Fashionable Gallery

The Monseigneur - Londons latest chic restaurant

Evening at The Monseigneur, a fashionable London restaurant, with diners watching a cabaret performance. The Monseigneur Restaurant was one of three main hot spots for dance music in the 1930s. It shared rival prominence with the Savoy Restaurant and the Mayfair Hotel as the top showcases for the popular music of the day. Reginald (Roy) Fox and Lew Stone were the bandleaders who inhabited the Monseigneur during the depression years in the UK. The well-known restaurateur, M. Taglioni is seen standing in the right foreground

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The Girl who ordered a glass of milk at the Cafe Royal

Illustration by H. M. Bateman showing a blushing young woman regretting her decision to order a glass of milk in London's fashionable Cafe Royal because of the laughter and ridicule the request has generated, including that of her waiter. Bateman (1887-1970) was a popular artist and regularly contributed to the Sketch, the Tatler and the Bystander. His efficient, bold style depicting social faux-pas was ground breaking for its time and his work is a brilliant reflection of the period

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The Embassy Club, 1932

Full house of social celebrities; a Season's night. Scene at the Embassy Club in Bond Street, London, one of the most fashionable and exclusive nightclubs in the capital, where patrons included the Prince of Wales. Supper tables can be seen encroaching on the dancefloor which is packed with couples. Date: 1932

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