Vintage Fashion Illustrations

Classic fashion plates and illustrations from the early 20th century, featuring elegant styles, hats, and accessories reflecting historical fashion trends.

A sophisticated sailor suit from Christian Dior; a blouse topped dress of fine navy wool with a knotted sailor collar, a leather belt, and, as a complement, a cartwheel boater worn straight. Date: 1954

Fashion plates of a woman wearing a brown skirt, a matching jacket, and purple hat and scarf, and a blue and red day dress, a white blouse, a matching large brim hat and a blue stole, and a green skirt, a matching jacket, a floral blouse and a blue and white, large brim hat, and a beige and brown skirt, a matching jacket and a brown plumed hat, illustration from the magazine Le Miroir des Modes, vol 70, no 3, March, 1915.

Stylish Pair, Men's Fashion

A sophisticated sailor suit from Christian Dior; a blouse topped dress of fine navy wool with a knotted sailor collar, a leather belt, and, as a complement, a cartwheel boater worn straight. Date: 1954

Advertising in Country Life magazine UK 1951

Fashion illustration, 1935. Artist: Unknown

Art-Taste-Beauty, 1924: Pascaline.-Mid Dress (...). Middagjapon (...) van equipped. Verso: Japan (...) Van Martial and Armand. 'Fox-Trot' (...) Van Worth. PRENT ITURE HET WASTETIJDSCHRIFT ART-Taste-Beauty (1920-1933).

Advertisement for Smart Patterns Clothing. ca. 1939, DEAR SIR: When you have your clothes 'Made-to-Measure' the personal touch of Fine Custom Tailoring gives you that feeling of Individuality because of perfect styling and fitYour selection of a SUIT or TOP-COAT from the New 'FERRIS' sample line for Spring and Summer 1940, now on display, assures you of dependable fabrics, possessing superb wearing and tailoring qualities.

Tuscany Fashon 1950, Fashion - 50's Retro

Gray Cardigan Suit, L'Art De La Mode Early 20th Century American Dresses

Advertisement for Tailor-Made Clothes. ca. 1938, Dear Friend: The Fall fabrics and fashions are now on display. Come in and familiarize yourself with the season's smartest styles and the finest and largest selection of woolens we have ever shown. 'Tailor Made by M. Born & Co.'

A trio of attractive young bar girls rustle up cocktails in shakers, wearing what may fairly be described as 'revealing' outfits; it's all good for business... Date: 1929

1910s PORTRAIT WOMAN LOOKING AT CAMERA WEARING RED HAT & COAT WITH ERMINE FUR COLLAR & MUFF COVER SUNDAY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1913

Advertisement for Men's Clothing. ca. 1942, USA, They're all ready for youNEW FALL STYLES by M. BORN. Here's one of the finest selections of new styles this famous Custom Tailoring concern has ever sent us. And what's more important, the fabrics throughout are ALL WOOL. Distinctive colorings, exclusive patterns. The finest clothes your money can buy at prices that make them a real money's worth.

Three-Button Norfolk, Men's Fashion

1900s 1910s SMILING WOMAN WEARING HAT TIED WITH LARGE BLUE BOW HOLDING BIRD MAY 15 1910 SUNDAY MAGAZINE COVER

Pipe, Male Fashion

Very Parisian, June 1933, no. 11: the corner of children (...), 1933 Children's clothing. Print from the fashion magazine Très Parisien (1920-1936). paper letterpress printing fashion plates. dress, gown (+ girls' clothes). clothes, costume (+ boys' clothes)

'Shoes for the cruise from the world's most beautiful shoe store'. In the minds of smart women the new Dolcis super shoe store has in one month become the Rendezvous of fashion lovers. Its visitors. . . and there have been thousands. . . have marvelled at a new conception, fulfilled at a shoe store so different, so beutiful, so spacious. . . at such bewildering variety of graceful shoes. Date: 1936

Class C: topcoats; No. 8. The new Boulevard topcoat.. Fashion design drawings. 1900. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Clothing & dress

Colour illustration showing an attractive socialite surrounded by attentive gentlemen. 1929

I'm saving them for you! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

3 Button Sack For A Walk, Male Fashion

France, Pas de Calais, Calais, Musee de la Dentelle et de la Mode, museum of lace and fashion, mid-20th century advertisement for women's fashions.

I'm saving them for you! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Color poster by an anonymous artist, created before 1899, featuring singer and performer Marie Lloyd.

Green Bolero Suit, Tailored Women's Dresses - 1946

Men in smoking and formal wear at a chic party from the 1920s. Man in smoking suit with wide lapels offering a cigarette to another man in formal wear with black bow tie. Color printed fashion plate by W. A. Richards from the winter catalogue of Superchic, London, 1929.

