Recources for Fashion and Costume History

Jeli · #1 04.03.08, 20:28

Fashion and Costume History

A & L Tirocchi Dressmakers Project : The RISD Museum "Twelve years of research and documentation of the materials from the house at 514 Broadway culminated in an exhibition at the RISD Museum- From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and The Tirocchi Dressmakers Shop, 1915-1947". This website builds on from that exhibition. '514 Broadway' tells the story of the Tirocchis and their dressmaking business in the early 20th Century. A timeline is included. Five databases (people, correspondence, transactions, measurements, and objects) provide access to archival material. An online version of the exhibition is also available.The section on essays includes essays on fashion and social history which are freely available. The section for teachers contains curriculum materials to help teachers introduce young people to the process of constructing history from primary sources.
The TIROCCHI DRESSMAKERS PROJECT : index Á la mode, 1795 to 1920 fashion plates
This page, from the website of the Boston Public Library, is an introductory overview of the Library’s collection of fashion plates in its Rare Books Department. These fashion plates cover the period from 1795 to 1920, and are divided into six sections, linked to from this page. The first section, entitled Fashion and Classicism 1795-1815, covers a period highly influenced by Classical Greek and Roman styles. The second, Fashion Plates 1818-1846: A Tour of Women's Fashion, covers the changes in women’s fashion from the Romantic mode to more reserved styles. The third, Changes in 19th Century Male Fashion, covers a similar change for male attire over a slightly extended period, and in comparison with ladies fashions. A fourth section, Fashion Plates 1862-1896: A Tour of Women's Fashion, continues the examination of developments in fashion, and the final two sections cover Fashion Influences from Abroad, and Fashion and Modernism 1900-1920. Each section contains thumbnail images of fashion plates, with links to larger reproductions of the images.
BPL - Rare Books Department - Fashion Exhibit
Alter Years
Alter Years is a company based in California, which sells sewing patterns for speciality and historical garments, and provides millinery, specialist fabrics and corsetry supplies. The collection of patterns displayed on the website range from corsets, head wear and gloves, to Historical costumes from the medieval period to the 1950's, and Middle Eastern ethnic costume for both men and women. The website contains online shopping facilities and is searchable by keyword. Products can also be browsed by category via the menu, or by the product list tab.
AlterYears
America's closets
America's Closets is a complementary website to the publication 'The Official Costume Society of America Field Guide of Costume & Textile Collections: United States Edition', edited by Sally Queen and Vicki Berger and described as "an essential field guide to over 3,000 costume and textile collections." The website contains biographical information on the two authors, details of the publication, and an opportunity for users to register and complete an online survey, or for clothing and textile collection holders to update their collection information online.
http://www.americasclosets.com/
American Textile History Museum
The American Textile History Museum website contains information on the museum's extensive collections of artefacts connected with the history of textile production in the United States. There are sections dealing with museum information, education programs and events, textile conservation, past, current and future exhibitions. The section of the site providing a description of the museum's collections is divided into four headings; the Osborne Library of manuscripts, prints and photographs; a collection of textiles and sample books; American dress from the 18th to the 20th century; and tools, machinery and workplace artefacts.
American Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts
American Vintage Blues
American Vintage Blues is essentially an online store specialising in vintage 20th century clothing. However it also contains some free information on the history of fashion. This comprises of a series of articles and images, each dealing with a decade of the 20th century up to and including the 80s. There is also a section on the care and storage of vintage clothing. The whole site is searchable.
Welcome to American Vintage Blues | vintage denim, vintage clothing, vintage clothes, vintage dresses, vintage accessories, retro clothing, retro clothes, retro accessories
Ancient Greek fashion
This is a two part article written by Michael Lahanas about ancient Greek fashion. The article covers topics such as Minoan fashion, Hellenistic fashion, footwear, hairstyles, hats and cosmetics. The site contains images and illustrations relating to each topic. There are links throughout the article to other relevant material and references.
Greek Fashion
Antique corset gallery
The Antique Corset Gallery website covers the history of the corset from the pre-Victorian era until the 1920s. The "timeline arranges the last two and a half centuries of corsetry into logical stages. Each stage invites you to examine the shape, fabric, colour and construction of that era." One can click on images of corsets to get a larger image, along with details and a history of the individual corsets shown.
Antique Corsets - Victorian, Edwardian & 1920s
Arts in Victorian Britain, The
The Arts in Victorian Britain is the visual arts section of the 'The Victorian Web', a site which is devoted to the Victorian way of life. This site provides comprehensive information and images in the areas of design, painting, illustration, sculpture, architecture, fashion, photography and illustration. Other sections on the site include art criticism and periodical reviewing, cultural institutions, links to sites relating to individual artists, collections, galleries and museums, and a bibliography.
