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"Dresses: A Timeless Tale of Elegance and Expression" Step back in time to the Harvey Nichols advertisement of 1953

Background imageDresses Collection: 'Susan Elizabeth' wrecked on the beach during a gale, 1907 (glass negative)

'Susan Elizabeth' wrecked on the beach during a gale, 1907 (glass negative)
7341206 'Susan Elizabeth' wrecked on the beach during a gale, 1907 (glass negative) by British School, (19th century); National Maritime Museum, London

Background imageDresses Collection: Picture series Japan, Geishas or dancers in a tea house in Tokyo, Liebig picture

Picture series Japan, Geishas or dancers in a tea house in Tokyo, Liebig picture
7277963 Picture series Japan, Geishas or dancers in a tea house in Tokyo, Liebig picture; Private Collection; (add.info.: Picture series Japan, Geishas or dancers in a tea house in Tokyo)

Background imageDresses Collection: Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1842 (oil on canvas)

Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1842 (oil on canvas)
8735819 Angelica Singleton Van Buren, 1842 (oil on canvas) by Inman, Henry (1801-46); 107.32 x 85.42 cm; White House, Washington D.C

Peasant Mother and Child, c.1895 (etching & aquatint)
5859901 Peasant Mother and Child, c.1895 (etching & aquatint) by Cassatt, Mary Stevenson (1844-1926); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By Mary Cassatt).

Background imageDresses Collection: Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter, c. 1800 (oil on canvas)

Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter, c. 1800 (oil on canvas)
XOS5883934 Woman Sleeping in a Landscape with a Letter, c. 1800 (oil on canvas) by Gaillot, Bernard (1780-1847); 36x44 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH

Female bather with costume made of piece of tartan fabric (colour litho)
8621701 Female bather with costume made of piece of tartan fabric (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637102 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Figure wearing himation so as to show the two thicknesses of the cloth (diplois)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637172 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dancing females, showing various arrangements of the chiton, diploidion, and himation)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637166 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Greek ladies, early style of dress)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637075 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Priestess with chiton and veil (kredemnon)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637156 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mourning females)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637155 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Large himations)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637154 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Various modes of wearing the himation)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637147 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dress of the third period of Greek art history)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637146 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Upper group shows Aphrodite, Hera, and Demeter)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637144 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Female dress of the time of Phidias)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637143 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: The upper line represents Demeter, Hecate, Triptolemus, and others)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637136 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here (Juno) wearing transparent chiton and two-ply himation or diplax

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637127 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Statue of Athene; wears as under-garment the chiton, next the peplos)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637120 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis with skirts let down to the ground; she also wears a veil (parapatasma, skepasma)

Background imageDresses Collection: Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)

Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho)
8637118 Ancient Greek Female Costume (litho) by Smith, John Moyr (1839-1912); Private Collection; (add.info.: Artemis (Diana) wearing chiton double-girded, and kilted above the knee

Fancy dress outfits: Marguerite De Valois (colour litho)
8636871 Fancy dress outfits: Marguerite De Valois (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Marguerite De Valois)

Background imageDresses Collection: Fancy dress outfits: Normandy (colour litho)

Fancy dress outfits: Normandy (colour litho)
8636863 Fancy dress outfits: Normandy (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Normandy)

Fancy dress outfits: The Hornet (colour litho)
8636859 Fancy dress outfits: The Hornet (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hornet)

Fancy dress outfits: Charity Girl, Charlotte Corday, Cinderella, Colleen Bavon (litho)
8636852 Fancy dress outfits: Charity Girl, Charlotte Corday, Cinderella, Colleen Bavon (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charity Girl, Charlotte Corday)

Background imageDresses Collection: Fancy dress outfits: Patience, Pansy, Polish, Puritan (litho)

Fancy dress outfits: Patience, Pansy, Polish, Puritan (litho)
8636840 Fancy dress outfits: Patience, Pansy, Polish, Puritan (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Patience, Pansy, Polish, Puritan)

Background imageDresses Collection: L'Algerie / Algeria: La Belle Fatma, Costume de Femme Arabe riche (colour photo)

L'Algerie / Algeria: La Belle Fatma, Costume de Femme Arabe riche (colour photo)
8639811 L'Algerie / Algeria: La Belle Fatma, Costume de Femme Arabe riche (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: La Belle Fatma)

Young woman, with umbrella, exiting car, 1930s (b/w photo)
8641338 Young woman, with umbrella, exiting car, 1930s (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Young woman, with umbrella, exiting car, 1930s)

Background imageDresses Collection: A Balia, nurse, in the Villa Nationale, Naples (colour litho)

A Balia, nurse, in the Villa Nationale, Naples (colour litho)
8640763 A Balia, nurse, in the Villa Nationale, Naples (colour litho) by Fitzgerald, Augustine (c.1861-1930); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Balia, nurse, in the Villa Nationale, Naples)

Background imageDresses Collection: Illustration for The Animals' Trip to Sea (colour litho)

