European and American Costume Resource Links
From Renaissance to Edwardian.
Costume History Research
19th Century
Costume Institute Fashion Plates - from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Old Sturbridge Villiage - Living History Museum of 18th & 19th Century American Life
The People History - timeline of major milestones in History
Vassar College Costume Collection - Student research projects on historic fashion
18th Century
Dress Up - Historic American Clothing (Includes 19th Century)
Digital Archaeological Archive of Comparative Slavery - includes garments and personal objects from excavations of slave quarters in America
16th and 17th Century
The Hidden Rules of the Puritan Fashion Police - Sumptuary laws in 17th century America
Elizabethan and Tudor
The Tudor Tailor - research, books, & supplies
England's Forgotten Muslim History
Renaissance
Undergarments
Historical Dresses Undressed - video of what's under dresses from 1750 - 1950
General History
Historical Menswear - Blog covering a range of years in menswear.
Memorial Hall Museum Online - interactive dress-up of American clothing from 1660 to 1910
The Portrait Timeline - Ancient through 1900
Shopping Links
Clothing
American Duchess - reproduction shoes
Jas Townsend & Sons - Reproduction Clothing for 1750 to 1840
Fort Brands - Old West Shop clothing and shoes
G. Gedney Godwin - 18th to early 19th Century Clothing and Supplies
Costume Armor, Inc - rent, buy, or custom built vacuform armor
Colonial Williamsburg Resource List
Delp Stockings - Purveyor of historic stockings and gloves
Oak Tree Farms - many boots in 19th Century styles
Tailor Made Millinery - custom made hats
Fabric & Notions
Textile Reproductions - fabrics, trims, and notions for historic reproductions
Wm. Booth, Draper - 18th Century Fabrics and notions.
Burnley & Trowbridge Co. - Reproduction 18th Century fabrics, notions, and supplies. They also run workshops.
Reproduction Fabrics - Cotton prints from 1775 to 1950
Najecki's American Revolutionary War Reproductions - custom orders and catalog of reenactment garments and accessories. Historically accurate reproductions.
Textile Reproductions - information about historic fabrics and fabrics to purchase
How To
How To
How to Digitize and Scale Historic Patterns
Siam Costumes Cutting Guides - a selection of historic patterns for research.
Undergarments
How to make 18th Century Stays
Patterns
Knitting Reference Library - free downloadable patterns
Patterns of Time - historic patterns from a range of eras
Truly Victorian - 1830 to 1900
Past Patterns - 1789 to 1940s
Sense & Sensibility - Georgian, Regency, & Romantic Eras
Costuming Diary - free historic patterns