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Costume & Dress Resources

History and description of garments and accessories.

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The Costume Gallery

http://www.costumegallery.com/

This is a comprehensive costume history website covering different eras and regions in the world. Also, the site includes information on historical patterns and obtaining materials to make costumes.

Author: Penny E. Dunlap Ladnier (webmaster@costumegallery.com)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Clothing

Costume History

http://www.costumes.org/pages/costhistpage.htm

This incredibly rich site offers descriptions and pictures of how humans have clothed themselves from Ancient Greece to the present. Although the focus is on Europe and the U.S., there are also significant data on the ancient near east. Many of the primary links offer primarily text, but pictures also abound after a bit of digging. There are also instructions on how to make some of the garments described.

Author: Tara Maginnis (Tara@costumes.org)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Clothing; Costumes; Fashion

The Costume Page

http://members.aol.com/nebula5/costume.html

This page offers over 2000 links to information about costumes including costume history, the making and wearing of costumes, costume buying guides, and Halloween costume suggestions. One section offers dozens of links to ethnic and folk costume material. This site is geared to those in theater, students, researchers, and many others.

Author: Julie Zetterberg (nebula5@aol.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft)

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

The Costume Site

http://milieux.com/costume/

A directory of links collected at one address. Topics covered include the history of various arms and armory, instructions on making period costumes and links to suppliers, resources for costume materials, and organizations. There is also a section that has drawings of costumes used in various plays or theater productions. A good site for theater groups and science fiction and fantasy fans.

Author:

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft)

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Costume; Costumes; Armor

The Costumer's Manifesto

http://www.costumes.org/

Just about anything you need to know about costuming: advice and how-to, photo references, designs, and many, many links.

Author: Tara Maginnis (Tara@costumes.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft)

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Costumes; clothes; make-up; theatrical; theater; theatre; television; stage; stagecraft; clothing; fashion

Costumes of the Levant

http://almashriq.hiof.no/general/600.technology/640/646/costumes_of_the_Levant/

The site provides an overview with photographs of historical Lebanese, Syrian, Bedouin and Kurdish clothing.

Author: Margaret Clark Keatinge (almashriq@hiof.no)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Middle East

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and Race--Middle Eastern

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Clothing; Fashion; Arab

La Coutouriere Parisienne Costume and Fashion Site

http://www.marquise.de/

History of European costume from the Renaissance through the 20th century, with illustrations, images, descriptions and many sewing patterns.

Author: Alexa Bender (justaucorps@geocities.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Fashion

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Drama & Performance (Theater & Stagecraft)

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: clothing; fashion

18th Century Costume Resources Online

http://www.costumes.org/pages/18thlinks.htm

Internal and external links about the history of costume in 18th century Europe. It provides information on styles, hair and wigs, shoes, fabrics and many more. Profusely illustated.

Author: Tara Maginnis (Tara@costumes.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: fashion; clothing

The Elizabethan Costuming Page

http://www.dnaco.net/~aleed/corsets/index.html

The website is devoted to all facets of 16th century Elizabethan and Tudor costumes, dress and fashion. It includes instructions for making stockings, corsets, shoes, and other articles of clothing. This is a good resource for Elizabethan costume history and has links to other fashion history sites.

Author: Drea Leed (aleed@dnaco.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Renaissance

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Clothing; England

Greek Costume Through the Centuries

http://www.firstnethou.com/annam/costhist.html/

This site has information and pictures on ancient Greek and Roman fashions. In addition, it includes Byzantine and Greek fashions from modernity.

Author: Anna Mavromatis (annam@firstnethou.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe--Antiquity

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Clothing; Ancient Greece; Ancient Rome

The History of Costume

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html

An collection of 500 costume images consisting of "of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century." The 125 pages of images are from the book "History of Costume" printed in 1861 in Munich. Images have a "Victorian" perspective that does not detract from the value. There are two indexes:a fast loading Text, and the slower Images.

Author: Professor Charles Otis Sweezey, S. Illinois Univ. (osweeezey@siue.edu)

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Theater; Victorian; Clothing; Fashion

A History of Kimono

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kimono/

"The kimono is the traditional clothing of Japan. Kimono styles have changed significantly from one period of Japan's history to another, and today there are many different types of kimono worn by men, women, and children. The cut, color, fabric, and decorations of a kimono may vary according to the sex, age, and marital status of the wearer, the season of the year, and the occasion for which the kimono is worn." This site has excellent pictures of kimono and is interactive. It is a joint project between the Japanese and Culture Network and MIT.

Author: Japanese Language and Culture Network

Subjects:

Social Sciences--Ethnicity, Culture, and and Race--Asian & Pacific/Asian-American--Japanese

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Clothing; Japan

Lip Balm Anonymous (LBA)

http://www.kevdo.com/lipbalm/

"Lip Balm Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other so that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from their addiction." Explores cosmetic addictions. Features on the lip balm industry: marketing, individual brands information, and industry projections.

Author: Lip Balm Anonymous (lipbalm@kevdo.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Fashion

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Cosmetics; Lip Balm; Chapstick

Mask Links

http://www.masks.org/library/mask_links_directory/

"Images of masks, makers of masks, masquerade troupes, and relevant resources from around the world are indexed in this site on the masks.org server."Beautiful and easily accessible images of masks, which are intelligently classified, can be found at this site.

Author: Conrad Schuler (frederic.schuler@masks.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Masks; Art; Native Art; Asian; African; European

Pilgrim Clothing: Dress in Early New England

http://www.plimoth.org/Library/costume.htm

This site gives descriptions and images of clothing worn by the Pilgrims in North America. It also includes illustrations and information on clothing worn by the local Native American tribes.

Author: Plimouth Plantation, Inc. (jimbaker@adelphia.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--North America--United States

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; Puritan; Native American

Real Regency Clothing

http://locutus.ucr.edu/~cathy/reg3.html

This website includes many images of fashion plates of the Regency period during the early 19th century. There is information on appropriate dress for the time of day and the occasion. Also, the site includes details on fashion accessories and shoes. This is a good resource for costume history during Jane Austen's time.

Author: Catherine Decker (cathy@cassandra.ucr.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--History--Europe

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: Fashion; History

Solemates: The Century in Shoes

http://www.centuryinshoes.com/intro.html

"Here's a look at 100 years of changing footwear fashions -- a snazzy featof multimedia. Select a decade and enjoy images of beautiful shoes, browseold advertisements, or explore vintage film and video clips." Using this site requires the use of plug-ins which are available here.

Author: The Marketing Store (shoes@tmsonline.com)

Subjects:

Entertainment & Leisure--Fashion

Social Sciences--Customs, Etiquette, Folklore--Costume & Dress

Keywords: fashion

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