The Arts in Victorian Britain
Bad Fads Museum
The Bad Fads Museum covers the fashions and fads of the twentieth century "that you wished would stay forever (or never come back)". The resource is divided into four sections: fashion; collectibles; activities; and events. Each section lists a number of styles, products, activities or events, which, when clicked, supplies information and images on many subjects. There is a link to the Bad Fads shop, which sells related merchandise.
The Bad Fads Museum - The Fads You Wish Would Stay Forever... or Never Come Back
Beauty is evolving
This website, from ULTA Cosmetics, takes a look at changing beauty and hair trends from the 1920s onwards. There are pages for each subsequent decade of the 20th century apart from the 1930s. Each page contains a brief overview of the social and historical context of the era, makeup and hairstyles of the period, with tips to achieve them and photos of reproductions of the looks, and examples of style icons of the time. The website also contains a section of basic beauty tips, including the lifespan of certain beauty products, and links to ULTA’s main website and online shop. Users can also sign up for a free newsletter.
Makeup Trends, Hair Style Trends & Fashion Trends from ULTA
Bexhill Museum of Costume and Social History
This is the website for the Bexhill Museum of Costume and Social History, established in 1972 in East Sussex. The Museum's memorabilia consists of "a rare collection of lace and embroidery samples, dolls, costumes and accessories from the 18th Century, through to the 1960s". The site contains information about visiting the Museum and opening hours. There is a map of the layout of the Museum with some images which can be enlarged. Contact details are also available.
Bexhill Museum of Costume and Social History
Bissonnette on costume : a visual dictionary of fashion
The Bissonnette on Costume website is a "visual dictionary of fashion" created by Anne Bissonnette, curator at the Kent State University Museum, Ohio, USA. The site is divided into three areas, where users can browse by geographical area, historical period or subject heading. The first area covers various countries' national dress, some of which is held in the museum's collection. The second shows clothing, mainly from Europe and America in the 18th, 19th and 20th century, in the museum's collection. The third subject area covers accessories, childrenswear, lingerie, menswear, womenswear and designers. The latter heading takes in past exhibitions from designers such as Issey Miyake and Emilio Pucci.
Bissonnette on Costume: A visual Dictionary of Fashion
Black British style
Published to accompany an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) from October 7, 2004 to January 16, 2005, this website explores black British fashion and style "across all aspects of black life and culture over the past 50 years" (the 'exhibition' section). The website consists of the following areas: 'Arthur's story', which uses a collection of photographs to discuss black identity and style in Britain; 'one man's style'; 'create a tag'; and a competition. The 'exhibition' section includes an overview; details about the themes; exhibition highlights; a bibliography; and links to related websites. Teachers' notes are available in PDF format (for which an Adobe Acrobat Reader is required).
V&A
Blue Gardenia
The Blue Gardenia is an online shop selling vintage sewing patterns from the 1920's to the 1960's and vintage jewellery. The patterns are organised into a section for each decade, with thumbnail, large, and details images available for each one. There is also a section covering miscellaneous patterns, for accessories, lingerie, bridal, maternity, men's and children's clothing. The jewellery section of the site is organised by designer, and these include Coro, Hollycraft, Hattie Carnegie, Miriam Haskell, Vogue and Weisner.
Blue Gardenia Vintage Patterns and Jewelry
Books, articles, and dissertations on clothing, 1840-1865
'Books, articles, and dissertations on clothing, 1840-1865' is a bibliography compiled by Vicki Betts, a reference librarian based at The University of Texas at Tyler. The 2002 bibliography includes material relating to "the civilian clothing of men, women, and children, 1840-1865, focusing primarily on the United States, Great Britain, and Canada." The bibliography is usefully organised A-Z by type of clothing (e.g.: 'Rainwear'), type of person (e.g.: 'Prostitutes'), or nation or region. The scope is wider than simply books and articles, and the bibliography also covers "CD-ROMS, calendars, theses, and dissertations". The bibliography is not annotated.
Clothing Bibliography, 1840-1865
Celebrity fashion : how it all started
This is an article written by Diana Pemberton-Sikes for the fashion for real women website. The article discusses how motion pictures changed celebrity fashion. It then gives an outline of the major 'big players' in custome design such as Gilbert Adrian, Orry Kelly, Edith Head and Walter Plunkett.
http://www.fashionforrealwomen.com/articles/celebrityfashion.htm
Charlie's sneaker pages
Created by Charlie Perrin, this personal website provides an introduction to sneakers - athletic shoes or trainers - and their history. A detailed FAQ and glossary provides definitions for the components, styles and alternative types of sneaker, including cheerleading shoes, basketball boots, chucks, cleats, high-tops, skate shoes, spikes and football boots. Covering, among others, Converse, Adidas, Nike and Reebok, the site provides historical information about the development of sneakers since the early part of the 20th Century. Athletes with shoes named after them are also listed and there is a wide range of information ranging from sneaker technology and manufacture, to sizing, styles and fan clubs. A page of athletic shoe manufacturers, providing contact details, Web addresses and stock information is also present. The site is illustrated throughout with high-quality photographs and images.
