Recreation, Living History, By Topic, Costumes, Period
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- Resource and training facility for students of heritage management and historic clothing. Employment, contact information, links, and suggested costume books covering mid-16th to mid-18th century.
- Examples of the changes in the insignia through history, indexed by war. Also West Point, and selected American and foreign medals. Insignia images, origin of ranks, and poems.
- Photographs of reproduction costumes, primarily from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Regency. Closeups of handmade lace and embroidery. [Graphic intensive]
- Collection of costume-related links and resources for living history enthusiasts. Medieval and Renaissance, Colonial and American Revolution, and Civil War or Victorian eras.
- Access over 3500 pictures that depict period costume, fabrics and fashion accessories: paintings, prints, fashion plates, and photographs of extant items.
- The Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton explores the folk tradition of concealing clothing in the fabric of buildings. Includes a database of garment finds in the United Kingdom.
- Pauline Weston Thomas and Guy Thomas place costume alongside the social history of an era, focusing on fashion from 1800. Includes undergarments, haute couture and British royal fashion.
- From the 16th to 20th centuries, but concentrating mainly on the period from 1800. Includes information on clothes for specific activities and special occasions, uniforms, hair-styles, chronologies, and analytical essays.
- An ezine of 19th and 20th century costume and needlework resources, offering articles on period dress and related social history, plus free patterns based on original ladies' books and magazines.
- Introduction to the history of western fashion, from the ancient Greeks to early 1900. Authors: Kathleen Gossman and Amber Lewis.
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