Another challenge for eagle-eyed RC'ers

[Big-Al]

Here are some more Cyclists  ,my dad and his mates about 1935. picture a bit blurry sorry.
Big Al

[maidmarianoops]

ukulele player

Sylvia

[Salvia]

The lady's shorts are very narrow round the hem.  Given that there was no stretchy material then, I think they would have been rather uncomfortable to cycle in!  The material does look like corduroy.

Salvia

[Big-Al]

The Cycling  shoes my dad and his mates are wearing look very similar to the ones the man and woman are wearing in the original picture posted.

Big Al

[Ruskie]

The lady's shorts are very narrow round the hem.  Given that there was no stretchy material then, I think they would have been rather uncomfortable to cycle in!  The material does look like corduroy.
Salvia

I thought that as well.

I still feel that Alice might be wearing chap's clothes (maybe she was a feminist  ) and I'm sure there would have been an alternative female cycling outfit.

I think the reason they are tight around her legs is that they are men's shorts and Alice has a ladylike shape around the bottom and legs, so the shorts are tight on her.

[ScouseBoy]

Well, it may not be a uniform.  What I can't understand about this picture is that I can't find any trace of a clothing style like that from the 1930's, and if these were 'one-off' garments that they'd had made, I think it would have stirred up a little more attention ?   Nobody seems to be all that concerned.

I feel that the photo is later than the 1930s.    What year did long zips get introduced into domestic clothing?

[nickgc]

I have to agree with others that this is an early 50s (late 40s absolute earliest) photo.  Are there any other options for who these people might be?  I would say that it could not be a man born late 1890s and woman born 1905.

Nick

[Ruskie]

I have to agree with others that this is an early 50s (late 40s absolute earliest) photo.  Are there any other options for who these people might be?  I would say that it could not be a man born late 1890s and woman born 1905.

Nick

But if Nick is correct and this is Alice, which it must be as he has posted another photo of her, it cannot have been taken in the 50's. Unless Alice has a similar looking sister or cousin ... 

It is difficult to judge the era with men's clothes and the guy in the mid ground could have been snapped yesterday looking at what he's wearing - it's fairly timeless. I really can't see the women in the background clearly enough to make a judgement on their clothes.

[Ruskie]

Apparently the zipper has been around in various forms since 1851 but was promoted in a sales campaign for children's clothing in the 1930's.