Vintage Fashion Illustrations

A range of artistic illustrations representing historical women's fashion trends from the early 20th century, featuring diverse styles and settings.

A young girl with a long plait tied with blue ribbons sits and knits clothing "to keep our Tommies warm" during World War One. Date: c.1915

A young girl with a long plait tied with blue ribbons sits and knits clothing "to keep our Tommies warm" during World War One. Date: c.1915

A customer succumbs to sales talk Date: 1927

Fémina, modes, ca. 1914: L'Heure du Footing (...). Five women in a park, numbered one to five, in the background a few hikers and a rider. 1. Tailleur (suit pack) of blue sheet. Jacket with belt. 2. Tailleur (mantle suit) of cream-colored sheet.Tunic with sloping hem and a short jacket lined with yellow silk, 3. Short jacket and straight skirt from blue gray sheet. 4. Gown from cherry red Serge. Very short jacket closed with one button. Collar of white fine linen. Blouse of fine linen. 5. Jap of Beige Laeken with a straight skirt (Fourreau). Jacket from Scottish Checkered Laaken in Beige and Red. Print from the fashion magazine 'Fémina' (1901-1956).

Very elegant and very well taken in his small size, it's a bargain of Paris .. SEM (Georges Goursat, said, 1863-1934). "Very elegant and very well taken in his small size, it's a bargain of Paris ...". Color lithography.

Mademoiselles Dargyl & Ananie de L'Opera - Two French musical actresses, each wearing a fine whalebone corset. The card is entitled 'La Silhouette Moderne' - 'The Modern Silhouette'. circa 1905

The spring book of B. Kuppenheimer @ Co.. Fashion design drawings, Prints. 1900. Science, Industry and Business Library: General Collection. Clothing & dress

Au Louvre, Paris: Monday March 2: Summer new features: Drie Heren Bij de Paardenrennen, c. 1913 - C. 1915 print Page in "au louvre - paris": back cover: three costumes for men. From left to right: Pardessus; Complet, Veston Droit ...; Complet, Veston Croisé. With prices underneath. A few riders in the background. paper fashion plates

The figure of a skeleton in a shroud is pulling the laces on a girl's stays. Process print.

The House of Kuppenheimer - Chicago, New York, Boston 1912 Clothing Advertisement

Woman in fancy dress costume as an apothecary's recipe, with tall black hat, high ruff collar, black and gold dress, and handbag in the shape of a syringe. Lithograph by unknown artist with pochoir stencil handcolouring from "Nos Travestis" (Our Fancy Dress Costumes), Paris, 1928.

Notables de semoules les tartes. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.. Notables de semoules les tartes. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.

Viennese beauties, First series, Gallery of the never rejected, Viennese beauties, Adele Porfy, Lieschen Junghaas, Melanie D´Etanges, Janisch, Casanova, Venus and Cupido portraits from Die Bomb , Corggio, artist

J & P. Coats Best Six Cord, 200 yds, 50 , Women, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Farce decolier. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.. Farce decolier. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.

La mode sous le Directoire. , Men, Clothing & dress, Staffs Sticks, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman waving with a handkerchief from a ship. She wears a blue suit and hat, along with a bright yellow neck-tie and matching floral corsage. Date: 1935

A selection of swim-suits & bathing-dresses for girls & teenagers including shoulder fastening low-waisted tunics with belts & sailor collars or one-piece suits without skirts Date: 1920

'Now Mary was a plain girl, Of Lovers she had few; She donned the Harem skirt and now She doesn't know what to do!' This card is directly linked to the burgeoning suffrage movement of this period; by adopting female trousers from the harem and making a point of it, a situation developed that left men rather amazed! 1911

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman wearing a straw hat, and a large red bow on her shoulder. Date: 1935

Advertisement for Clark & Co and J & P Coats, manufacturers of silks and cottons for dressmaking, showing a young woman admiring herself and her new pink party dress in a cheval mirror while her dressmaker adjusts the (terribly short) hem. Date: 1929

