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Misc. Sites for Further Research:
GENERAL:
* Victorian Historian
(fashion history & sales of antique clothing)
NEW!
* Victoriana Lady (living
history actress and lecturer)
* Dressmaking Research
* Common Myths about Historic Clothing
* Vintage Patterns for Loan
* Victorian Household Manual Online
* Mourning Matters
* Women's Clothes
18th-20th Centuries
* Registered Trademarks
* Patent Numbers
* Testing Plastic Jewelry
* Harper's Weekly Online
* Ballroom Dancing Instruction Manuals:
1490--1920
* Sexuality & Women's Dress
* What
Foreigners Have Said About American Women's Fashions
* Women & Bicycles
* Caricatures and Fashion Plates
* Kashmir Shawls & Related
* 1000 Yrs. of Chinese Textiles
* Costumer's Manifesto (Enormous Number of
Links Here!)
* Clothing Label Archive
*Inaugural Fashion
* History of Clothing from an
Inventor's Perspective
* Fashion: 1840 to 1940
* LaBarre Books (encyclopedias illustrated
with period drawings)
*
Historic Clothing Bulletin Board
* A History of Tailoring
18TH CENTURY:
* 1700s Fashion
* Comparing 18th and 19th century Corsets
* A Tour of 18th Century Fashion
* 18th Century Fashion
* Women's
* 18th Century Garb
* 18th Century Style
* Reconstructing Colonial Garb
* Fashions of the French Revolution
REGENCY:
* Regency style Patterns, Sewing Tips, &
more
* Regency Fashion Page
*
Regency Mourning
* Regency Garderobe
VICTORIAN ERA:
* Children's Fashions
* 19th c. Knitting Patterns
*
Victorian Seamstresses
* Ladies'
Magazine
*
19th Century British & Indian Army
Uniforms
*
Victorian Sports, Fashion, & Etiquette
*
Reprinted Articles from Victorian & earlier magazines & more
*
Godey's Lady's Book
online
*
Civil War Costumes, Cooking, & more
* 19th Century Fashion Plates & Photos
20TH CENTURY:
* History of Levi's
* Coco Chanel Website
* Fashion Flashbacks
* Chanel Bio
*
20th century ads
*1920s Pattern Illustrations
* Boys' Clothing (19th & 20th)
CORSETS & UNDERGARMENTS:
* Corset Connection Blog
* Corset Information (How
to lace & history)
* Fighting The Corsetless Evil
* Text on the Corset
* Comparing 18th & 19th Century Corsets
* Corset Exhibit
* Brassiere History
* A Tight History of the Corset
* What Did They Wear To Bed?
* Bra History
* Antique Corset Gallery
ACCESSORIES:
* Victorian & 20th Century Hairdos
* History of Opera Gloves
* A Century of Shoes
* Fan Museum
* 19th Century Hats
* Then & Now, Handbags 1940s
* History of Handbags
Museums:
MUSEUMS:
* LACMA Costumes
*Museum of Black Fashion
* Vincent Collection
* Shoe Museum (England)
* Couture Collection
*
Collection of Historic Theatrical Costumes
*
Rose Grainger Collection
* CMC Collection (Canada)
*
Historie de la Mode (France)
*
Connecticut Historical Society
Collection
*
Peasant Clothing Collection
*
Worth at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
* Museum of Costume, Bath (England)
* Kent State Collection
* Museum of the City of New York, Worth
Collection
* Fans at Museum of the City of New
York
* Shoes at Museum of the City of New York
* Costume Institute at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York City
* Hermitage Museum Costumes
* Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Sources for Collectors:
*
Software for Organizing Your Collection
* Costume Keeper/Cherish, source for archival storage
supplies and mannequin hangers
* Richard The Thread costume supplies
* Display Mannequins
* Goldsmith Display
* Baltimore Display
*AlterYears (wonderful supplier of
historic patterns and costuming supplies)
* Review of Historical Patterns
* Vintage Pattern Lending Library
* Custom Period Pattern Maker
* Past Patterns
* Order archival-quality & acid-free storage supplies
* The Costume Society of America
Encyclopedias, Timelines, Fabrics,
Etc.:
* Lace Identification
* Fabric Dictionary
* Another Fabric Dictionary
* The History of Nylon
* Tartans: Myths & Legends
* Tartan Identification
* Identifying Fabrics
* Fabric Identification
* Fabric Weaves
* About Man-Made Fabrics
* History of Denim
* Bissionnette's Dictionary of Costume
* Care of Historic Textiles, Kent State
University
* How To Mount Costumes, Kent State
University
* Framing Textiles
* Storing Antique Textiles, Smithsonian
* The Importance of Reproductions
Antique & Vintage Fashions for Sale
(Also great for research!):
* Buffalo Gal Vintage
*
American Vintage
*
Penelopepup's Vintage
* Another Time Vintage Apparel
* Unique Vintage
* J'antiques (antique and vintage jewelry)
*American Vintage Classics
* The Rusty Zipper
* Vintage Textiles
* The Frock
* Artizana
* Meg Andrews
* Heritage Studio
* Corsets & Crinlones--Fashions for Sale,
Research materials, and more
* Karen Augusta--18th--20th centuries
* Stitches In Time--1850--1970
* Victori--18th century--1945
*
Antique Dress
Bridal & Misc. Links:
*
Are You Sure
That Pattern Will Work?
* How Provenance Affects Values
(general antiques article)
* Victorian Bridal Museum
* Historic Paper Dolls
* Send Free Victorian e-Cards
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