Fémina, Color fashion, 1914, pp. 149-160, Anonymous, After Victor Lhuer, 1914 magazine Section with 8 pages. paper letterpress printing fashion plates

'Gor-ray skirts one better! and no nonsense'. 1949

Advertisement for Airmaid Hosiery. ca. 1939, 'It was thoughtful of you to send Airmaids for Easter.' This year the best dressed legs in the Easter Parade will wear Airmaid Hosiery. The right hose are so important if you want to look and feel your best And Airmaids make the perfect gift. Won't you come by to see them Happy Easter.

1910s BACK VIEW OF RED HAIRED WOMAN SITTING AT VANITY MIRROR FIXING HER HAIR WEARING AN OFF THE SHOULDER BLACK EVENING DRESS

United States: c. 1958 Two women with a bicycle model vacation fashions in cotton for traveling or sightseeing. They are styled by Miss Pat of California.

1910s RED HAIRED WOMAN WEARING SCOTTISH HIGHLAND DRESS HAND OVER HEAD DANCING FLING SUNDAY MAGAZINE DECEMBER 1912

Model No. 102. Young men's two-button notch lapel style.. Prints, Fashion design drawings. 1940 - 1941. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Tailoring, Men , Clothing & dress

Stewardess Waving from an Airplane. ca. 1941, USA, Just received Airmail Hosiery in the new and vibrant, 'Flying Colors.' Each distinctive shade has new style appeal as an accent to smart costumes. Buy two pairs of the same shade and match the single stockings after their mates are snagged. Buy them from us today. Cordially,

Celebration days inspirre these gay suis. The Navy suit is in uncrushable linen with a blouse in printed Suree, whilst its companion is in a crisp lightweight wool cloth. The pouch hats, too reflect the very newest features for the Jubilee. Date: 1935

Monaco Lady's 50's Fashion II, Fashion - 50's Retro

Trade magazine for the Tailor, Spring-Zomer 1952, no. 7 and no. 8, 1952 paper fashion plates. coat (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (TIE) (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). gloves, mittens, etc. (+ men's clothes)

Spectator, Men's Fashion

The cheongsam is a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It is known in Mandarin Chinese as the qípáo (袍; Wade-Giles ch'i-p'ao, and is also known in English as a mandarin gown. The stylish and often tight-fitting cheongsam or qipao (chipao) that is most often associated with today was created in the 1920s in Shanghai and was made fashionable by socialites and upperclass women.

Colour illustration from the front cover of The Bystander showing a young fashionable woman sitting at an easel applying her make-up. Date: 23rd May 1928

Model No. 103. Young men's three-button double-breasted style (two buttons to button); Model No. 104. Young men's three-button peaked lapel style.. Prints, Fashion design drawings. 1940 - 1941. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Tailoring, Men , Clothing & dress

An attractive woman wearing a patterned dressing gown washes in a basin. Date: 1927

Trade magazine for the Tailor, Spring-Zomer 1952, Nr. 1, 2 and 3, 1952 paper fashion plates. coat (+ men's clothes). trousers, breeches (+ men's clothes). head-gear: hat (+ men's clothes). shoes, sandals (+ men's clothes). neck-gear ~ clothing (TIE) (+ men's clothes)

Young Men's Three-Button Sack #2, Men's Fashion

Have It Made To Measure, Male Fashion

World War I 1914-1918: Paris in Half-Mourning. Satirical cartoon by Ralph Barton (1891-1931) for Puck, New York, 6 November 1915. Soldiers in smart uniforms and fashionably dressed Parisians at a pavement cafe.

Three Women in Bathing Suits, Cover of Saturday Evening Post, circa 1933

Collection of 1920s American hats, from a clothing catalogue Date: 1924

Front cover depicting a sophisticated woman in a brown coat with matching hat and gloves. A yellow silk scarf at her throat completes the outfit. Date: January 1943

Illustration showing the dressing rooms at Debenham and Freebody, London, 1925, entitled 'Paris sends her newest hats to London'. Date: 1925

Front cover illustration featuring a beautiful 1940s woman wrapped up in a Santa robe, her alluring smile peeping out from within the hood. Date: 1940

Advertisement for womens undergarments. Date: 1940

Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s woman attired in a red polka dot hat and matching scarf, tied in a bow. Date: 1935

Men in double-breasted Ulster coats, with hats, gloves, canes and spats, in a snow scene. Chromolithograph from a catalog of male winter fashions from Bruner Woolens, 1920.

