Vintage Fashion Advertisements

nostalgic advertisements from the early to mid-20th century featuring women's clothing, shoes, and lingerie, highlighting trends and styles from past eras.

A young woman, in corset, chemise & stockings, secures her new hat - an enormous concoction with a wide brim & trimmed with 4 apples, with a large hat-pin. Date: 1909

Advertisement for Hosiery. ca. 1941, Airmaids for Christmas-Easty to buy at your drug store. Easty to mail anywhere. Hosiery-always a part of the Christmas tradition is a 'must' this year for women of all ages. They can't get enough pairs these days. We still have precious silk and coveted nylon Airmaids in stock-gift wrapped. Buy Airmaids now while our sizes and colors are complete. Sincerely,

'The new high-line brassiere by Kestos'. Achieves the modern accentuated breatline. For you, a new grace. For your gowns, a new perfection. Date: 1939

Young woman being very indecisive on what shoes to buy, while the shop assistant is on her hands and knees exhausted. Date: 1927

Girl with parasol. Date: 1929

A young woman, in corset, chemise & stockings, secures her new hat - an enormous concoction with a wide brim & trimmed with 4 apples, with a large hat-pin. Date: 1909

Golden moments - with Will's Gold Flake - the man's cigarette that women like. 1939

Dancing boy and girl. In a room a girl dances into a dotted dress with puff sleeves with a boy in a suit with lace collar. The girl looks at herself in a mirror.

"You can't come in, I'm not fit to be seen", a dancer in a dressing room, drawing by Treyer Evans from The Tatler, No 1385, January 18, 1928, London.

Young lady has been on a serious hat-purchasing spree, she has bought so many hats, that she has to carry a couple of hatboxes on each arm and one around her body. Date: 1928

Woman Relaxing in Lingerie. ca. 1946, This Lounging and Loafing Around Is a Tonic-But Heavens to Betsy Suppose It Gets Chronic.

Advertisement for Kestos Brassiere and Girdles Date: 1932

Something to dream about! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Something to dream about! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Sure To Click, Mutoscope Card, 1940s

Art-Goût-Beauté, 1924: Pascaline. Afternoon gown (...) from Doeuillet. Verso: dress (...) from Martial et Armand. 'Fox-Trot' (...) from Worth. Print from the fashion magazine Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933). paper engraving / letterpress printing fashion plates. dress, gown (+ women's clothes).

A fantasy illustration by Charles Robinson showing a woman dressed in a Twelfth Night costume, presumably about to attend a fancy dress party. Date: 1932

Advertisement for Kestos Backless Brassieres and girdles Date: 1935

1910s WOMAN IN COSTUME HOLDING TAMBOURINE DANCING AN ITALIAN TARANTELLA FOLK DANCE OF ITALY ILLUSTRATION BY THE KINNEYS

Advertisement for Kestos brassiere and corsetry, showing two women wearing a clever 'cross-way pull' with backless brassiere. 1935

Woman in typical outfit from the 1940s.

How fashionable Parisians are supposed - by those who are not themselves fashionable - to see the New Year in (1 of 2) Date: 1904

Promotion for Airmaid Hosiery. ca. 1938, Sizes can be exchanged if the cellophane envelope is unopened. Call your Drug Store for Airmaid Hosiery and Airmate Socks. Christmas gifts don't have to be frivolous to be appreciated. You know that women never have too many pairs of hose. So we've solved your shopping problem with a lovely stock of Airmaid hosiery in sophisticated gift packages. Prices are very reasonable.--and hose can be sent through the mails at small cost without breakage. Best Wishe

Advertisement for Omne Tempus rubberless raincoats from Samuel Brothers Universal Outfitters of London, featuring Bonzo, the popular canine creation of George Studdy (and a regular of the Sketch magazine) holding a guarantee in front of a couple wearing raincoats. Date: 1923

Little girl hanging clothes on clotheslines outside, children's illustration, drawing.

