Historic Fashion Gifts

"I usually think of my style as quite '90s, but this year I'm trying something a little different."

Running man

Victorian Lady

A Macaroni in 1772

Sir Joseph Porter, KCB, First Lord of the Admiralty HMS Pinafore

Blue Dress and Feather

Blue Haired Lady in Ballgown

Blue Dress

Koko pleads with the Mikado

Ruff

Lady in a pretty dress

I want to hold your hand

The Dandy

Women's Fashion

A meeting on the pier

"I predict that men's fashions will remain relatively stable throughout the next century and a half, whereas women's will evolve continuously, and with the speed and illogic of a juiced-up tribe of rampaging Darwinian monkeys."

Servant running after a couple dressed up for a fancy ball with the door-key

"No this is timeless classic menswear appreciation. Hipster beatnik is Tuesday nights."

Two Victorian men dancing

A Head-Dress in 1777

Duchess

Classical Fashion Changed Rapidly and Distincly the Very Moment That Jerky Teenagers Were Invented.

"Now I'm well, I miss my doctor."

Lady visiting the 1862 International Exhibition fands that the omnibuses ruin her crinolines

"So have you been watching Bridgerton?"

A woman in a purple gown playing the piano

Historic and Modern Bath

'No more beans this week, I think, Matilda.'

"Imagine freedom 175 years from now when we can post our beauty routines for money."

Feathers and Cape

Edwardians.

A design, showing how the pretty hoods worn by ladies might be made useful as well as ornamental.

Paris Fashions, Winter 1863-64

Tutu ruff

Lady in a blue and white dress