Charlie's Sneaker Pages
Children's clothing collection
This collection is housed at the Wisconsin Historical Museum. It consists of "more than 2,000 articles of children's clothing and related objects". These include a variety of handmade and factory-made outerwear, underwear, headwear, and footwear worn by boys and girls from infancy through adolescence. Most of the clothing dates from the mid-1800s to the present. You can view the collection by decade, gender and/or type of clothing. One can view an image and a detailed description of the item.
Online Collections from The Wisconsin Historical Museum
Chinese textiles from the collections of the Field Museum
This site was created by the Anthropology Department of the Field Museum, Chicago. It covers a number of collections of Chinese Textiles dating back to the 18th century. The main collections covered are those of Carl Schuster and Berthold Laufer. After an overview of the collections, the main section of the site covers the Schuster collection, with a biography, maps of the geographical areas the collection covers, an image gallery, and a collection of references. The section covering other collections held by the museum contains an image gallery categorised by household items, clothing, accessories, theatrical costumes and religious items.
The Field Museum
Christian Dior Couture
This is the official site of Christian Dior Couture for women. The English site is entirely in Macromedia Flash player. It covers the fashion house's ready to wear clothing and jewelry collections, video and images of the latest haute couture collection, an online boutique allowing online purchasing of products, a 'heritage' section with a chronology, biographies of Christian Dior and John Galliano and a gallery of images of designs from 1947 to the present day.
DIOR official website â€“ WOMEN
Clothing of the twelfth and thirteen centuries
This website was compiled by Galiana De Baiona and contains information and images from her research on clothing of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. There are sections on: definitions, materials, visual and textual evidence, extant pieces (which is a gallery of actual clothes from the period), how to (that is, how garments were made), movies (medieval clothes in film), bibliography and links.
Twelfth and Thirteenth Century Clothing - Materials
Coco Chanel : innovator and icon
This article was written by Aime Joseph. It covers Coco Chanel's biography and concentrates on Chanel's contribution to fashion. It gives an account of Chanel's life and has section on the Chanel suit. Links to relevant sites can be found at the bottom of the article.
Coco Chanel: Innovator and Icon
Colonial Williamsburg : 18th century clothing
This is part of the online presence of The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Colonial Williamsburg is a living history museum with an entire town recreating life as it was in 18th century colonial America. The introduction to the clothing section of the site contains historical background information, and photo galleries of various sections of the community at work in costume. The women's clothing section contains a Flash presentation of the anatomy of a gown, with 'rollover' descriptions of parts of the dress and undergarments. The men's section contains similar information, and there are also sections on children's clothing, millinery, and costume design, with a downloadable PDF of resource contacts.
18th Century Clothing
Cornell University College of Human Ecology : Department of Textiles and Apparel
This is the website of Cornell University College of Human Biology, Department of Textiles and Apparel, also known as TXA. The site is divided into five main sections. The Academics link leads the user to course information, and resources, events, facilities and academic clubs and organisations. One of the Department's valuable facilities is the Cornell Costume and Textile Collection containing more than 9,000 items of clothing from the eighteenth century onwards. The user can access images and details of this collection via a searchable online database. The research section of covers projects such as body scanning, for which there is an image gallery. There is also information about the department's work with the National Textile Centre. The People section gives profiles of academic staff, and there is access to an archive of TXA newsletters via the Outreach section.
Human Ecology-Fiber Science & Apparel Design-Home

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Jeli · #2 04.03.08, 20:32

Corsets and crinoline This website on corsets and the crinoline is part of the Victoria and Albert Museum's fashion, jewellery and accessories Web pages. It outlines the history of the corset from 1830 until today. It contains five sections outlining the role of the corset throughout time and its evolving shape and use. Each section contains fashion plates, historical references and digital images of items held by the Museum. The Web pages have been written by Lucy Johnston, curator of fashion from 1800 to 1914 at the V&A and Suzanne Lussier, who graduated with an MA in the History of Dress from the Courtauld Institute and now works as a fashion curator at the V&A.
Corsets and Crinoline - Victoria and Albert Museum Costume : 1700s : English
As part of their digital gallery the New York Public Library has provided this collection of 34 images, depicting both female and male dress in England in the 1700s. Clicking on an individual thumbnail provides more detailed information on the image. Some images are fashion plates whilst others are portraits of the period.
