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The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Fashion

Subject

Rowe Street

Vogue Living

Miss Australia Quest

Avon

Cohen Brothers & Co

Innoxa

J and E Leathem

Jantzen (Australia) Ltd

Lees and Cotton

Webb and Co

Beattie, Minnie

Bynon, Augusta Jane

Canavan, Mrs

Cotton, Ann

Cox, Annie

Dickie, Eliza

Doak, Margaret

Donohue, Mary

Ellis, Andy

Farmer, Caroline

Hammermann, Bernd

Inglis, Dorothy

Jents, Beril

Kerr, Rebecca

Lamotte, Henriette

Laroche, Jane

Lees, Jane

McCathie, Harriette

Moncrieffe, Mona

Robson, William

Spence, Esther

Stedman, Shane

Stone, Mary Ann

Tabberer, Maggie

Theeman, Frank

Zampatti, Carla

de Lolle, Madame

'11 o'clock - the ladies' own hour' from 'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879

'4 o'clock - Doing the block' from 'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879

1st Juvenile (in the extreme of female fashion) to avoid being put on the Vernon , 1867

A Gentle Hint - Labourer: 'Hi, Miss, I want that stone when you've done with it, please' 1868

Artists' Ball, Sydney Town Hall, 1926. L-R: TH Kelly, Mrs L Lyons, L Lyons, Miss Sheldon, Miss Wanda Radford

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm business card c1916

Beach crowd whistled at models' French Costumes: Beryl Lawes and Pat Craig step out at Coogee in the new abbreviated French costumes September 1945

Bodgie Styles for Spring 1951

Bodgies, widgies have might night - but def! February 1951

Brief swim-suits banned at Coogee: Inspectors will order girls to leave beach September 1945

Convicts in New Holland 1793

Costume of the Australasians c1817

Cover of Marcus Clarks' spring & summer catalogue 1926/27

Dawn O'Donnell, her partner Aniek Baten and French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier judge the Mardi Gras Parade, 2000

English in New Holland 1793

Farewelling boat going overseas c1938

Five women in Hyde Park c1939

Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

Golf fashion, Royal Sydney Golf Club 1938

Henriette Lamotte hat salon, 27 Rowe Street c1950

If you're a square you'll have to get hep to bodgey language, March 1951

Key-chain as long as a rodeo lasso will be essential for up-to-the-minute bodgies this spring, July 1951

Moments in life of a model: Shirley Beiger 1954

Peapes - for men and their sons, cover of menswear catalogue c1929

Prepared to receive Mosquit-ery (A Hint to the Highland Brigade during the summer campaign) 1868

R. Jones, Tailor & Draper, Reiby's Buildings, George Street c1832

Reading a newspaper on Clark Island 1870

Robinson's Saloon for Hair Cutting and Dressing, George Street c1832

Spring fashions, Metropolitan Handicap, Randwick Racecourse 4 October 1937

Sydney Cup, Randwick Racecourse 1937

Sydney Cup, Randwick Racecourse March 1937

The Bodgie-Widgie Cult: Its bad influence is spreading 1951

Two women in Australian fashion outside Minerva French Perfumery, Kings Cross July 1941

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Fashion

Rowe Street

A narrow laneway, running between Pitt and Castlereagh streets, Rowe Street was small-scale, personable, cosmopolitan, and fun.

Vogue Living

Lifestyle magazine first published in Sydney by Conde Nast between 1967 and 1969 as 'Vogue's Guide to Living'.

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Miss Australia Quest

Competition for girls which ran from 1954 until 2000. Competitors raised money for sufferers of cerebral palsy.

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Avon

American cosmetics company which began operations in Australia in 1963.

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Cohen Brothers & Co

Manufacturer and retailer of men's clothing.

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Innoxa

Multinational cosmetic business founded by French dermatologist Francois Debat in 1920 which expanded to Australia in 1933.

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J and E Leathem

Ladies clothing and millinery shop which operated at 3 Hunter Street in the 1850s.

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Jantzen (Australia) Ltd

Australian subsidiary of US company Jantzen which commenced manufacturing swimsuits in Sydney in 1928

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Lees and Cotton

Bonnet-making business in Pitt Street owned by two sisters.

