Fashion

From Jerripedia

Fashion in Jersey
over the decades

At the beach bungalow in Victorian times

As far as we know, all these pictures were taken in Jersey. They show the changes in ladies', mens' and children's fashion over the decades and are some of the best examples from our collection

See all the pictures in our slideshow and hundreds more in our review of Jersey fashions from the 1850s to 1930s - just click here

Fashion in the 1960s

Pictures from a 1935 holiday album, what the well-to-do were wearing on holiday in the 'thirties

Ladies of the Jersey Green Room Club in 1950s dresses in 1976

A fashion show by girls of Les Quennevais School in the 1960s

Beach fashions in 1922 ...

... and in 1923 ...

... and in 1933 ...

... and in 1938 ...

... and in 1950 ...

... and in 1955 ...

On St Brelade's Bay beach

... and what smartly dressed holidaymakers were wearing for outings in 1959

'Paris fashions', 1952

This set of photographs was sent to us labelled 'Paris fashion shoot in Jersey in 1952'. The photographs are not of sufficient quality, either the images themselves or the poses, for them to have been the work of a professional photographer, but they were definitely taken in Jersey and provide a fascinating glimpse of the fashions of the time.

The model in a holiday snap taken at Snow Hill; perhaps her companion took the pictures above

Fashions gallery

Dressed for the beach in 1906?

And another two ladies on the beach in this undated photograph from around the turn of the 20th century

On the beach in 1929
1929 beachwear
1937
An outing to St Malo in the 1920s
1925
Market women in 1856
A 'peasant woman' from an 1856 guidebook - would a 21st century guidebook dare describe a farm worker as a 'peasant'?
A group of Jersey ladies wearing French costumes in 1937
An 1862 bride
A Jersey couple in 1864
Pre-war fashion at West Park - picture taken in 1937
Bikinis in St Aubin's Bay in 1976 - Picture Jersey Evening Post
Traditional Jersey costumes
The traditional Jersey headdress
1875 fashion
Bridesmaids in the 1880s
1880s
Mrs Burne, photographed by Ernest Baudoux in the 1870s
1880s
1880s
Paddling at Greve de Lecq in 1920
A night out in 1955 - picture by Leica Shots, a successful business in this era
On the beach in 1958
1955 beachwear

On the beach at St Brelade's Bay in the late 1940s

1880s
1880s
Cricketers in 1890
A 19th century christening robe - these were handed down from generation to generation
Three photographs by Stroud of Victorian girls in their first communion dress
Miss D Godfray in Victorian dress
Miss A Beazley in Victorian dress
Dressed for the beach in Victorian times
At the seaside c 1870
At the seaside c 1870

Jersey bonnets in 1917

At the seaside c 1870
A fashionable boy in 1900
Sunday best for a tandem ride
A lady cyclist photographed by Albert Smith
Jersey bonnet
A picture by Edwin Dale of a woman on a swing
Lady cyclists on a country outing
Edwardian ladies in their best dresses
Le Cras sisters, 1895
What well-dressed young footballers were wearing in 1908 - George Bartlett and friends
1905
Corbiere, 1910
A Salvation Army couple in 1910
Few ladies drove in Edwardian times but many posed at the wheel for a photographer

A family group in the 1910s

All the ladies wore hats at this St Martin wedding in 1910
A picture by Edwin Dale showing what the well-dressed young Jerseywoman was wearing in 1912
Edwardian lady cyclists
Young passengers on a ferry in 1917:Note that all were wearing hats
On the rocks behind Mont Orgueil Castle, probably 1920s
Well-dressed ladies in the crowd at a 1920s race meeting
1920s swimwear
A 1920s family
On the beach in the 1920s
On the beach in the 1920s
Young holidaymakers meet a policeman in 1930
Swimwear in the 1930s - these three ladies were champion divers
Mini skirts were not an invention of the '60s. This picture was taken 30 years earlier ...
... but not every woman was wearing short skirts in 1935
A fashionable young lady in the 1930s
1930s fashion at Mont Orgueil Castle
1936 summer wear
1938 holidaymaker
Mother and daughter on holiday in 1938
A 'Happy Snaps' photograph of a group of well-dressed people in Howard Davis Park shortly after it opened in 1939

1912 glamour picture by Edwin Dale

1920s
A wedding couple in the 1920s
1967 beach fashion
1962 at the Weighbridge
A 1967 magazine fashion photograph
A 1970s model
Transair hostesses in the 1950s ...
... and British Caledonian girls in the 1970s
A Jersey Surf Board Club fashion shoot in 1974
A family group in the 1950s
Lily Smith posing for a formal portrait in 1895
At Havre des Pas Pool in 1936
1860s family portrait
Revlon Girls in 1974
All dressed up for a family portrait in 1910
1912
On the beach at St Brelade's Bay
1923
1930s at Gorey
A delightful photograph of 19th century children by Hamilton Toovey
1926
1950s holidaymakers' fashion
An egg-and-spoon race on the beach in the 1950s
A well-dressed young boy at Snow Hill in 1949
1930s dresses

The well-dressed crowd at a Coronation fete in 1911

Mrs Spofforth photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Cave photographed by Ernest Baudoux
A risque 1870s portrait byErnest Baudoux
Cornwell children photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Beel photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Miller photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Major George Simmons photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Cardwell photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Cane photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mr Cane photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Woodward photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Brown photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Masster Baker photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Misses Johnson photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Cardwell boys photographed by Ernest Baudoux

1946 beauty competition

Miss Seymour photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Herabeth photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Archer photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Fraser photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Woods photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Pigott photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Paquet and her children photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Jerome photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mr Pearce photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Pearce photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Logan photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Sgt J F Baker photographed by Ernest Baudoux
An unnamed bride photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Williams photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Brown photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Harrison photographed by Ernest Baudoux
James du Jardin photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mrs Nixon photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Scott photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Mr and Mrs Lamb photographed by Ernest Baudoux
General Bristow photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Miss Munn photographed by Ernest Baudoux
Holidaymakers in 1965
A family on the beach by de Faye

The only information we have about this fascinating picture is that the young ladies were Miss Makenny, Miss Amy, Mrs A Blatchford, M Hanley, Miss M le Feuvre, Miss J Boielle and Miss G Aldridge