NYPL Digital Gallery | Results
Costume : 1800s : English
As part of their digital gallery the New York Public Library has provided this collection of 33 images, depicting both female and male dress in England in the 1800s. Clicking on an individual thumbnail provides more detailed information on the image. Some images are fashion plates whilst others are portraits of the period.
NYPL Digital Gallery | Results
Costume chronicles : women and the story of their fashions
Costume Chronicles is a Web project, written by Michelle B. Kunz from Morehead State University. The dresses are all from around the early 1900s. The website is divided into chapters detailing the background of the women who wore the dresses and it includes images of the garments alongside descriptions. A bibliography is also provided.
Costume Chronicles: Women and the Story of Their Fashions
Costume history
This section of a website by Scott R. Robinson MFA, Professor of Theatre Arts at Central Washington University, examines costume and fashion through history as an aid to constructing theatrical costumes. The site covers periods from the ancient and Classical world, through medieval times and through to modern western styles ending in the Edwardian era. Each section contains a brief historical context, photographs or images from art of the period or of surviving artefacts, definitions of article of clothing, and references of source materials and links to relevant websites.
http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/
Costumer's manifesto : costumes.org
Created by Tara Maginnis, who is the costume designer and Associate Professor of the Theatre Department at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, the Costumer's Manifesto (costumes.org) provides links to information about costumes from ancient times to the present and is illustrated with many images. The site contains a timeline of costume history and sections on how to construct garments, costumes in movies and ethnic costume. There is a discussion forum and links to other costume and make-up Web pages. The site may be search by keyword.
The Costumer's Manifesto: Your Free One-stop Site for Costume Information & Images
Courtauld Institute of Art Research
These Web pages outline the Courtauld Institute of Art's research. The main areas of study are: Classical, Byzantine, Medieval and Renaissance art; Early Modern Europe; Modern and Contemporary art; the History of Dress; Conservation. These areas are described in detail and the website includes the titles of recently completed PhDs and MAs as well as publications by Institute staff.
The Courtauld Institute of Art - Research
Démodé
Démodé has been created by Kendra Van Cleave, who has over 15 years experience in the study of historical costume. The website contains details of the author's costume projects, with project diaries and images of the garments at different stages of completion. A collection of costume galleries covers the author's past projects including costumes from the Renaissance, the 18th century, Regency and Victorian periods, the 20th century and fantasy costumes. The heading 'Research & How-to' covers practical items such as the construction of a crinoline, 'bustle era hairstyles, and a page entitled 'Real women's clothing' which contains a directory of links to images of garments displayed on the websites of museums around the world. There is an extensive list of links and references on the site, and a collection of the author's reviews of costume in the cinema. The author's site blog has archives going back to 2002.
demode: historical costume projects & resources
Design at the Design Museum
This is London Design Museum's online archive of modern and contemporary design, featuring designers, architects, and technologies. Some of the records have been created as part of 'Design in Britain', another online archive run as a collaboration between the Design Museum and the British Council. 'Design at the Design Museum' indexes product designers, industrial designers, multimedia designers, fashion designers, graphic designers and illustrators, architects and architectural practices, from all over the world. Each record usually includes a biographical essay, a chronology, a bibliography, and illustrations. The archive also includes information on design materials such as aluminium, and design projects such as Concorde. The site has a search facility.
Design Library - Design Museum, London
Digital dress costume collections
This website provides a single searchable database of four historic costume collections in Detroit. It includes clothing dating from 1800 to 2000 from the collections of: Detroit Historic Museums; Meadow Brook Hall at Oakland University; the Henry Ford Museum; and the Dorothea June Grossbart Costume Collection at Wayne State University (WSU). Checkboxes can be used to restrict the search only to the collections you choose. The website provides information about each of the collections, as well as the option to browse all the images in a collection or to 'browse by topic' or 'browse by decade.' The website was a collaborative project funded by an Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant.
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Doc Rowe archive and collection
The Doc Rowe archive is a unique independent collection that documents contemporary English folk customs and annual events since 1945. David R. 'Doc' Rowe annually revisits around 180 traditional events in the British Isles, making sound recordings, photographs and collecting ephemera connected with the events. This internationally important archive is currently stored in a community centre in Sheffield, and Doc's activities are funded by donations. The website contains a biography of Doc, a detailed description of material in the collection, a full list of events he covers, and a small selection of his photographs shown at small size. The website also has details of the Doc Rowe Collection Support Group and how to make financial donations.
