Attire Collection

A Scottish Piper wearing McInnes Tartan Date: 1906

Napoleon in the Battle of Waterloo, 1815. The French, English and Prussian armies were defeated, which implied the fall of the emperor. Drawing

1930S Snooker Game
A snooker player prepares to play a shot as his partner looks on. Their smart attire reflects the gentlemanly traditions of the game

Scenes of Mestizaje. Circa 1750. Casta paintings
" Scenes of " Mestizaje". Circa 1750. Casta paintings by Luis de Mena. Colonial baroque. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. Madrid. Americas Museum."

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Bandsman, Piper and Drummer of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. Date: circa 1908

Japan - Geisha - See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil
Japan - Three Geisha girls - miming the phrase See no evil, Hear no evil, speak no evil. Date: circa 1904

Tango. Watercolor by Marcel Vertes (1895-1961) published in l Illustration on November 26, 1925. Watercolour

Railway Sleeper - Melton Mowbray Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing Hunstman taking a nap with his foxhound at Melton Mowbray Station! Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Albanian King Zog I
The Albanian King Zog I (1895-1961) - previously Ahmed Zog - initially Prime Minister from 1923 to 1924, then President from January 1925 until 1928 (as depicted here) and on September 1st

Capture The Moment. Artist: Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923)
Capture The Moment. Found in the collection of Museo Sorolla, Madrid

Persian Manuscript, 1650. Court of a Safavid dynasty prince. Persian art. Safavid period. Miniature Painting. EGYPT. CAIRO. Cairo. Museum of Islamic Arts

Lady golfer looking down the fairway for her drive, which appears to have travelled a decent distance. Date: circa 1920s

Tango, 1912. Dance originating in Argentina that was introduced in Europe after World War I

Japan - Geisha Girl bows to a samurai warrior - New Year Ceremony Date: circa 1910s

Sioux Indian Chief - Hollow Horn Bear (18501913) - a BruleIakota leader during the Indian Wars on the Great Plains of the United States. Date: 1906

Kuwait - The Women Folk - the taker of this shot writes: " Note the anklets they wear and the amount of clothing despite the shade temperature being about 98 degrees". Date: 1933

Pavlova, Anna (1882-1931). Russian classical dancer. Poster of the Russian Ballets

Mary (1542-1587). Queen of Scotland (1542-1567)

Norwegian Types (5 / 5) - Young Norwegian wife
A Young Norwegian wife in traditional national costume Date: circa 1910s

In the Stalls at the Empire Theatre, 1894
Engraving showing three theatre-goers heading for their seats, in the stalls, at the Empire Theatre, 1894. All these people are depicted wearing formal, evening attire for their trip to the theatre

Huntsman with Cigar
Hughie A huntsman in traditional attire smokes a large cigar

Eve Adamised 1927
Eve Adamised : new woman in a liberated age dons male attire of suit & tie with hair in an Eton crop, but signals her gender with make-up, earings & a cigarette holder

The Crossword Craze / 1920
A dashing couple display the growing crossword craze with their checked attire and similarly squared-off small dog!

Sporty Lacrosse Girl - The Sporting Girl - " The Fellows like the girl of sport, shes such a jolly, chummy sort." Date: circa 1910s

Britannia and Eve magazine, November 1939
Front cover illustration featuring a 1930s lady decked out in the finest equestrian attire, complete with top hat, tails and whip

Guglielmo Marconi
GUGLIELMO MARCONI Italian physicist and inventor in yachting attire and with communications apparatus

The most beautiful woman in Paris (La plus belle femme de Paris), 1883-1885. Found in the Collection of Musee d art et d histoire, Genf

An Elegant Soiree, . Private Collection

After the Bath. Artist: Sorolla y Bastida, Joaquin (1863-1923)
After the Bath. Found in the collection of Museo Sorolla, Madrid

NOSTRADAMUS, Michel de Notre Dame (1503-1566). French physician and astrologer, author of book of predictions Astrological Centuries (1555). Illustration in card of 18th century. Drawing

MURASAKI SHIKIBU (c. 978 - c. 1014). Japanese writer
MURASAKI SHIKIBU (c. 978 - c.1014). Japanese writer. Illustration of a court lady of the Heian period. Illustration of Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji), which chronicles the life of Prince Genji