Gazette du Bon Ton, 1920 - No. 8, p. LXVII: advertisement Mappin & Webb, Bijouterie - Orfévrerie, 1920 Advertisement of the jeweler Mappin & Webb, London: two ladies in evening clothing at a toilet table on which luxury toiletries, one of them with hand mirror. P. LXVI in Gazette du Bon Ton, 1920 - No. 8 paper letterpress printing fashion plates. mirror - AA - (for) women. implements ~ making toilet

A man with a large moustache and a woman with a large heart on her costume, both in fencing dress and carrying swords. Coloured line process by Yves & Barret after A. Robida.

Varied ideas for girls and boys for summer clothing, sunsuits, swimwear and shorts for boys with elastic belt, available at Portman Square, london. Date: 1938

Standard tip shoes, standard tip jubillee.. Standard tip shoes, standard tip jubillee.

Frear's Troy Bazaar! "Headquarters for boy's clothing." The place to save money on all your purchases of staple and fancy dry goods, &c.. Frear's Troy Bazaar! "Headquarters for boy's clothing." The place to save money on all your purchases of staple and fancy dry goods, &c.

Loustics de melonville les sangsues. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes. , Men, Shoes, 19th Century American Trade Cards

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

Prostitution, A well dressed customer inspects the prostitutes in a brothel, c. 1830, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from 19th century original.

New Home Sewing Machine Co. My dear, you should buy a light-running "New Home" sewing machine. Its seams never rip.. New Home Sewing Machine Co. My dear, you should buy a light-running "New Home" sewing machine. Its seams never rip.

Frear's Troy Bazaar! 'Headquarters for boy's clothing.' The place to save money on all your purchases of staple and fancy dry goods, &c. , Boys, Dry goods stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Harper's August , Periodicals

French satirical illustration, 1909, showing, two women arriving at a factory to work

'Soft, fully fur-lined 'cosy boots' -warm, snug fitting and distinctively Dolcis'. 1948

This circa 1910 lithograph by Walenty Zietara depicts Condor shoes from the Conrad Tack & Cie factory near Magdeburg, including product and factory views.

Advertisement for the London Corset Co Ltd of Hanover Street, London, targeting American Ladies and Others who are unable to visit Paris during the First World War. Conveniently, the London Corset Co received a consignment of French corsets from Paris just before the outbreak of war, and are offering them without any rise in price. Date: September 1914

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

Frank Millers' improved French Blacking. I swow! It makes these old no. 14 cowhides look like a new pair of ladies kids. Jerusha'll think I've got a new pair.. Frank Millers' improved French Blacking. I swow! It makes these old no. 14 cowhides look like a new pair of ladies kids. Jerusha'll think I've got a new pair.

Front cover of The Tatler featuring an elegant couple spectating at the races. Date: 1955

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

'Oh! I'm such a dorg!' Buy your hats, caps and furs of T. N. Covell, 217 Essex Street, Salem, Mass. , Hands, Shadows, Clothing stores, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Rencontre desagreable. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.. Rencontre desagreable. S. D. Sollers & Co.'s fine shoes.

'Those who smoke Craven 'A' seldom care for others cigarettes. Women smoking a cigarette. Date: 1951

A colour illustration of a June bride. June 1949

Snappy Dressers on a Sunny Afternoon, Men's Fashion

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman seated on a couch, distracted from reading a letter by her pet cat who seems to be scratching at her beautiful raspberry-coloured gown. Naughty cat. Date: 1931

1900s STYLISH MAN WITH TWO WOMEN ON THE WAY TO ANNUAL ARMY VS NAVY AMERICAN FOOTBALL GAME THE DIPLOMAT

Ur AB Nordic Company's Vaits Catalog, Spring. Men's clothing. Nordic

Our Boys Clothing Company advertisement for a fancy suit. Date: c.1895

Cartoon - Summer Fashions Rostap (1866-1949)

The waist band won't bust I know but I can't answer for the rest. Stark's "unique" waist band.. The waist band won't bust I know but I can't answer for the rest. Stark's "unique" waist band.

