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History of Fashion & Dress |
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Week #12:
The Turn of the 20th Century |
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Lesson Instructions:
Imagine you are producing a play set in this time period, or are having to outfit a group of reenactors for a period event such as The 1900 House. You have a huge budget, but little time, and need to buy pre-made costume items (NOT antique/vintage items) and commercial patterns in order to get the job done on time. Using the Pattern page, the Victorian Links page, the 1900-1910 Links Page, and the Costumes for Sale page, and an online search, find suppliers for most of the items you might need. Describe what you could, and could not, find online. |
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For this assignment, if money is no object, surf around this site: These ladies specialize in reproduction clothing, using historical models, period artwork and incredible fabrics. By the way, they are located in Germany. |
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I work in all eras and styles�Another maker of beautiful reproduction vintage garments is here:The quote from her site says, �I am a Custom Clothier specializing in Vintage Reproduction Clothing, Costuming and Art to Wear." I saw women's and girl's clothing here, as well as millinery and jewelry. |
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One more place to find things to be made to order was Dawn McInnis. |
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Because of my interest in sewing, I looked largely at patterns for turn of the century garments. I limited my search to end at 1910. Most of the patterns & garments I looked at fell in the 1896-1910 time frame, although one men�s shirt pattern was dated 1890. At Past Patterns I found patterns for men, women & children. For children the list included both boys & girls dress: 2 boy�s suits, one a sailor suit, drawers, hats, coats & apron as well as dresses. For women�s clothing, they had undergarments, skirts, blouses, tea gown, day & evening dresses as well as a corset. One man�s shirt was here, too. |
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More men�s wear patterns were found at LafnMoon. They also had women�s clothing including a pattern for a saloon girl, can-can, dance hall or circus performer. |
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Patterns from a number of companies were to be had at Sewing Central.
At Longago there was a good selection of a variety of clothing patterns, including those from Folkwear.
One pattern site I especially had fun checking was the source of Anne Shirley�s wedding dress.
I left out Simplicity & McCalls patterns because �everybody� knows to look there! I also did not include some of the sites that I know to be linked to Tara�s vast resources.
Men�s, women�s, & children�s clothing, including rentals were available from Harriets.
Clothing to buy could be found at History in the Making This site included menswear. More men�s clothing was found at Star Costumes. Women�s & teens 1900�s costume, including jewelry were found at Premier Clothing. Hats, shoes, wigs could be had at both Rebecca's Reproductions and Harriets, mentioned above. |
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Index |
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Next Lesson: 13 Work on Study Garment |
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