Autumn/Winter 2011: <br>Style Advice from the Archives
A new season brings excitements but also anxieties. Never mind checking your woollies for moths, will they be stylish enough to bother wearing? Hemlines: up, down or disappearing? And just how many accessories are enough for one evening? Let Bridgeman guide you through those crucial wardrobe do’s and don’ts with some timeless style advice.
A Priest from Secoton in Virginia, from 'Admiranda Narratio..', engraved by Theodore de Bry (1528-88) 1585-88 by Jacques (de Morgues) Le Moyne (1533-88) (after) Service Historique de la Marine, Vincennes, France/ Giraudon
Remember: buy it from the high-street and you’ll meet someone else wearing it
For office wear, double-check: too revealing? Rethink, unless you’re planning on seducing the boss and want the entire female office population to hate you
Portrait of a Lady with a Large Ruff, an Armillary Sphere in the Background by English School, (16th century)
Don’t, don’t, DON’T let the outfit wear you.
The pursuit of perfection can be isolating. You may be thrilled to finally get that Fendi bag after waiting a few millennia; your friends won’t. Be prepared to go to the back of the line.
Village Doorway, 1967 by Daniel Bennett Schwartz (Contemporary Artist)
Triple denim is so fashion forward this season, thank goodness
Do you love adornment but hate washing and ironing? Body art is the ultimate solution for the laundromatically-challenged
Combat of Ramses-Miamoun against the Khetas on the Borders of the Oronte, from 'Histoire de L'Art Egyptien d'apres les Monuments' by Achille Prisse D'Avennes, Paris, 1878-79 by French School, (19th century) British Library, London, UK
All’s fair in warfare. Accessorise weaponry, chariot and horses to instil sartorial terror into the enemy
With kids, it’s simple: they just need practical, machine-washable clothes to run around in
Opium Dreamer by Catherine Abel (b.1966) (Contemporary Artist)
And finally peeps, remember: if clothes let you down, there’s always jewellery