Woman in fancy dress costume, wearing a jesters outfit with fool's hat and punch stick. Date: 1903

Illustration showing a fashionable lady trying to work out what is wrong with her car. 10th October 1928

Page of ideas in The Tatler for Christmas gifts for children, including a pretty party frock from Rowe, a toy motor-car from Selfridges with Flip the Frog and his family, a toddle cart, a fairy queen fancy dress costume from Hamley's, a midget golf course from Peter Robinson, and a plush dog from Gorringes. Date: 1930

Ayer's Recamier Cream and Ayers Recamier Balm for the complexion.. Ayer's Recamier Cream and Ayers Recamier Balm for the complexion.

Fashionable men in three-piece suits with wide lapels exchanging business cards. Color printed fashion plate by W. A. Richards from the winter catalogue of Superchic, London, 1929.

'Are your furs signed' The name Artemis is not only the signature if a firm of master-furriers, it is also a pledge of good faith. Every Artsmis fur carries the Artemis guarantee. Each process in the making of an Artemis Fur is carried out by experts. Fur artist choose the skins, match them, and cut them. Fashion artists create the designs, superintend the making, select the beautiful linings. An Artemis model shows all those subtle points of fit and finish that you never find in an unsign

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

Man in double-breasted suit with wide lapels examining photographic plates, and another in a single-breasted sports suit worn over a wool pullover. In the background, a bellows camera. Color printed fashion plate by W. A. Richards from the winter catalogue of Superchic, London, 1929.

A la Place Clichy, Sewing

Your figure merits Twilfit corsets. All the lastest models can be seen and fitted at D. H. Evans 1931

Pretty young French maid with a revealing neckline: "Sir has the 'flu, so I'm going to try and raise his morale." Date: 1935

A lady bends to pick up the soap tablet she has dropped - thus demonstrating the remarkable flexibility of her Guzzi girdle Date: 1928

"Go way, Ephraim, Ise got a beau now dat wear Standard Boots!" Standard screw fastened boots & shoes are the best in the world.. "Go way, Ephraim, Ise got a beau now dat wear Standard Boots!" Standard screw fastened boots & shoes are the best in the world.

Cartoon by Stan Terry showing a 'street loafer' shouting to his friend after looking in the window of a lingerie store. Date: 1925

Hair dressing, Mellier's Cinchona, cooling refreshing, beautifying, invigorating. , Women, Angels, Hair preparations, Patent medicines, 19th Century American Trade Cards

'Protection and comfort'. Whenever the inclemency of weather conditions to be faced in Naval or Military services calls for the highest form of protection, it is expedient and economical to be provided with the Burberry. Made in especially woven and proofed cloths. Available from Burberrys, Haymarket, London. Date:

Clark's Mile-End 30 Spool Cotton. Clark's Mile-End 30 Spool Cotton

Woman in perfume bottle costume (le parfum) with tassled hat and hoop dress with label Quelques Fleurs. Lithograph by unknown artist with pochoir stencil handcolouring from "Nos Travestis" (Our Fancy Dress Costumes), Paris, 1928.

Valentino, the woman has 3 legs and 2 bodies Anonymous. "Valentino, the three-legged woman and two bodies". Lithography. 1880-1900.

On the way to the council theater

Every description of ornamental hair work undertaken and carefully and promptly executed. Transformations in any style or extra full hair. Date: 1916

Hoyt's German Cologne, Ladies Perfumed Calendar 1899, the most fragrant and lasting of all perfumes.. Hoyt's German Cologne, Ladies Perfumed Calendar 1899, the most fragrant and lasting of all perfumes.

Cartoon depicting a woman shopping by videophone.