Doc Rowe Archive & Collection: Home Page
Dress, jewels, arms and coat of arms : material culture and self-representation in the late Middle Ages
Maintained by the Department of Medieval Studies at the Central European University (Budapest), the Dress, Jewels, Arms and Coat of Arms website serves as an introductory manual to the attire and equipment worn by various social classes during the latter half of the medieval period. Presenting their research as a series of guides and accompanying this with a good selection of images, the authors address a wide variety of topics including: armour and arms; heraldic emblems; conceptions of fashion; and jewellery. The majority of these sections offer some information on the background and development of these garments, while simultaneously describing their use and status within the culture at large. The site is essentially directed towards the non-specialist, but the creators also believe the texts presented may serve effectively as a teaching resource. The glossary of terms is of particular value since it not only defines the relevant jargon, but also identifies and describes many heraldic representations. Although not comprehensive, the creators have also included an introductory bibliography that would serve as a solid foundation for future research into this or any related topic.
Dress, Jewels, Arms and Coat of Arms: Medieval Culture and Self-Representation in the Late Middle Ages
Drexel digital museum project : historic costume collection
The Drexel Digital Museum Project is a joint initiative between the College of Media Arts & Design and the College of Information Science & Technology. Currently, the project comprises a searchable database of the Drexel Historic Costume Collection. Dating back to the 1890s, this collection represents 200 years of historic costume and textile design and includes many notable 20th Century fashion designers, such as Vionnet, Givenchy, Chanel, Norell, St. Laurent, Charles Worth, Moschino and Zandra Rhodes. The database can be searched by decade, designer, fabric, category or donor. Images of garments from the collection can be viewed in 3D, with facilities to zoom-in and to view select detailed images. Two digital galleries, created from actual exhibitions, provide contextual information about Chinese robes from the Qing Dynasty and about the designer Geoffrey Beene, showing couture evening wear and sportswear from the private collection of Iris Barrel Apfel.
COSTUME COLLECTION - Drexel University's Historic Collection, A Digital Museum
East West kimono galleries
The East West Kimono Galleries website contains information on the Japanese kimono, the traditional garment of Japan, and obi (a sash for the kimono). The site covers a list of the different styles of kimonos and obis, articles on both garments, and a gallery of images (for which Flash is required). Most of the images show vintage kimonos and they are accompanied by brief descriptions. This is a commercial site that sells kimonos, and the recommended books on the topic are available through Amazon. However, it is a useful basic introduction to traditional Japanese clothing, with some beautiful images.The site also has sections featuring Japanese pottery and music, with slide shows of: the traditional Bizen-style pottery and more modern works of Makoto Hatori; and the drummers and other musicians of the Osaka Dadada-dan Tenko group, with music.
Kimono | Japanese Kimono | Vintage Kimono

Elizabethan costume page
The Elizabethan Costume Page is a website by Drea Leed, an author and speaker on the subject of 16th century costume. The website contains articles by Leed herself and links to research sources elsewhere on the Web. Subjects covered on the website include: 16th century costume research; undergarments; patterns; garment construction; headwear; fabrics; detailing and decoration. There are also sections devoted to the historical context of the costumes, links to external related websites, suppliers of fabrics, costumes and accessories, contemporary images of Elizabethan costume, and relevant books available from online sources. The website is searchable by keyword, is available as a text-only version, and the author provides information on citing the website as a source.
Elizabethan Costuming Page
Elizabethan costuming page
This website is dedicated to all aspects of Elizabethan costume and costume research. It provides general information, such as an overview of an Elizabethan outfit and a guide to costumes of that period, and it includes more specific information, such as articles on make-up, hair styles and the influences on Elizabethan fashion. The site also provides images of costumes, a section on under garments, costume patterns, and sections on hats, colours, fabrics, accessories and Tudor fashion.
Dueling Modems
EMAP project
A key publisher for the fashion industry, the EMAP archives at the London College of Fashion is a unique resource for research into the cultural, social, historic and economic impact of the garment industry. The collection includes trade journals covering subjects from retail display to trade journalism. This web page describes the AHRC funded project to conserve and catalogue the archive, with the catalogue available via University of the Arts London online library catalogue (see link at the end of this record, choose EMAP archive from the drop down menu).
EMAP Project
Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection
This website features two online exhibitions: "History's Closet: Everything from Aprons to Zippers" and "Woven into Words: Signs and Symbols in Dress". The exhibitions showcase objects from the Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection at North Dakota State University. The exhibitions were held in the memorial Union Gallery in 2000/2001 respectively and were developed collaboratively between the curator of the collection, students and lecturers from the University. The site features a biography of Emily P. Reynolds. Objects in the "History's Closet" online exhibition are arranged alphabetically and are grouped into sections; A-F, G-M, N-T and U-Z. The collection consists of clothing, textiles and related items including basketball uniforms, bathing suits, hats, prom dresses and a yashmak. Objects are illustrated on the site, with annotations.
The "Woven into Words" exhibition provides a look at clothing that conveyed information about the wearer to others. Objects are arranged into four groups: Signals, Symbols, Signs, and Universal Signs and include uniforms, logos, and examples of women's dresses through the decades.
