Vintage Elegance

Classic black-and-white portraits of women in vintage attire, capturing timeless beauty and elegance with dramatic poses and nostalgic fashion.

Portrait of a young woman smiling

Anefo photo collection. Italian fashion show in Amsterdam Hilton. June 19, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage photograph. Woman in hat and coat looking over railing

Reportage on a woman suffering from anorexia. Christel, 32, has suffered from anorexia for 2 years. Her body mass index (BMI) is 16.7 and is extremely thin. She has had to completely change her wardrobe since her weight loss.

Vintage Photograph. A woman wearing a patterned bikini laying down on her forearms and looking up. Frame 2.

Vintage photograph. close up of female marionette

Portrait of young woman wearing bikini

1970s BRUNETTE WOMAN ON BEACH STANDING ON SAND DUNE WEARING STRING BIKINI SUNGLASSES - b25349 HAR001 HARS SUNTAN LEISURE STYLES SEX EXTERIOR SEDUCTIVE BEACHES POSING SENSUAL SANDY SHAPELY STYLISH DOWN THE SHORE SEXUALLY BATHING SUIT MODELLING STRING BIKINI ATTRACTIVE EXCITING FASHIONS MODELING POSE RELAXATION SAND DUNE SEASHORE TAN YOUNG ADULT WOMAN ALLURING BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY FLIRTATIOUS HAR001 OLD FASHIONED PROVOCATIVE TEMPTING

Young woman stretching

1960S Teen Girl Woman Red Velvet Ballet Costume Pink Net Tutu Kneeling Arms Above Attitude Position

Shoes For The Royal Wedding -- Shoes for wear by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth her bridesmaids at the Royal Wedding. They have been designed by Rayne. Wedding Shoes: Ivory Duchess satin self-lined sandals. They are in one piece, embracing the waist of the foot with reverse folds on the high instep strap and across the front. These draped sandals wrap the foots and the open--toe, back and side effect, is finished off with a silver hackle studded with small pearls.Going-away Shoes: These are made in elasticisad mushroom-beige suede,and are a step-in shoe with a high-front appearance, leaving the outside open. The front part of the shoe is finely perforated. November 09, 1947. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Young woman in swimwear on catwalk

Young woman in swimsuit

Historic photograph, woman wearing a nightie, around 1920

The Kessler Twins - Alice and Ellen Kessler ca. 1965.

Anefo photo collection. Sublevel Photography from Hans Dukkers, the model photographed by scanner glass. December 12, 1967

Fashion, shoes and socks female 60 years.

Woman of the 1950s. Young swedish girl pictured when participating in a beauty contest. Sweden 1953. Photo Kristoffersson ref BL33-6

Poll photo collection. Fashion photography. Leaves pop of the fa. Imans with jumper. 1933. France, Paris

Woman retro style long dark gown taking picture with old camera, vintage photo sepia tone

Hollywood black and white, a beautiful pregnant woman - minimal lighting and strong contrast

Vintage Photograph. A mannequin head looking up and to the side with dramatic lighting.

Custome by Edith Head. CORINNE CALVET. 1948.

Anefo photo collection. Assignments fa. Atla Amsterdam (bathing suits). February 8, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Vintage Photograph. Portrait of woman in raincoat with spread umbrella.

Vintage Photograph. Woman's legs wearing pantyhose standing on ottoman on tip toes in front of black background turned to right

Vintage photograph. Woman with dark hair wearing full length dress standing next to folding room divider

Studio portrait of young woman

United States: c. 1961 Two models wearing fun and sun-loving cotton oufits for the outdoor barbecue set designed by Ricci of Haymaker.

1970S Studio Portrait Woman Teenage Girl In Red Short Shorts And Dancer Fashion White Go-Go Boots

Portrait of beautiful sensual woman with elegant hairstyle. Retro hairdo

1960S Smiling Majorette In Uniform With Short Skirt Boots Tall Hat And Two Batons Posing Outdoors

Ready for the beach (OV2020_25)

Advertising photograph for Jantzen swimwear, 1932-1933, Wellington, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.

1940s summer outfit. A young blonde woman wears a practical summer outfit with long white trousers and a short jacket. By holding a rake it's implied that she is dressed for garden work. Sweden 1947 Kristoffersson Z25-3

1960s bikini fashion. A blonde girl in a photographers studio in a typical 1960s bikini. Sweden 1960s Photo Kristoffersson ref CP73-4

PaSpop with cocktail gown on stairs standing; Fashion in the South Wing. .

Studio shot of young woman sewing

Portrait of a young woman wearing a hat and a veil

Woman applying make-up

Debutante Dress Show -- Miss Tessa Milne having zip trouble in the dressing room.Clothes designed by Britain's Top Twelve couturiers were on display Monday at London's Berkeley Hotel. Models were selected debutantes. Accompanying is a camera-eye view of some of the proceedings. April 30, 1954.