Man Holt with Pepita to a telephone booth, in or before 1948 drawing A young man takes Pepita by the hand and has her to a telephone booth on a corridor. Both are dressed in evening clothing. paper. India ink (ink). deck paint. pencil pen / brush dress, gown: evening dress (+ women's clothes). public call-box

Front cover illustration featuring a glamorous 1930s woman attired in a green hat with red ribbon, and a green and white checked scarf. 1935

Clark's Mile-End 24 Spool Cotton , Girls, Thread, Cotton, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Two women wearing warm, practical but stylish coats. On the left is a reversible coat of white wool and proofed black gaberdine by Ledux and on the right as snug, velvety wraparound coat of grey Embros lamb by Tescan. Once inside, the ladies discard their coats to reveal a scarlet sweater suit on the left by Rima and on the right, a Dior design by Rembrandt of a lightweight angora dress with crisp revers controlled by a single important button and a flurry of walk easy pleats at the centre bac

Thomson's patent glove fitting. Pitti-Sing, Yum-Yum, Peep-Bo. , Women, Kimonos, Corsets, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s woman wearing a yellow puffed-shoulder blouse; she holds a black Scottish terrier who wears a matching yellow collar. Date: 1938

Front cover of Britannia and Eve magazine featuring a Lewis Baumer illustration of a pretty woman dressed in a red jacket and orange flounced skirt raising a small glass of sherry in a convivial gesture. Date: 1931

'The season changes. . but the smart women sticks like a leech to Aristoc'. Because she is smart she understands the importance of that final cachet of distinction. . . . . . perfectly fitting silk stockings. . . . . knows from experience that Aristoc will faithfully keep their smooth and lovely shape through the hardest wear, so she sticks like a leech to Aristoc. Date: 1937

Millions of pairs Standard screw fastened boots and shoes worn annually without one sole ripping. What doth it profit a man to buy his boots made with pegs good enough. Mr. Fogy bought pegged boots and shoes. , Men, Shoes, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Young Men's Styles, Men's Fashion

'No placket for modern miss! How much neater smarter and more convenient, too, than the ordinary placket, is the man-style 'Zwow' pocket featured in every 'Gor-ray' skirt. 1945

Advertisement the 'Spat-Corset', known as the ultimate corset. Dated 20th century

Front cover illustration showing a young woman shipwrecked on a tropical island. Dressed only in a slip, she nevertheless ensures her lipstick is expertly applied. 1928

This circa 1890 color print by Georges Meunier depicts OTARD DUPUY & Co. Cognac, showing product bottles, branding, and promotional display.

A color print by Ludwig Hohlwein from 1908 depicting Boll's children's wardrobe by Max Captuller in Munich, showing furniture design and interior arrangement.

Studenti (atti I e II) , Operas & operettas, Costumes, Allen A. Brown Collection

They'll do it every time... by Hatlo. Listening to fat and forty in the gown department. They'll do it every time , Clothing stores, Tailoring, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

A young, blonde patriotic American girl in stars & stripes accessories of cap & scarf which is wrapped up high around her face. The flag livery is in reverse colours. Date: circa 1917

A patriotic American woman wearing matching hat and scarf with a stars and stripes design Date: 1917

Madame, could I interest you in a pair of white kids , Children, Gloves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Advertisement for Player's Please cigarettes - with a young woman wearing a yellow large brimmed summer hat and dress, holding a parasol. Date: 1935

Choose the best shade. J & P. Coats' thread , Adults, Umbrellas, Sailboats, Thread, Cotton, Beaches, 19th Century American Trade Cards

Laundry Starch Ad, circa 1870 - Gilbert S Graves Manufacturer Buffalo, New York

'The grace that charms relies on ease'. Beautifully poised movements that reveal free and flowing lines will be yours in a belt by Roussel. The patented Airollasta tricot gives gentle message and moulds your figure firmly, but so gently, that you achieve grace with ease. 1939

Madame, could I interest you in a pair of white kids , Children, Gloves, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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