Cartoon - Latest Spring Fashions Arthur George Racey (1870-1941)

Suggested outfits for apres ski socialising. On the left is a grey and yellow checked wool taffeta blouse by Jaeger worn with their huge, button-through circular felt skirt. Also from Jaeger come the narrow black gabardine slacks with deep cuffs, a yellow jersey Poncho with cowl neck and the 'enchantingly, brightly trimmed' seal skin apres-ski bootees. Date: 1953

Advertisement for Kestos brassieres giving reassuring and firm support under the most revealing of bathing and beach suits in 1933. Features a woman on the least aerodynamic water skiing board I've ever seen. 1933

Bathing belle in a swimming costume on the beach. 1920

One-piece bathing costumes for men & women. His is striped, the lady's ones have 'V'-necks & short legs. The lady in the sleeveless costume wears bathing shoes or espadrilles. Date: 1910

Advertisement for Men's Clothing. ca. 1941, Chicago, Illinois, USA, Everything That's New For Forty-Two will be found in Profusion in the Churchill Spring lineyou'll find the keenest Gabardine selections including the NEW STAR GRAY SHADE--for the hot weather, nothing compares with the Imported Priestley Nor'Easts and Bengalines--and Churchill leads in smart styling and last penny values, too. HAVE IT 'REALLY TAILORED' by S.H. CHURCHILL & CO.--CHICAGO

A rotund lady draws breath (it appears she has been wound in to a VERY tight corset!) as she ascends some steep stares, but also draws gasps of astonishment from three gentleman, unfamiliar with her new style 'Harem Pants'. 1910s

Plenti Grand - Pin-up, Pin-Up

With you... Who wears the Trousers Date: 1902

How to Keep Your Money Warm by Driben, Peter (1902-1968)/ Private Collection/ 1952/ The United States/ Acryl colours on paper/ Pin-up/ Genre

Exquisite New Corset, History of Corsets

An elegant woman in a yellow dress waves to her friends who are boating on the river Date: 1934

Two ladies take tea together at an outside table under the shade of a parasol. On the left, is a grey and white check taffeta dress with blue hooped bands, pannier pockets and brassard armlet. On the right is a 'simple' dress of marine-blue Georgette trimmed with blue and white check taffeta. Both models were available from Thresher's of Conduit Street, London. 1916

'Cigarettes by Abdulla - Red Letter Days: Betrothed', 1938. Artist: Unknown.

Woman sitting on a trunk case, wearing checked coat with fur trim, red clutch bag and thin necktie, holder her companion a jack russell terrier. Date: 1927

And he said my curves were dangerous and I take up too much parking space, so he refused to give me a drivers license , Conversation, Bikinis Bathing suits, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Beside the seaside Description: Poster from the newly nationalised British Railways, advertising Whitley Bay in North Tyneside. Signed "Michael". Date: 1949 woman, beach, girl, beauty, fashion, lady, strand, train, vintage, advertising, poster, geotagged, seaside, starfish, rail, bikini, british, grün, bathing, frau, swimsuit, railways, tyneside, bathingsuit, 1949, whitleybay, seestern, stmaryslighthouse, whitley, seebad, geo:lat=5505844, geo:lon=1453473

And he said my curves were dangerous and I take up too much parking space, so he refused to give me a drivers license , Conversation, Bikinis Bathing suits, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

1900s VICTORIAN WOMAN A CHRISTY GIRL BACK VIEW SITTING BY VANITY LOOKING IN MIRROR WEARING BLACK OCTOBER 23 1910

Girl Lying on the Beach. ca. 1935, THO' SHE HAD A LOT OF CLOTHING, HER MAIN ART WAS EXPOSING

Cover Of Country Gentleman Agricultural Magazine From The Early 20th Century. .

1888, Women's fashion in nineteenth-century Paris, Boutet, Henri (1851-1919), (Artist), 1902.

Advertisement for Cheney Brothers 'shower-proof' silks, 1912. Photo: Courtesy Everett Collection

'I can't understand why he buys all those things for me!' , Lingerie, Telephones, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Paradise Batiste, History of Corsets

The Woman in Breeches', 20th century, by French artist Francois Lafon.

Natalie and Sabina, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Japan: Advertising poster for Sapporo Beer featuring a young woman, c. 1910

An advertisement for Kestos lingerie, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Advertisement for Gold Flake Cigarettes: Wills's Gold Flake give value in the Cigarettes, Date: 1930

Magazine cover The Bystander 1928. Summer issue. June 13th 1928.

