Fair / In the Rain
A rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905

Racial / Sri Lanka 1880
Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880

Costume / Loungers 1820
Bond Street Loungers wear: strapped trousers, hessian boots, a greatcoat, a frock coat, top hats, buttonhole, coats cut-away at the front & cossack trousers. Date: 1820

BOYS WEAR ADVERT 1920
A boy dressed in TOM SAWYER WASHWEAR - the boys wear for Real Boys Date: 1920

Anglo-Saxon Women
Two Anglo-Saxon women, one side-saddle on horseback. They wear long house-gowns, and hoods wrapped round neck and shoulders; the rider also wears a short cloak. Date: 750

1910s, USA, Murad, Magazine Advert

Mosquito (Culicidae sp. ) swarm, on mosquito hat worn by woman in forest, Finnish Lapland, Finland, july
Mosquito (Culicidae sp.) swarm, on mosquito hat worn by woman in forest, Finnish Lapland, Finland, july

African Wild Dog (Lycaon pictus) adult, wearing radio tracking collar, close-up of head, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Domestic Dog, Jack Russell Terrier, puppy, laying, wearing Elizabethan collar

Men wearing djellaba sitting beside medina archway in city, Chefchaouen, Morocco, april

Man wearing djellaba walking beside blue buildings and stairway in alley of city, Chefchaouen, Morocco, april

Mouse incisor, SEM
Mouse incisor. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a mouse (Mus musculus) incisor that has been left to grow. This tooth is comprised mainly of dentin

Worn electrical wire. Loss of the surrounding insulation has exposed the wires. Contact between the wires could lead to a short circuit or possibly a fire

Boys breath condensing in cold air
MODEL RELEASED. Breath condensing in cold air. Boy watching the water vapour in his breath condensing into mist on a cold winters day

Protective clothing testing. Time-exposure image of a machine being used to simulate wear and tear on protective clothing

Degenerative disc disease, 3D CT scan
Degenerative disc disease. Coloured 3D computed tomography (CT) scan of the lumbosacral spine of a 74 year old patient with degenerative disc disease

Mother and daughter on autumn leaves
MODEL RELEASED. Smiling mother and daughter lying on autumn leaves

Mother and daughter outdoors in winter
MODEL RELEASED. Smiling mother and daughter outdoors in winter

Man wearing a scarf outdoors
MODEL RELEASED. Man wearing a scarf outdoors

Hot winter drink
MODEL RELEASED. Hot winter drink. Girl standing outdoors, wearing a scarf and holding a hot drink. Photographed in winter

Failed hip replacement, composite image
Failed hip replacement. Composite image of a metal hip joint prosthesis in a femur (thigh bone). The prosthesis has become loose due to osteolysis, a weakening of the bone around the implant

Pilots G sui
Israel, Tel Nof IAF Base, An Israeli Air force (IAF) exhibition

1920s beach scene Date: 1927

Sketch of girl in bathing suit, 1918

Sketch of fashionable beach, 1920s
Sketch of fashionable beach at Deauville, 1920s. Artwork by Wynn Date: 1929

Art deco illustration of women swimming, 1924 Date: 1924

Britannia and Eve magazine, May 1935
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman with piercing green eyes, wrapped in a fur stole and wearing dangly red earrings

Winter Sports, Cooks World Travel Service
Cover illustration for Winter Sports, with Cooks World Travel Service, showing an aerial view of three skiers in Alpine ski wear skiing down a snowy mountain

Cooks for Winter Sports
Poster or handbill advertising Cooks for Winter Sports, showing a cartoon of a couple skiing downhill, dressed in blue and red ski wear

Wolsey knitwear advertisement
Advertisement for Wolsey clothing, showcasing their sleek vest and pantie sets

Hand knitteds conserve coupons
Instructions on how to make a ribbed sweater with peep bo front, and a green jerkin with full pink sleeves and detachable dicky-collar

A Fool and his money is soon parted A bellboy and a lady are doing their best to remove the money from a gentlemans wallet!

Croatia - National Costume
Croatians in National costume. One of the Gentlemen is smoking a long pipe, the other holding a long stick. Both seated women wear headscarves

The hat bulge / W H Robinson
A special car conversion for those who like to wear head accessories when driving. Please note: Credit must appear as (c) Courtesy of the estate of Mrs J.C.Robinson/Pollinger Ltd/Mary Evans Picture

What to wear in the sea
Three sketches showing the latest in summer beach wear, . The womans bathing suit in the middle is described as a most charming and useful gown, with an emphasis on simplicity and light

The suffrage debate: two extreme portraits
The anti-suffragette as seen by the suffragette, and the suffragette as seen by the anti-suffragette: a coy and slightly demonic looking young woman in evening wear simpers at the viewer

Redex Tuning Service
A tin/alloy sign advertising Redex Modern Additive & Tuning Service. *EDITORIAL USE ONLY*

Welder using an Oxyacetylene Torch
A welder wearing protective clothing and mask welds metal uses an oxyacetylene torch as he works on the shell of a metal vehicle enclosure or train carriage section. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

A male quartet
Four men link arms and sing to their hearts content. They are all smartly dressed in waistcoats and jackets, and wear tricorne hats

Paper Bag Race party game
A guest at a party takes part in a paper bag race game where two teams must sit on rows of chairs, and blow up a bag and pop it after racing around the line once, before it is the next persons turn

Britannia and Eve, November 1933
Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous couple, the woman swathed in a huge fur collar and her beau in top hat and tails

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cottage Homes, Ponteland
Childrens cottage homes at Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne. The homes were erected in 1901 by the Newcastle-upon-Tyne Union to accommodate pauper children away from the workhouse

Knitted dress, 1954
It is hard to believe that hand knitting could produce the delicate laciness of this evening gown. A cobweb design of palest grey wool interwoven with silver thread

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