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Webb and Co

Millinery business run by Mary Webb in Pitt Street.

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Beattie, Minnie

Milliner who worked in her mother's business in Pitt Street.

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Bynon, Augusta Jane

Milliner and dressmaker.

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Canavan, Mrs

Widow who supported her four children with her dressmaking and millinery business in Park Street.

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Cotton, Ann

Bonnet-maker who re-established her business with her sister when she emigrated from Staffordshire.

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Cox, Annie

Dressmaker whose insolvency ended in the debtor's prison.

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Dickie, Eliza

Dressmaker.

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Doak, Margaret

Milliner and dressmaker who bought her skills from Ireland to establish her own business in Sydney with her sister.

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Donohue, Mary

Milliner and dressmaker who also cleaned and dyed feathers.

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Ellis, Andy

Tailor who established his business on Oxford Street in Paddington before moving to Pitt Street in Sydney's Central Business District in 1954.

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Farmer, Caroline

Milliner who established her own business in Pitt Street in 1839.

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Hammermann, Bernd

Furrier and patron of the arts who helped found the All Nations Club.

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Inglis, Dorothy

Dress shop proprietor in Rowe Street who provided the latest Paris fashions to Sydney society.

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Jents, Beril

Fashion designer recognised as 'Australia's first queen of haute couture'. She specialised in evening and bridal wear and first learnt dressmaking by assisting her mother as a young girl, designing and sewing her first gown at age nine. By age 12, she entered the workforce and at 16, she opened a studio in Waverley and then in King's Cross in 1944. She dressed Sydney's socialites and even some of the Cross' most famous figures including Nellie Cameron. She also had international clients including actresses Elizabeth Taylor, Janet Gaynor and Vivien Leigh.

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Kerr, Rebecca

Milliner and dressmaker.

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Lamotte, Henriette

Milliner in Rowe Street Sydney.

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Laroche, Jane

Milliner and dressmaker.

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Lees, Jane

Bonnet-maker who re-established her bonnet-making business with her sister when they emigrated from Staffordshire.

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McCathie, Harriette

Milliner of King Street.

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Moncrieffe, Mona

Dressmaker employed by Bebarfald's to promote dressmaking and colour co-ordination.

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Robson, William

Proprietor of a millinery business in Pitt Street.

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Spence, Esther

Dressmaker from Lancashire who settled in Sydney from 1842.

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Stedman, Shane

Surfer who used his knowledge to develop and design surfboards and the sheepskin boot which became a surf fashion accessory in the 1970s. He registered the name 'Ugh Boots' in 1971.

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Stone, Mary Ann

Dressmaker, milliner and temperance advocate.

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Tabberer, Maggie

Fashion designer and commentator who began her career as a model.

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Theeman, Frank

Lingerie designer who sold his Osti design business and moved into property development. Concern over his plans for Victoria Street Kings Cross helped lead to Green Bans in 1972.

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Zampatti, Carla

Italian born fashion designer and business woman.

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de Lolle, Madame

Milliner and corset maker who took the name of her former common law spouse.

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'11 o'clock - the ladies' own hour' from 'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[TN115 (detail)]

(Illustrated Sydney News, 6 September 1879, p12)

'4 o'clock - Doing the block' from 'The Hours of the Day in Sydney' September 1879

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[TN115 (detail)]

(Illustrated Sydney News, 6 September 1879, p12)

1st Juvenile (in the extreme of female fashion) to avoid being put on the Vernon , 1867

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Punch, June 15, 1867 p 30)

A Gentle Hint - Labourer: 'Hi, Miss, I want that stone when you've done with it, please' 1868

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Punch, March 7, 1868, p 114)

Artists' Ball, Sydney Town Hall, 1926. L-R: TH Kelly, Mrs L Lyons, L Lyons, Miss Sheldon, Miss Wanda Radford

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By

Harold Cazneaux

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Mitchell Library)

Barracluff's Ostrich Farm business card c1916

full record »

Contributed By

Private collection

Beach crowd whistled at models' French Costumes: Beryl Lawes and Pat Craig step out at Coogee in the new abbreviated French costumes ...

