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Story: Clothes

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Women’s clothes

  3. Men’s clothes

  4. Children’s clothes

  5. Uniforms

  6. Clothing and identity

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Women’s clothes

Women's clothes, 1900s to 1940s

Women's clothes, 1900s to 1940s

Women's clothes, 1950s to 2000s

Women's clothes, 1950s to 2000s

Fashion from London and Paris

Fashion from London and Paris

Woman wearing a crinoline dress, 1860

Woman wearing a crinoline dress, 1860

Māori women dress reformers, 1906

Māori women dress reformers, 1906

Wartime fashion, 1943

Wartime fashion, 1943

From page 2 - Men’s clothes

Men's suits, 1840s to 1970s

Men's suits, 1840s to 1970s

Late-20th-century men's clothes

Late-20th-century men's clothes

Tailoring service, Kirkcaldie & Stains, early 1900s

Tailoring service, Kirkcaldie & Stains, early 1900s

Ready-to-wear men's suits, 1948

Ready-to-wear men's suits, 1948

Labourers' clothes, 1903

Labourers' clothes, 1903

From page 3 - Children’s clothes

Children's clothes, 1900s to 2000s

Children's clothes, 1900s to 2000s

Children with bare feet, early 20th century

Children with bare feet, early 20th century

Family portrait, 1909

Family portrait, 1909

Home-made jumpers, early 1970s

Home-made jumpers, early 1970s

Children in fancy dress, 1909

Children in fancy dress, 1909

From page 4 - Uniforms

School uniforms, 1966

School uniforms, 1966

School uniforms versus personal expression

School uniforms versus personal expression

School uniforms, 2005

School uniforms, 2005

Nurses' uniforms, 1913

Nurses' uniforms, 1913 (1st of 2)

Nurses in scrubs, 2008

Nurses in scrubs, 2008 (2nd of 2)

Lemon-squeezer hat

Lemon-squeezer hat

From page 5 - Clothing and identity

Queen Elizabeth II wearing a korowai, 1954

Queen Elizabeth II wearing a korowai, 1954

Māori in traditional and European dress, 1864

Māori in traditional and European dress, 1864

New Zealand Olympic team uniform, 2012

New Zealand Olympic team uniform, 2012

First communion dress, 1930

First communion dress, 1930

How to cite this page:

Fiona McKergow, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/clothes/media (accessed 1 March 2021)

Story by Fiona McKergow, published 5 Sep 2013

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