San Francisco Walking Dress II, Fashion - 50's Retro

NYC Visit II, Fashion - 50's Retro

Front cover of Britannia and Eve featuring an elegant lady in a smart 1950s dress (with typical full skirt and nipped in waist) standing by a table where a game of cards is in progress. 1954

Drawing of Woman in Green Outfit. ca. 1942, Drawing of Woman in Green Outfit

Scantily dressed young woman about to give a lecture on the heart. Date: 1926

Orchids to you! , Lingerie, Orchids, Gifts, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

1911 COVER LIFE MAGAZINE EASTER ISSUE GIRL IN YELLOW STRIPED DRESS FEEDING BLACK AND WHITE RABBITS

Publicidad de la revista 'Mujer', publicación mensual de moda y del hogar. Impresa en Tolosa. Año 1940. España. S.XX.

A girl (film actress Merle Oberon) in a one-piece swimming costume and white peep-toe high heels lies on the beach reading an issue of The Tatler magazine. Date: 1938

Portrait of a young woman sitting on a rocket and lighting it

Cupid and E. A. Mele and Co., Italian Fashion

Girl in Green (Jeune fille en vert), Lempicka, Tamara de (1898-1980)

Well - here's looking at you! , Alcoholic beverages, Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

'Charming whichever way you look at it'. Yes, a 'Gor-ray' skirt, correctly worn, can be viewed from front, side, or back withourt losing that streamlined effect. 1945

Acme Cowboy Boots, for backyard buckaroos , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Mail and female , Letter carriers, Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

bathing beach fashion swimsuit colour print circa 1905,

Bes-Tone hair coloring and oil shampoo tint , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

JOSEPHINE BAKER Dancer, in an ingenious and revealing costume made of strings of pearls

Acme Cowboy Boots, for backyard buckaroos , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Fashion Frocks, Fashion - 50's Retro

Acme Cowboy Boots, for backyard buckaroos , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Orchids to you! , Lingerie, Orchids, Gifts, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s lady wearing a tailored skirt suit and floral hat. Date: 1938

Elegant lady smoking elegantly Fumate Regina cigarettes Date: 1932

Front cover of The Tatler magazine Summer Number showing a girl in a bathing costume on the beach. Date: 1927

A color illustration of the Gentry Club created around 1910, showing the building's architecture and exterior features.

Fixing her Hair by Ballantyne, Joyce (1918-2006)/ Private Collection/ The United States/ Oil on canvas/ Pin-up/ Genre

Preserve and Enhance Your Natural Charm, History of Corsets

'Streamlined pleats'. Yes, streamlined pleats, knife-edged and graduated to taper off in graceful, unbroken lines to snug-fitting, single material over the hips. Do you wonder that the Kone-Ray is the most slenderising of all skirts with all-round pleats Is there any other skirt which combines such smartness with freedom in wear 1942

China: Chinese glamour pin-up girl, Shanghai, c.1930s

Wertheim Nahmaschine, Sewing

Anonymous. "Miss Duclerc". Lithography. 1880-1900. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 58876-13 Artist, Eventail, Woman, Lithography

The Fashion Magazine as Temptress. The first fashion magazines were sold only by subscription. They have nondescript covers, with neither text nor image. This changed at the end of the 19th century when the publications came to be displayed in stands and shops. Publishers went to great lengths to entice potential buyers by means of attractive covers.

Japan: Bathing beauty pin-up girl in Western-style swimsuit, c. 1920

Just to tell you I'm alive and kicking! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Illustration of a Parisian revue dancer, historic programme, around 1900, Paris, France, Europe

Young woman in summer dress, illustrated cover, The Tatler, No 1353, June 1, 1927, London.

Betty paper doll with head turned to the right , Bloomers. Phyllis Tyler Paper Doll Collection

Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring an illustration of a pretty young woman with blonde, wavy hair, red lipstick and a smart, striped blouse. Date: 1947

Collier's, March 1942, Skiing

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous woman posing in a generously large sun hat. Date: May 1933

Just to tell you I'm alive and kicking! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Capri, America's newest and smartest cabana club. Magnificent new nite club , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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