Wear Collection (#44)

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

Ladies and Piano 1904
Two women, one in a long green velvet evening dress, the other in a pink lace dress, by a piano

CHILDRENs WEAR 1920S
Three children who were taken by their fashion-conscious mums to A la Enseigne de Mignapouf, in the rue Boissy d Anglas, Paris, for what to wear on their summer hols

French Hunt Meet
French chasseurs meet in the forest of Chantilly, north of Paris. The huntsmen wear the traditional livery

1950S Evening Wear
A bored looking model poses wearing a long coral coloured evening gown, against a rather bizarre studio prop

Costumes at Isabey s
J Isabeys exhibition rooms: Decorative carved panelling on the walls also forms a screen to divide the space. Lengths of cloth form a canopy. Earth colours are used on the walls

Garibaldi Redshirt
Giuseppe d Angelo, one of the redshirts (so called because they wear red shirts) who helped Garibaldi liberate Palermo from Neapolitan rule

Paris fashions for Spring c. 1918
Two artistic gowns for evening wear, one in charcoal grey, the other in rose pink

START OF 100 YEARS WAR
Edward III sends his challenge to Philip VI de Valois thus starting the 100 Years War; the Bishop of Lincoln & others wear an eyepatch until they have performed a gallant deed

Old Clo Man (Petherick)
London characters: the OLD CLOTHES MAN buys and sells the garments you re tired of, but which the poor are happy enough to wear

Queen Views Stiebel
The Queen and Princess Margaret at a fashion show at Claridges, London in 1952. Three models on the left all wear designs by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976)

Racial / Buffalo Dance
Buffalo Dance. The dancers wear Buffalo masks

Girls in Frocks 1925
Girls wear practical short frocks: gathered from a broad collar & with scollop detailing or shirt style with turn over collar & a deep yoke / shirt front in a contrasting fabric

Englishwoman 1580
The Elizabethan lady had a big choice what to wear - this wide rich gown and undergown set are utterly different from the farthingale look chosen by the more style-conscious

Bronze Age Man & Woman
A German man and woman of the Bronze Age; they wear shoes, and a lot of ornament : both are armed with daggers

Noblewomen at Tournament
Noblewomen attending a tournament in France wear various headdresses including a Turkey Bonnet, Hennin or Steeple headdresses with veils & a V-shaped roll. Date: 15th Century

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