Young man in a suit and without shirt lying on a couch

Young man in a suit and without shirt kneeling on a couch

Young man in underwear with headphones in colorful light

Ramon Berenguer II. Count of Barcelona (1076-1082). Painting. SPAIN. Barcelona. Montjuic Castle Military Museum

NATIVE AMERICAN CHIEFS. Six tribal chiefs, in ceremonial attire. Left to right: Little Plume (Piegan), Buckskin Charley (Ute), Geronimo (Chiricahua Apache), Quanah Parker (Comanche)

Client: John Craig - Model: Pattie Boyd
Client: John Craig - Dark cotton blouse with lace collar and cuffs - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot: January 12, 1965 (2/2) Date: 1965

Client: John Craig - Printed blouse - Model: Pattie Boyd - Shoot on October 13, 1964 Date: 1964

Three men in traditional Greek Costume - Athens, Greece. Date: circa 1910s

SOROLLA, Joaqu�(1863-1923). Maria at the beach
SOROLLA, Joaqu� (1863-1923). Maria at the beach, Biarritz. 1905. Impressionism. Oil on canvas. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. Sorolla Museum

Romanian Women - Traditional costume
A pair of Romanian women, in traditional National costume. A particularly fine example of the highly-decorative embroidery emplyed to decorate the skirts

Young man in white shirt and blue jeans jumping

Man with a naked torso wearing long underwear in a horse barn sitting on bales of hay

Young man wearing an open plaid shirt in a backyard

Advertisement for Charles Baker & Co.s Stores Ltd. - Gentlemen & Boys high-class clothing & outfitting - " Opened to keep pace with the Civil Service Stores" circa 1890s

Australian Ladies Pipe Band - World Tour - souvenir of the visit of the band under Drum-Major William Darwin F.R.G.S. and Pipe-Major Jessie Young

Tsar Nicholas II holding his son, the Tsarevich Alexei
Tsar Nicholas II (1868-1918) in military attire pictured with his only son, Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904-1918). Date: circa 1912

Three evening outfits by Drecoll, Premet and Paul Poiret, for the arrival of the Flying Cloud at Cannes, France. On the left, a black dress with lace

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (2/4) Burmese courtship - a young man wearing a headscarf holding a large cigar chats up a coy young Burmese girl, leaning against a palm tree

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (3 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (3/4) A Burmese man and his girl, with whom he converses over a low stone wall, whilst holding onto her hand

Princes Oscar, Joachim and Viktor of Prussia
Princes Oskar (1888-1958) and Joachim (1890-1920) of Prussia with their sister, Princess Viktoria Luise (1892-1980), dressed in Highland attire

Comic postcard, Scotsman with whisky barrel bagpipes. Date: circa 1900s

Gordon Highlanders dipping the colours to royalty on Constitution Hill. Date: circa 1908

Harlequin Clown

(The Morning After of a Faun) Le Lendemain d un Faune (or, What an Afternoon ) - The Great success of the new ballet L Apres-Midi d un Faune in which the faun, failing to abduct the nymph herself

Glasgow, Scotland - Four inset scenes of the city: The University Building, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, the King George V Bridge and George Square. Date: 1937

The Pseudonym and Antonym Libraries, 1895. Artist: Beardsley, Aubrey (1872?1898)
The Pseudonym and Antonym Libraries, 1895. From a private collection

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Advert for French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New York
Advert for the French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New York, 1926. Based in 9 Rue de la Paix, Paris and with branches in San Francisco and Palm Beach

The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - George V - 1911
The Coronation Durbar, Delhi - 12th December 1911. The King Emperor (George V) and Queen Empress (Mary) presenting themselves to their people Date: 1911

Serb in Bosnia Herzegovina
Serb man in Bosnia Herzegovina in traditional ceremonial costume

Myanmar, Burma, Rakhine State, Sittwe. Three novice monks look out of their dormitory window at the Pathain Monastery. Most early learning takes place in monastery schools

A Scottish Highland Piper. Date: circa 1940s

De l utilite de la crinoline pour frauder l octroi (On the usefulness of the crinoline to smugglers), 1857. Private Collection

Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg, 1892. Artist: Corcos, Vittorio Matteo (1859-1933)
Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg, 1892. From a private collection

Children in 1864
Latest Paris fashions for Victorian children, girls from two to eight years of age wearing three quarter length frocks and the older boy wearing knickerbockers. 1864

Players Navy Cut Snap Game - The Sailor - holding a large pack of Players Navy Cut Cigarettes " Medium" Date: 1930

Original Fashion Illustration by Dora Sprinzel Date: late 1930s

Bare-chested cowboy leaning on a cow gate

Young man with laptop sitting on steps

Bass Drummer of the Northumberland Fusiliers in his traditional ceremonial costume, featuring the whole skin of a leopard Date: circa 1910s

Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c. ). Roman
Amphitheatre scene. Gladiators (4th c.). Roman art. Late Empire. Mosaic. SPAIN. Madrid. National Museum of Archaeology

Europe, Scotland, Gretna Green. Tartan Shop. THIS IMAGE RESTRICTED - Not available to U.S. land tour travel operators. Property released for travel, tourism, or educational use

Wig Shop - Middle Temple, London
E Albins Wigmaker and Hair Cutters Shop, selling wigs to the members of the Legal Profession, based in the vicinity of the Middle Temple, London. Date: 1857

Welsh Women in Traditional Costume by Cross at St Davids
Welsh Women in Traditional Costume by The Old Cross at St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales Date: circa 1910s

The Pipe Major - Black Watch Date: 1905

Three daytime outfits by Drecoll, Poiret and Jenny
Three women in the latest day wear. On the left, a black scoop neck dress with large red rose to the side, by Drecoll. In the middle, a white, red and black print dress and black coat

Afternoon dresses by Poiret and Drecoll
Two fashionable women in afternoon dresses. On the left, black decorated with metal and gold lace, by Poiret. On the right, three-piece dress in crepe de chine, red and black

Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (1 / 4)
Burma (Myanmar) - Traditional Costume (1/4) The legendary Po Sein (1877-1952), Father of the Burmese Theatre - actor and innovative entertainer

The National Dance of Croatia
The Kolo or Vrlika - the National Dance of Croatia, being performed by two peasants in full traditional costume. Date: 1938

Amelia Bloomer, Originator of the New Dress - the first sight the British public received of the scandalous new attire for women

Two Dancers By a Pond at Night

Maeda Toshiie - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu
Maeda Toshiie (1538-1599) - Feudal Chieftain of Kaga, Noto and Etchu Date: circa 1590s

A kiss for the reflection, 1910s. Private Collection

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"From Scottish Bagpipers to Argentine Tango: A Journey through Time and Attire" Step into the world as we explore various historical moments and cultural traditions. First, we encounter a Scottish Piper proudly donning the McInnes Tartan, representing his heritage with every note he plays. Moving on, we find ourselves amidst Napoleon's army in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. The soldiers' uniforms speak volumes about their allegiance and determination. Traveling further back in time, we immerse ourselves in the passionate embrace of Tango dancers from 1912 Argentina. This dance form originated there and has since captivated hearts worldwide with its fiery moves. Next, let us admire the impeccable uniforms of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, showcasing their bravery and honor as they protect Scotland's rich history. Stepping into artistry, scenes from Mestizaje paintings circa 1750 depict a fusion of cultures that shaped Latin America's identity. These vibrant images portray individuals adorned in diverse attires reflecting their mixed heritage. Transporting ourselves to a snooker game from the 1930s takes us to an era where gentlemen showcased both skill and style while enjoying this popular sport. Marcel Vertes' watercolor painting captures the essence of Tango beautifully - two figures entwined in an elegant dance that transcends time and borders. Venturing eastward to Japan, Geishas elegantly embody tradition while reminding us not to overlook life's evils - see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil - all portrayed through their exquisite attire. Capture The Moment by Sorolla y Bastida brings forth a scene frozen in time; it showcases how clothing can tell stories beyond words—a testament to our shared human experiences across generations. A Persian Manuscript court illustration from 1650 reveals intricate garments worn during Safavid dynasty rule—each thread woven with craftsmanship befitting royalty.