Fashions of three centuries shown in London. Several hundred gorgeous costumes of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries formed one of the most unusual collections ever to be seen in London. The collection, through which British sartorial history can be traced, decade by decade, was made entirely by one man and is now to be sold as a New Bond Street (London) auction rooms. Photo shows, a ladies sack back dress of cream silk brocade, designed with foliage ornament, in the collection, it dates from 1760. 18 November 1937