Model For The Venezuelan Market -- Miss Nina Worth, whose grandparents were Spanish and wearing one of the families costumes, seen with a Ladies S.L. Roadster, which is for the Venezuelan Market. When the Motor Cycle and Cycle show opens at Earl's Court, tomorrow, there will many new models on view, for the Home market and also for Export. It's For Ladies. Here one way to attract buyers for your product, and Miss Nina Worth, clad in the Spanish costume of her grandparents, certainly makes the Ladies' S.L. Roadster at the London Cycle and Motor Cycle Show worth looking at. November 13, 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anna Maria Ferrero, New York, 1961.

Used extensively by the Admiralty, G.P.O, Ministry of Supply, many of the nationalised industries and large building contractors, the P.V.C Waterproof suit by Northide Ltd. Comprising a long coat, trousers and sou'wester, is of value to all concerns employing outdoor workers. These garments are made from tough rayon fabric, impregnated and proofed with P.V.C They are flexible, resistant to abrasion, oils and greases, and due to their lightness in weight, they are extremely confrontable . All main seams are stitched and electronically welded for complete waterproofing in the most severe weather

Discoing in leather shorts from Sandra Layt, $240, jewelled velvet bustier from Kimya Mianji, $199, sequin and bead choker from Violloni, $45, Lycra leggings and attached shoes from Mathers Gallery One, $30. All shops on the first floor, QVB. September 13, 1952.

girl wrapped her head in a coat. autumn day

Anefo photo collection. Free Hair Style at Hairdresser Mario. September 3, 1965

Woman of the 1950s. Young swedish girl Monika Larsson pictured when participating in a beauty contest. Sweden 1953. Photo Kristoffersson ref BL33-4

Portrait of a young woman holding a blank placard

Michele Safargy gives a peep into next sea-son's swim wear gay white, red and black stripes, criss-crossed. and worn with a painted Italian straw hat. July 17, 1954.

Utility Clothes- Fashion Restrictions in Wartime Britain, 1943 A model poses on a Bloomsbury rooftop, one hand in her pocket, the other to her forehead, as she shows off her white and brown striped rayon Atrima dress, costing 7 coupons, which was designed subject to Utility standards. Behind her, the top of Senate House, the headquarters of the Ministry of Information, can be seen.

London, England: c. 1938. A woman displays the latest in beach wear atop a department store.©Underwood Archives

Artistic beauty shot incorporating the use of black and white and accentuated grain.

Ashton Bros. & Co. Lts. Show this traditional R.A.F style boiler suit made from nylon-cotton mixture cloth, sewn with long staple cotton, thereby enabling the garments to be laundered in the same way as cotton overalls.

Utility Underwear- Clothing Restrictions on the British Home Front, 1942 A 12 year old boy models Utility underwear. His wool and cotton vest costs 5/ 8d and 2 coupons, and his wool and cotton trunks cost 4/ 10d and 5 coupons.

Anefo photo collection. Assignments fa. Atla Amsterdam (bathing suits). February 8, 1955. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

beautiful brunette in black dress

Television in the 1950s. Two young women are standing dressed in a typical 50s dress beside a televison set with an table antenna on top of it. In 1952 1.4 million households in Britain had a television. Photo Kristoffersson ref BZ26-3. Sweden 1952

Woman applying lipstick

Vintage Photograph. Woman in bikini on blank background looking over shoulder.

Woman in the 1950s. A young actress is kidding around and putting on theatrical makeup when looking at herself in the reflection of a lid from pot. Sweden 1950s. Photo Kristoffersson ref BD90-9

It's a Full Dress Flashback -- The style is borrowed from Good Queen Victoria's day, but the pretty blondes are definitely 1955. They are Windmill Girls Jullian Larnaby (left) of Liverpool and Jill Turner of Tooting, London. They are featured as Victorian bathing belles in an amusing number in 'Revudeville' at London's famous Windmill (we never closed) Theatre. October 04, 1955. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

A television rigger's suit, Shown by the Cotton Board, it is in a ventile proofed fabric, and the very practical and hard wearing garment is made by P. Frankenstein & Sons (Manchester) Ltd. Model: Roy Nightingale

Anefo photo collection. Exhibition fashion clothes fashion in Stedelijk Museum; Clothing by Nico Verheij. January 16, 1980

Hollywood, California: July 24, 1933. A Paramount director measuring a girl's leg for film role. LeRoy Prinz, the dance director for Paramount insists upon certain measurements for roles in the chorus line in 'Too Much Harmony'. Audrene Brier and Virginia George both have the rigth size legs - 14 inches just above the knee.