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sunday Sun, 23 September 1945 (detail from article))

Bodgie Styles for Spring 1951

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Almost-deserted Sydney beach (except for pretty, dark-haired Joan Francis) was chosen by bodgie David Roper, 17, to air leopard-skin trunks, with tail.

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(PIX, 14 July 1951, p30 (detail))

Bodgies, widgies have might night - but def! February 1951

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Groovy widgies were carried away by Bob Gibson's hot music. They gave little yelps, waved their arms.

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(PIX, 10 March 1951, p21)

Brief swim-suits banned at Coogee: Inspectors will order girls to leave beach September 1945

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sunday Sun, 23 September 1945)

Convicts in New Holland 1793

full record »

By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a756005 / DGD 2, 5]

(Dixson Galleries)

Costume of the Australasians c1817

full record »

By

Edward Charles Close

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a2821039 / PXA 1187]

(Mitchell Library)

Cover of Marcus Clarks' spring & summer catalogue 1926/27

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[ML Q381.14102/1 ]

(Mitchell Library)

Dawn O'Donnell, her partner Aniek Baten and French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier judge the Mardi Gras Parade, 2000

full record »

By

Contributed By

City of Sydney Archives

[061\061304]

(C.Moore Hardy Collection)

English in New Holland 1793

full record »

By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a756004 / DGD 2, 4]

(Dixson Galleries)

Farewelling boat going overseas c1938

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By

Leicagraph Company

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[bcp_03273 / At Work and Play 03273]

(Mitchell Library)

Five women in Hyde Park c1939

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a368031 / PXE 789 (v.38) , 112]

(Mitchell Library)

Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(The Sydney Mail, 23 October 1907, p1074)

Fun on the beaches: surf-bathing in skirts October 1907

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(The Sydney Mail, 23 October 1907, p1075)

Golf fashion, Royal Sydney Golf Club 1938

full record »

By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

Henriette Lamotte hat salon, 27 Rowe Street c1950

full record »

By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1528035 / SV/128]

(Mitchell Library)

If you're a square you'll have to get hep to bodgey language, March 1951

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Bodgies and widgies have added to the headaches of the English language by inventing a whole tribe of new expressions.

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(PIX, 10 March 1951, p23)

Key-chain as long as a rodeo lasso will be essential for up-to-the-minute bodgies this spring, July 1951

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(PIX, 14 July 1951, p30 (detail))

Moments in life of a model: Shirley Beiger 1954

full record »

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[PIX, 18 September 1954, p21 via Trove]

Peapes - for men and their sons, cover of menswear catalogue c1929

full record »

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

Prepared to receive Mosquit-ery (A Hint to the Highland Brigade during the summer campaign) 1868

full record »

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(Sydney Punch, August 29, 1868, p 114)

R. Jones, Tailor & Draper, Reiby's Buildings, George Street c1832

full record »

By

John Carmichael

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(from The New South Wales calendar and general post office directory)

Reading a newspaper on Clark Island 1870

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a3449002 / ML 3 (detail)]

(Detail from 'A day's picnic on Clark Island 1870') (Mitchell Library)

Robinson's Saloon for Hair Cutting and Dressing, George Street c1832

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From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

(from The New South Wales calendar and general post office directory)

Spring fashions, Metropolitan Handicap, Randwick Racecourse 4 October 1937

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[hood_16287 / Home and Away 16287]

(Mitchell Library)

Sydney Cup, Randwick Racecourse 1937

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1719003 / ON 204 Box 27/26-42]

Sydney Cup, Randwick Racecourse March 1937

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By

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a1719004 / ON 204 Box 27/26-42]

The Bodgie-Widgie Cult: Its bad influence is spreading 1951

full record »

Contributed By

National Library of Australia

[The Mail (Adelaide), 15 December 1951, p7 (via Trove)]

Two women in Australian fashion outside Minerva French Perfumery, Kings Cross July 1941

full record »

By

Russell Roberts

From the collections of the

State Library of New South Wales

[a388004 / PXA 907 Box 20, 39]

(Mitchell Library)

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