Emily P. Reynolds Historic Costume Collection

Eras of elegance : [fashion]
This is the Fashion section of Eras of Elegance, an online shopping website which also examines changes in culture, fashion and style from ancient times through to the modern age. This section takes an overview of past concepts of fashion, and how historical styles have influenced modern design. A link to Sewing and Embellishments, covers tips on reproduction costumes, has images of a number of historical costume patterns available from leading pattern companies, and contains an article on working with Lace. Old Trends and New Designers profiles a number of new designers who have been influenced by historical styles, and has articles on historically inspired spring designs, movie costumes and bridal gowns. The Vintage Garments heading covers the care and cleaning of vintage clothes. The Fashion section also contains articles on Cameos, and the history of hairstyling and make up.
Eras of Elegance - Fashion
Erte.com
This site displays a selection from a large collection of works by the early 20th century painter and designer Romain de Tirtoff, also known as Erté. While the site is essentially a means for users to purchase prints and gifts online, it has a biography of Erté and displays an image gallery of some of his theatrical costume and fashion designs and illustrations, as well as his other artworks.
ERTE
European fashion history
Eupedia is an online resource guide to Europe, in English, produced by the Japanese website Japan Reference. The photo gallery contains images uploaded by registered members of the site. This particular section covers fashion history from the 15th century through to the late 19th century. The images here are generally portraits and details from other works of art. Several of the images focus on details such as headgear or hairstyles. Users should be aware of copyright issues involved in reproducing these images, and should use them only as a reference source.
Europe Photo Gallery - European fashion history
Extreme costuming
The Extreme Costuming website is maintained by Laura Mellin, a costumier from Washington DC. It is concerned mainly with Elizabethan, Tudor and Early Colonial costume related to Laura’s position as a costumed volunteer at the Jamestown Settlement and Museum. The website contains a gallery with photos and descriptions of reconstructions of Elizabethan costumes, embroidery and accessories, along with some work from other eras. There are also reproductions of specific museum pieces, and articles by the author on subjects such as: Working Women's Clothes in 1580s London; Military wear; Elizabethan hairstyles; reproducing Elizabethan corsetry; period fabric; and an Elizabethan related Bibliography.
http://www.extremecostuming.com/
Fabrics Forming Society
This online learning module offers an image-led introduction to fashion and textile design in Britain in the mid-twentieth century. Based on the digitised Design Council Archive collection, a series of thematically-grouped images relating to each decade is presented, each theme annotated with a bibliography of relevant texts. There are also website suggestions and notes of primary sources. Additionally the module can be searched via keywords.
Designing Britain - Fabrics Forming Society
Fact monster cool stuff : fashion and dress
This section of the Fact Monster site, published by Pearson Education, contains a number of articles on different aspects of fashion history. These range from timelines of the development of fabrics, and different forms of garments, to potted histories of footwear, e.g. the sneaker, and the history of jeans. There is also a definition of haute couture, and a brief history of cosmetics.
http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0767725.html
Fashion doll quarterly
'Fashion Doll Quarterly' is a specialist print magazine dedicated to the art of doll customisation and photography, especially Asian ball-jointed dolls and the 'Super Dollfie' brand from Japan. The magazine provides an insight into the world of contemporary serious fashion doll collectors and customisers, most of whom are adults. The website may be useful for those seeking to examine a variety of contemporary doll 'fan' cultures and the intersections of doll cultures with fashion, art photography, and automata and 'art robots'. The magazine also features occasional historical articles, such as an article (FDQ, Nov 2005) on "little-known collections of 1/3-scale mannequins which were presented with the 'Gratitude Trains' from France, which traveled across the U.S. filled with goods from France". The FDQ website contains details of back-issues, subscription rates, and offers selected articles and columns in free full-text versions (click "Columns Archive" on the menu to access these).
Fashion Doll Quarterly ~ We put the fashion back in to fashion dolls!

Jeli · #3 04.03.08, 20:51

Fashion on stage : couture for the Broadway theatre 1910-1955 This website is an archived copy of a site, which was originally created by the Museum of the City of New York, but it is not now available from their site. Fashion on Stage was a collaborative project between the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Museum of the City of New York. The exhibition was held between 24 July 1999 and 27 February 2000. This website, originally hosted by the Museum of the City of New York, presents an illustrated introduction to Fashion in the Broadway theatre during the first half of the twentieth century.
http://web.archive.org/web/20041102222627/http://www.mcny.org/Exhibitions/f Fashion plate collection
Part of the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections, this Web resource offers a searchable database of the fashion plate collection. It includes "417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times: La Belle assemblee, Le Bon ton, Le Follet, courrier des salons, Journal des dames et des modes, Godey's lady's book and magazine and others". The database can be searched by keyword or by period. Periods cover the Empire (1806-1813), Georgian (1806-1836), Regency (1811-1820), Romantic (1825-1850), Victorian (1837-1859), Late Victorian (1860-1900) and Edwardian (1901-1915). Search results offer an image, accompanied by a bibliographic record. The hand-coloured illustrations found in this collection reflect changes in style and taste in French and English history.