Eine reife Frau über 50 posiert für sinnliche erotische Fotos halbnackt in einem Korsett auf einem Tisch in einem 300 Jahre alten Schloss / A mature woman over 50 poses for sensual erotic photos half naked in a corset on a table in a 300 year old castle / *** A mature woman over 50 poses for sensual erotic photos half naked in a corset on a table in a 300 year old castle A mature woman over 50 poses for sensual erotic photos half naked in a corset on a table in a 300 year old castle

Cosmetics in the 1940s. Young opera singer Inge-Gerd Norlin at home in front of a mirror. The blonde young woman wears a light brightcolored dress with a wide black belt around the waist. She has a nice 1940s hairdo and combs her blonde hair in front of the mirror. Sweden 1940s

In Sydney it is vastly different cold winds force Michele Safargy, 19, of Rose Bay, to huddle in an overcoat while waiting to model swimsuits at Tamarama. May 24, 1954.

1930S Blond Woman Wearing Slip Negligee Holding Bar Soap Moody

Back view of fashion models in swim suits, two kneeling wearing swim fins, and one seated, photograph by Toni Frissell, circa 1950.

Vintage Photograph. Vintage beach fashion: classic swimwear styles from the past.

Vintage Photograph. Elegant vintage fashion: woman wearing a wide-brimmed woven hat.

How Should An Officer Dress For Dinner -- That is the pre-war officers's mess dress: Scarlet monkey jacket, waistcoat, starched shirt, black bow tie, tight striped blue trousers with straps going under the boots, which are calf high. July 30, 1954. (Photo by Daily Express Pictures).

Beauty care in the 1950s. A young woman is getting a tan by the artificial sunlight from the home tanning sunlamp. A device that gave a tan and was sometimes a treatment for illnesses. She is wearing protective glasses while sun tanning. Sweden 1951. Photo Kristoffersson Ref BE100-3

Anefo photo collection. Trade fair the child in Utrecht. Children's impression and vistram jackets have special attention. September 25, 1967. Utrecht

Miss M Newport gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits

1950S Full Length Portrait Woman Light Blue One Piece Bathing Suit Swim Wear Standing On Sand Holding Beach Ball Fashion

1950s UNSEEN MAN HOLD OUT UMBRELLA TO SMILING WOMAN IN SHIRTWAIST DRESS WHITE RUFFLED BIB FRONT BLACK GLOVES AND CHARM BRACELET

Vintage photograph. Man in tuxedo and top hat adjusting cuffs

United States: 1930 This beauty looks ready to ride the waves in this studio shot. Half aquaplane, half surfboard, her wild bathing suit represents the future of wave riding.

Anefo photo collection. Fashion show of "Flashing Fashion" in the newly converted business from Hairdresser Mario (The Trend). Model while she shows her clothes. November 2, 1965. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

A party-going coat in thick, chalk-white matelasse, narrow cut with a fleeting width at the hem from Yves Saint Laurent Boutique. Worn with a little black velvet cap by Yves St Laurent from Simone Mirman. Date: 1964

Anefo photo collection. Edgar Vos shows fashion herald-winter collection 1972-1973, Tanja in Flannel Cape. September 13, 1972. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

portrait beautiful brunette in black dress ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/SerhiixPavlovx 10126601 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Paris, France: c. 1920. A pretty woman in a bathing suit poses in front of a studio ocean scene.©Underwood Archives

Vintage Photograph. Woman posing nude on fur rug in high heels.

1940s sailing boat. A young woman is aboard a fashionable sailing boat and is standing on deck when it cruises forward with wind in the sails. She is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit. Sweden 1946 Photo Kristoffersson ref AC100-2-2

1950S Smiling Majorette Posing Outdoors Wearing Uniform With Short Skirt Boots Tall Furry Hat Holding A Baton

1920s 1930s MULTIPLE EXPOSURE OF WOMANS LEGS WEARING SILK STOCKING BLACK LACE SLIP AND HIGH HEELED SHOES PHOTOGRAPHIC EFFECT

Portrait of young woman wearing sunglasses and anorak

Dressed for autumn and winter in the 1940s A young woman is wearing a anorak and ski pants. Sweden 1947. Kristoffersson ref AB15-1

The Balanchines at Dior. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

12/31/1963. In the Image, cocktail coat in rich embroidered fabric.

SPAIN - Vegas del Guadiana (district) - Extremadura - Badajoz. Carnival parade; disguise

1960S Formally Elegantly Dressed Young Woman Arrogant Expression Holding Long Cigarette Holder Wearing Long White Gloves

Vintage Photograph. Smiling man in black cowboy outfit with cowboy hat and white bandana looking off camera

United States: 1949 A woman adjusts her hair as she poses in an ad wearing her Maidenform Chansonette bra.

1930's style. 1935.

American patriotism

Poll photo collection. Fashion photography. Girl with doll. 1952

Anefo photo collection. Miss Glasses 1962. Election of Miss Glasses with ZiZi. July 13, 1962

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