Costume and Fashion - Art

 

 

All Sewn Up: Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing, and Costume

http://tinyurl.com/5s6u82

From the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections, this group offers books from the early 20th century about millinery, costume, and dressmaking. Can be searched or browsed by publication.

 

Bissonnette on Costume

http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume 

"A visual dictionary of fashion." Search by place, time period, or subject. From Kent State University Museum.

 

The Costume Institute

http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=8 

Information about the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute with digital images from their permanent collection.

 

The Costume Page

http://www.costumepage.org 

Well-organized links to costume history, ethnic costumes, theatrical costume, and to sources of costume making supplies. Includes a Halloween section.  Although this site is no longer being maintained (since 2001), it is included here for the material not available elsewhere.

 

The Costumer's Manifesto

http://www.costumes.org 

Search the "Timeline of Costume History" for a vast and richly illustrated guide to costume from Ancient Babylonia to the present day. Lists of links grouped by costume time period and related topics cover makeup, museums, needlework and more.

 

Drexel Historic Costume Collection

http://digimuse.cis.drexel.edu/search.jsp 

Locate images of women's fashion from 1870 through the present from Drexel University's costume collection.

 

Fabric Link

http://www.fabriclink.com/index.cfm 

Basic information on fabrics including fiber history, characteristics of textile fibers, and a dictionary of fabric terms.

 

Fashion Encyclopedia

http://www.fashionencyclopedia.com

Information about designers and cultures. Searchable and browsable.

 

Fashion Era

www.fashion-era.com 

Illustrations and essays on fashion from 1800 through today’s trends.  Additional sections on body adornment, image planning and costume resources.  This website has its own search engine to help you find exactly what you want.

 

Fashion Institute of Technology - Online Collection

http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/code/emuseum.asp

350 objects from the collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

 

Fashion Plate Collection

http://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb 

"This collection includes 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times." Search or browse by keyword or category.

 

History of Costume

http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/TEXT_INDEX.HTML 

Provides an index to worldwide fashion spanning from the ancient times to the late 19th century. Color illustrations are provided for each section.

 

La Couturière Parisienne - Costume and Fashion Site

http://www.marquise.de 

Voluminous survey of costume in the Western World from 1400-1939 with descriptive and explanatory text, instructions for sewing, and over 700 illustrations from paintings, fashion catalogues, and journals. Links to other costume and fashion sites through a WebRing.

 

Museum of Fashion - Collections Search

http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/collections/collection_search.aspx

Browse by time period or object type or search using additional criteria (material, date, name, and category).

 

The Shape of Fashion and its Underpinnings

http://muse.museum.montana.edu/sof

An exhibit covering women's fashion between 1870 and the 1950s. Each section includes image(s) of clothing and undergarments and a short overview. Includes access to an online textile collections database.

 

Style.com

http://www.style.com 

Fashion shows, news and trends, beauty, and much more from Vogue and W magazine editors. 

 

Timeline Fashion

http://www.timelinefashion.de

Browse fashion history by decade in the 20th century and also by designer name.

 

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