::: Fashion Plate Collection :::
Fashion-era
Fashion-era is a resource guide to fashion history, containing over 100 pages on costume, textiles, clothing, cosmetics, perfume and social history. Detailed information is provided on fashion eras from the late 18th century to the present day. In addition there are links to sources of further information, including suggested books, organisations and museums. Fashion tutorials and downloadable ebooks are also featured in the website.
Fashion History Costume Trends and Eras, Trends Victorians - Haute Couture
Fashion-flashbacks : exploring retro style
Fashion-flashbacks is an American website that "provides resources to vintage fashion consumers while promoting original retro artifacts from the sixties and seventies." There is a section on student resources, which contains information about fashion schools and departments worldwide. 'Fashion by decade 1900-2002' is a resource containing websites and book and video recommendations for each decade.
Fashion-Flashbacks
fashion.resourceaid.com
Fashion Resource Aid is essentially a listing site with links to a variety of resources across the Web on the subject of fashion. The links are sorted into sections by era and by subject. Users can sign up to a newsletter, and there is also an archive of past newsletter articles available on the site.
http://fashion.resourceaid.com/
Fashionable history : scholarly study on the history of fashion
This website was compiled by Kendra Van Cleave, a librarian in the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University. The site "is designed to serve as an online portal for researchers interested in fashion history". There are four sections: journals (with links to journals relating to fashion history), archives, libraries and museums, bibliographies and research resources and academic programmes.
http://online.sfsu.edu/~kendrav/fashion/
Fashiondig Vintage Clothing
Fashiondig is essentially an American online vintage clothing store. It carries stock from the turn of the 20th century up to the present day, including recent designer clothing and vintage inspired designers. There are detailed images and descriptions of all the items of clothing. Items are searchable by decade, department, designer, keyword or shop. There is also a store locator, forum and free email newsletter. The ask Janet section allows users to submit questions on vintage clothing to the site and also contains an archive of past questions and answers. The site's Style galleries include Addidas sports wear history, Mod Style and Turn of the Century Clothing.
FASHIONDIG Vintage Clothing, Vintage Clothes
Fashions: What Women Wore
This site, from About.com, contains links to both articles and external links on the topic of women's fashion throughout history. There are some featured articles referred to, but the subject is also divided into the sub topics: Fashion - Ancient, Medieval, Renaissance, Fashion History - 18th Century, Fashion History - 19th Century, and Fashion History - 20th Century. Each of these sub topics then contains links to relevant articles, resources and external links.
Fashions: What Women Wore
Felice Beato's Japan : people
'Felice Beato's Japan: people' is a large online exhibition from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The British citizen Felice Beato (born Corfu, 1833/4-1907) was the first photographer to systematically survey Japan in his 'Photographic Views of Japan with Historical and Descriptive Notes' (1869). This MIT exhibition contains a substantial 50-image album of Beato's fine colour pictures, together with a scholarly essay and detailed chronology by Alona C. Wilson. There are also detailed annotations, made by Beato’s colleagues, placed alongside the pictures. Beato had a profound and lasting influence on Japanese photography.
Felice Beato’s Japan: People
From Russia with love : costumes for the Ballets Russes 1909-1933
This exhibition, held at the National Gallery of Australia from 15 May to 22 August 1999, "displays the extraordinary designs made for the Russian Ballet between 1909 and 1933. It includes costumes, drawings, photographs, and theatre programs". There are four broad themes: Exoticism, Romance and Fairytales, Russian Folklore and Modernism. In the introduction one can download an educational kit.
From Russia with Love Home
GACT : Gallery of Antique Costume & Textiles
The Gallery of Antique Costume and Textiles, in London, collects and sells antique and vintage costume and textiles, and claims to have been a source of inspiration for a number of well known modern designers. This website contains images of a selection from the gallery's exhibits, including textile artefacts from the 17th to the early 20th century, and early 20th century costumes and accessories.
http://www.gact.co.uk/
Godey's lady's book
This website by Hope Greenberg of the University of Vermont, is devoted to the Lady’s Book, a 19th century women’s magazine published by Louis A. Godey. The website contains: samples from the publication including images and plates both in black and white and in colour, showing dress and fashion of the period; patterns for a variety of garments, pieces on accessories and handicrafts; articles on fashion; and some examples of fiction published in the magazine. There are also biographies of the magazine’s editor, Sarah J. Hale, and its publisher, Louis A. Godey, and examples of editorials from both of them. The samples collection is searchable by keyword.
