Scarves Gallery

Dorothy Levitt, the Fastest Girl on Earth (w/c on paper)

2601994 Dorothy Levitt, the Fastest Girl on Earth (w/c on paper) by Ball, Frederick Hammersley (1853-1939); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commissioned for Tatler Magazine. Dorothy Levitt (5 January 1882 - 17 May 1922), first British woman to compete in a motor race, and holder of several speed records.); Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey; British, out of copyright

© Bourne Gallery, Reigate, Surrey / Bridgeman Images

Fashions for the Festival of Britain

Fashions for the Festival of Britain, showing a woman modelling a series of scarves by Jacqmar, printed with designs relating to London and the Festival. They are called London Pageant, A Thames-Side Village, and London Pubs. Date: April 1951

© Mary Evans Picture Library 2015 - https://copyrighthub.org/s0/hub1/creation/maryevans/MaryEvansPictureID/10507976

1950s, 1951, 50s, April, Britain, Costume, Design, Designs, Fashion, Fashions, Festival, Fifties, Jacqmar, Model, Modelling, Pageant, Printed, Pubs, Scarf, Scarves, Series, Side, Thames, Village, Woman

Chicago Chic, fashion statements from 1929

Chicago Chic, fashion statements from 1929. Four girls from the Chicago Company of Follow Thru (top) with Dorothy Daw, Nayan Pearce, Lilian Bind and Olive Olsen. All wearing luxurious fox fur scarves from A.W. Miller, Chicago. Dorothy Daw (centre left). Rosita Moreno (centre right) from the Chicago company Pleasure Bound. Nayan Pearce (bottom left) in Follow Thru. Lilian Bond (bottom right) in a beige lace dance frock. Date: 1929

© Mary Evans / Jazz Age Club Collection