Male dress Kenilworth castle Christopher Coumbus with Hernando Cortes

Christopher Coumbus with Hernando Cortes receiving a native American girl as a gift

Morecambe and Wise

View of the entrance to the Thames Tunnel

Peter Collins at the wheel of an Aston Martin

Male dress Kenilworth castle Christopher Coumbus with Hernando CortesMale dress, late 14th century, (1910). The figure on the right is wearing a court pie, a sort of short cloak split up the sides, with a high houppelande collar and richly dagged. The large chaperon, a hat made by winding the long 'liripipe' round the cap, extends down the back. Illustration from British Costume during 19 Centuries by Mrs Charles H Ashdown, (London, 1910).