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/godey/
Golden age of couture : Paris and London 1947-1957
This website is an online companion to the exhibition ‘The golden age of couture : Paris and London 1947-1957’. This exhibition is run by the Victoria and Albert Museum in London from the 22nd September 2007 until 6th January 2008. The exhibition is divided into sections and starts by an introduction on the post-war fashion scene and a description of Theatre de la mode, a touring exhibition. Next, the launch of Christian Dior’s New Look in 1947 is covered. It was the start of the golden age of couture as the Second World War had ended and so it was the beginning of a new era. Other sections included are: the inside world of couture; photography and illustration; tailoring; cocktail and early evening; evening and ball gowns and the legacy. Couture houses in Paris included Balenciaga, Balmain and Fath while in London designers such as Hardy Amies are covered. Each section contains background information and images of clothing.
V&A - The Golden Age of Couture - Shop
Great pattern review
The Great Pattern Review is an online project of peer reviewed sewing patterns. The goal of the project "is to provide a forum to share our knowledge and to be helpful and encouraging to both sewers and pattern makers. The reviews are the individual opinions based upon the subjecture experience of the sewer". The site contains pattern reviews submitted by users. The reviews vary in length and content. Some contain images. Most of the patterns are period patterns covering eras such as the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
Great Pattern Review
Hanbok : traditional Korean dress
This website is dedicated to Hanbok, a Korean traditional suit, "which has straight lines and soft curves". Koreans use the term 'bot'e' to refer to clothing in general, but the word 'hanbok', an abbreaviation of the term 'Han-guk pokshik' (meaning Korean attire), denotes traditional clothing and adornments. The site covers the history of the Hanbok and, in the section on costume, includes how the Hanbok is worn today. At present (February 2007) the gallery areas contains no images. Links to related websites are also included.
Hanbok.com: Korean Hanbok Official Website
Harper's Bazar : a repository of fashion, pleasure & instruction
The magazine Harper's Bazar was originally published in 1867 in New York. It's content was fashion based and mainly aimed at the upper- middle class Victorian lady, and gave access to the American reader, to fashions from Europe, particularly those from the pages of the German publication 'Bazar'. Victoriana.com has here published an online ebook version of the first issue of the magazine from November 1867, with scanned images of actual pages of the publication, and searchable text. Fashion items covered in this edition include gentlemen's fashion, fall bonnets, children's clothing and New York fashions.
Harper's Bazaar, Fashion Magazine
Historical boys' clothing
This niche website looks at the history of boys' clothing, from the sixteenth century to the present day. It mainly covers boys' fashion in the United States, Britain and parts of Europe. Published by an amateur historian, it is a vast site that covers many topics. These include activities, advertisements, catalogues, changing fashions, different countries, economics, gender, families, hair styles, U.S. presidential families, race, religion and uniforms, amongst others. As well as the separate topics, there are also a number of essays, although the focus and quality can be a bit patchy. Some of the site is restricted, and can be accessed for a small subscription fee.
Historical Boys Clothing
History of 20th century fashion
These pages, part of the Digital History website created by the University of Houston in Texas, take a social historian's perspective on the development of fashion throughout the 20th century. The four pages accessible from the home page cover, respectively, clothing, hair, cosmetics and footwear, and briefly examine the origins, cultural significance and meaning of different trends and styles. The pages are illustrated largely with photographic images, and also contain external video links accessible with QuickTime viewer, and one MP3 audio file. The cosmetics page also contains a timeline of the development of the cosmetics industry from 1900 to 1963.
History of Fashion
History of fashion & costume
This site is a resource guide to fashion history. It contains news, biographies of fashion designers, shoe designers and hat designers, a list of fashion houses and the designers that work for them, articles on fashion and art, biographies of models, articles on fashion throughout the decades, information on fashion houses, biographies of illustrators, a list of inventions that have influenced fashion and a list of fashion shows.
History of Fashion
History of Salwar Kameez : Shalwar Kameez the India clothing saga
Part of a commercial website, this page provides a history of the Salwar Kameez, a popular Indian dress.
Kaneesha
History wardrobe : 2007 programme of presentations
Experienced costume historian Gillian Stapleton and historian Lucy Adlington have set up this website to offer presentations on costume history for the 18th and 19th centuries. They offer costume-in-context presentations with readings from contemporary authors, supported by original items of costume of the relevant period. Presentations cover a Regency romance, a 19th century wedding, dressing Queen Victoria, undressing Mr Darcy, which includes an interview with BBC Radio Gloucester given at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2007 and Jane Eyre, which includes a video clip from BBC news on Janey Eyre‘s clothes brought to life at a museum in Howarth. Each page is illustrated by actors wearing the relevant costume for the period.

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