Historical Clothing Geek Prints

Late Bloomers.

Victorian Lady

"Oh to be young and in love and wear things cut on the bias."

Baroque Peacock

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

A Macaroni in 1772

Blue Dress and Feather

1930's Lady.

Blue Dress

Lady in a pretty dress

The Dandy

Joe had kept the same suit for thirty-five years!

I want to hold your hand

The Grecian Bend - Women's Fashion

Women's Fashion

A man wearing a ruff and a feather cap

Strong Female Lead

"Stop me before I invent plaid!"

Men talking about the boots of the period

"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."

Georgian head-dress

"This is one of those subway stations they've restored to their original state."

John Bull dressed in the French fashionable clothing of 1799

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

Duchess

A Head-Dress in 1777

"I advise you to take it, Madam, before Washington puts its foot down."

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

Flying Dutchman

Lady in Blue Dress

"Of course, you'll have to be on the qui vive during the blackouts."

Feathers and Cape

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

A Macaroni in 1773

Seventies heartthrob