Illustration for The Animals' Trip to Sea (colour litho)
8634291 Illustration for The Animals' Trip to Sea (colour litho) by Thompson, George Henry (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1868, Napoleon III (colour litho)

French fashion: 1868, Napoleon III (colour litho)
8636166 French fashion: 1868, Napoleon III (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1868, Napoleon III)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho)

French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho)
8636162 French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1865, Napoleon III)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho)

French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho)
8636161 French fashion: 1865, Napoleon III (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1865, Napoleon III)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1859, Napoleon III (colour litho)

French fashion: 1859, Napoleon III (colour litho)
8636150 French fashion: 1859, Napoleon III (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1859, Napoleon III)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1850, 2e Republique (colour litho)

French fashion: 1850, 2e Republique (colour litho)
8636132 French fashion: 1850, 2e Republique (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1850, 2e Republique)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1840 a 1850, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)

French fashion: 1840 a 1850, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)
8636131 French fashion: 1840 a 1850, Louis-Philippe (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1840 a 1850, Louis-Philippe)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1843, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)

French fashion: 1843, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)
8636117 French fashion: 1843, Louis-Philippe (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1843, Louis-Philippe)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1841, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)

French fashion: 1841, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)
8636112 French fashion: 1841, Louis-Philippe (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1841, Louis-Philippe)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1838, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)

French fashion: 1838, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)
8636104 French fashion: 1838, Louis-Philippe (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1838, Louis-Philippe)

Background imageDresses Collection: French fashion: 1833, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)

French fashion: 1833, Louis-Philippe (colour litho)
8636092 French fashion: 1833, Louis-Philippe (colour litho) by Colas, Louis (1869-1929); Private Collection; (add.info.: 1833, Louis-Philippe)

Background imageDresses Collection: Here we are again! (colour litho)

Here we are again! (colour litho)
8652454 Here we are again! (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Here we are again)

Tissage de Tamis et de Cribles dans une famille de Bannalec, Serie des Industries bretonnes (colour photo)
8653051 Tissage de Tamis et de Cribles dans une famille de Bannalec, Serie des Industries bretonnes (colour photo) by French Photographer

Background imageDresses Collection: Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire (colour photo)

Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire (colour photo)
8653048 Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bretagne, La Signature de Monsieur le Maire)

En Bretagne, Jeunes Filles de Briec en grands Costumes de Fete Environs de Quimper (colour photo)
8653045 En Bretagne, Jeunes Filles de Briec en grands Costumes de Fete Environs de Quimper (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Bretagne)

Plougastel-Daoulas, La Cueillette des Fraises (colour photo)
8653053 Plougastel-Daoulas, La Cueillette des Fraises (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plougastel-Daoulas, La Cueillette des Fraises)

Background imageDresses Collection: Le vieux Brodeur de Pont-L'Abbe (colour photo)

Le vieux Brodeur de Pont-L'Abbe (colour photo)
8653044 Le vieux Brodeur de Pont-L'Abbe (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le vieux Brodeur de Pont-L'Abbe)

Elegantes du Pays de Pont-l'Abbe (colour photo)
8653041 Elegantes du Pays de Pont-l'Abbe (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Elegantes du Pays de Pont-l'Abbe)

Background imageDresses Collection: Fouesnant, La Reine des Pommiers et ses Demoiselles d'honneur (colour photo)

Fouesnant, La Reine des Pommiers et ses Demoiselles d'honneur (colour photo)
8653039 Fouesnant, La Reine des Pommiers et ses Demoiselles d'honneur (colour photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fouesnant)



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"Dresses: A Timeless Tale of Elegance and Expression" Step back in time to the Harvey Nichols advertisement of 1953, where they were showcased as a symbol of sophistication and style. From the Rock N Roll Dance floors to Napoleon's grandeur in the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, they have always played a significant role in capturing attention. Travel further back to 1912 when the Tango originated in Argentina, captivating hearts with its passionate moves and glamorous attire. Fashions for 1954 took center stage, reflecting an era filled with grace and poise. In "Flower in her Hair" by David Wright or Gordon Conway's "A Fashion Phantasy, " dresses become more than just garments; they transform into works of art that inspire imagination. Picture a couple stealing a kiss outside a Carnaby Street boutique or immerse yourself in Marcel Vertes' watercolor depiction of the Tango - both instances showcasing how they are evoke emotions and create lasting memories. Even historical events like the marriage between Greville Worthington and Diana Duncombe are remembered not only for their significance but also for the exquisite gowns worn on those special occasions. From pin-ups like David Wright's "Pin up in Pink" to Persian Manuscripts from 1650 displaying courtly fashion during Safavid dynasty rule, dresses transcend time and culture, leaving an indelible mark on society's collective memory. Whether it be through advertisements, dances, paintings, or manuscripts - one thing remains constant: Dresses possess an enchanting power that allows individuals to express their unique identities while embracing timeless elegance.