A fashionable young lady standing next to a chauffeur-driven car wearing a beige and brown autumn outfit by Premet. Date: 1924

Three-Button Double-Breasted Conservative Sack, Men's Fashion

New-Type Corset Possessing Unequalled Fitting Qualities, History of Corsets

French Maid, Domestic Graphics

See Yourself at Your Best, History of Corsets

'Balanced walking '. Comfort in walkiing depends on balance. Vani-tred guarantee a balanced tread. This exclusive in-built features body-weight evenly and cushions the foot against hard pavements and rough going. How light and buoyant your step becomes - and how beguiling you will find Van-tred's lastest styles. Date: 1942

Boston Rubber Shoe Company, Sailors

Miss-Placed Confidence, Mutoscope Card, 1940s

Chesterfield Fly-Front Overcoat, Men's Fashion

Model No. 202. Young men's three-button notch lapel sack.. Prints, Fashion design drawings. 1940 - 1941. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Tailoring, Men , Clothing & dress

Scenes in an elegant dress shop, with assistants showing various items of clothing to their clients. Date: 1924

Spring Bouquet, Fashion Frocks - America 1940's

Automobile calendar for 1906 by Edward Penfield 1866-1925, American artist. Published: N.Y. c1905. (poster) or lithograph, in colour. Poster shows a woman wearing a driving coat, gloves, and a hat secured by a scarf, and partial view of automobile in background.

Men: plus fours, flat cap, monocle, single-breasted suit, spats & turn-ups to the trousers. Women: tailor-made costumes with short flaring skirts & belted jackets. Date: 1912

Arrow collars, Cluett shirts. text. Posters. 1909-09-25. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Posters, American, Hats, Men , Clothing & dress , United States, Women , Clothing & dress , United States

Woman in a bathing suit, vintage advertising poster, circa 1900, Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium, Europe

Front cover illustration by Lewis Baumer showing the Tatler character in his red frock coat and tricorn hat kissing a dainty looking damsel under the mistletoe. Date: 1922

American clothing catalogue, showing where you should measure yourself, for a woman's bust, waist and hip line, and also for length of skirt. Measuring a man's chest, waist, sleeve, trouser and inside seam for a suit. Date: 1924

Model No. 211. Young men's three-button sack; Model No. 212. Young men's two-button sack.. Prints, Fashion design drawings. 1940 - 1941. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Tailoring, Men , Clothing & dress

Look Pretty Have Fun, Fashion Frocks - America 1940's

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

Attractive garbs for snowy hills: Miss Marie Lancret, the pretty Parisian actress chamingly arrayed for the ski or the skate. Date: 1913

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

"Oh! I'm such a dorg!" Buy your hats, caps and furs of T. N. Covell, 217 Essex Street, Salem, Mass.. "Oh! I'm such a dorg!" Buy your hats, caps and furs of T. N. Covell, 217 Essex Street, Salem, Mass.

'Sitting pretty' and how! , Lingerie, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous, cheeky young lady wearing a red and white polka dot neck-tie, and a huge grin. Date: 1937

Advertisement for womens undergarments. Date: 1940

Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a woman posing in an orange bias cut dress typical of the period, and black hat. Date: 1932

'The Gossard line of beauty'. The name Gossard has set a definite standard in foundation garmants which have for their aim a sound and scientific control of the figure. Your choice for securing that distinction in dress which moulded contrours always give. 1935

The sign of good breeding . . . Advertisement for the Kestos backless brassiere. Date: 1937

Maternity Fashions, Fashion Frocks - America 1940's

Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s woman with piercing green eyes, looking through a veil attached to her black cap, and holding a Guide to London. Date: 1934

Dolly Sisters, Hungarian-American identical twin dancers and actresses. Date: 1929

A rather sly looking woman dressed all in white carries a large pile of beautifully coordinating wrapped Christmas presents and gifts. 1956

Man in long double-breasted town overcoat with bowler hat and cane, and man in single-breasted Raglan coat with cane. In the background is the Victoria Memorial on the Mall. Color printed fashion plate by W. A. Richards from the winter catalogue of Superchic, London, 1929.

Front cover of The Sketch magazine, Christmas Presents Number 1934 showing a woman in 17th century costume walking through the snow with some Christmas presents or parcels in her arms. A sprig of mistletoe adds a festive flourish to her hat. 1934

A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Vicar from entering a Lecture (for 'Women Only'!) as she is wearing bloomers, which Rev Self Righteous views as totally unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1911

Advertisement for Viyella frocks designed by Digby Morton during the Second World War. The advert urges women to 'find time to be gay' and that Viyella 'wears tirelessly and washes like a kitten's ear.' Date: 1941

Front cover illustration featuring a woman with a smart bobbed hair style and large eyes, wearing a coat or shirt with a large collar. Date: July 1934

Advertisement for Custom-Made Suits. ca. 1938, DEAR SIR: If you wish to combine real economy with high quality-correct style with good taste-you cannot invest your clothes money to better advantage than in a-'Custom Made-to-Measure' SUIT or OVERCOAT. A large assortment of the Season's newest and finest woolens are shown in the New 'FERRIS' sample line here for your selection.

The Fashion Magazine as Temptress, 1922 magazine Cover, six pages of text and 10 (of the 12) prints by George Barbier paper brush fashion plates. insects: butterfly. clothing for the upper part of the body (+ women's clothes). flowers: rose. ear-rings (+ women's clothes). (story of) Cupid, Amor (Eros)

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