History's Runway Star Gifts

'We're not time travelers. We're fashion-forward.'

Victorian Lady

'Awright...Who's the dirty, lowdown varmint who's copyin' my plaid-shirt-and-stone-wash-jeans-with-matching-boots-and-vest ensemble?'

"My girlfriend really went all out on this one."

"Face it, Clive - you're bald."

When Tia Carmen says... "I got it for a very good price!" it means...she stopped at a garage sale on the way home.

Comedy Ballet of Marionettes I (Oil Version in Tate Known as 'A Caprice'

Three Ladies

1930's Lady.

'That must be the 'Jolly Roger' they're always on about.'

Lady in a pretty dress

The Dandy

Gadzook used armour. Only one careful owner.

'...And this one comes with a magnifying glass so she can show it off to her friends.'

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

A man wrapped in bath towel looks in closet where a bunch of identical men hang, each in a different suit.

"Stop me before I invent plaid!"

Men talking about the boots of the period

John Bull dressed in the French fashionable clothing of 1799

Elton John

Georgian head-dress

Healthy.

The Toilet of Helen - For Beardsley's Story 'Under the Hill'

Lady in Blue Dress

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

A Head-Dress in 1777

"Would you believe I can still fit into my tux after eighteen years?"

"What do you think? Too Edward Gorey?"

Queen

A Macaroni in 1773

Real men have facial hair.

"No, it's not a religion or a cult. It's a fashion statement."

Paris Fashions, Winter 1863-64

"Nice chords Wayne!"

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