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Vintage Fashion

Published on May 23rd, 2015

Bonnets, parasols, boaters & full-circle skirts! While usually not the main reason for the Frith photographer taking their shot, oftentimes we simply can't take our eyes off the wonderful vintage fashions that they captured on that glass negative.

We hope you enjoy this special and oh-so fashionable selection of images from the Archive.

Cowes, Fashion 1913

Photo: Cowes, Fashion 1913.

Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888
A crinoline-clad Victorian lady delicately picks her way across the stepping stones which cross the River Rothay, near Ambleside. Ladies were never seen in walking trousers or breeches in those days!

Photo: Ambleside, Stepping Stones 1888.

Folkestone, The Quayside c.1960

Photo: Folkestone, The Quayside c.1960.

St Anne's, Summer Fun 1918

Photo: St Anne's, Summer Fun 1918.

Scarborough, Holidaymakers c.1955
Three women seem completely absorbed by the youngster's activity in the pool in the rather posed shot outside the holiday chalets.

Photo: Scarborough, Holidaymakers c.1955.

St Anne's, From The Pier 1906

Photo: St Anne's, From The Pier 1906.

Filey, Primrose Valley c.1935
Don't the girls look just the thing with their skirts spread out around them on the grass! Billy Butlin bought the land here and opened one of his holiday camps in 1945. In 1995, just beside the old Butlin camp, the modern chalets of Primrose Valley Holiday Camp were built.

Photo: Filey, Primrose Valley c.1935.

Aberystwyth, Fashion 1925

Photo: Aberystwyth, Fashion 1925.

Folkestone, The Leas 1901
In the year of Queen Victoria's passing, these fashionably-clad Edwardians take the air along the mile-long greensward of The Leas on top of the cliff, and against the backdrop of these smart Victorian villas.

Photo: Folkestone, The Leas 1901.

Cambridge, Fashion 1921

Photo: Cambridge, Fashion 1921.

Folkestone, The Leas After The Storm c.1940

Photo: Folkestone, The Leas After The Storm c.1940.

Weston-Super-Mare, Victoria Parade 1887

Photo: Weston-Super-Mare, Victoria Parade 1887.

Dartford, Fashion c.1955

Photo: Dartford, Fashion c.1955.

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