Favorite Links

                            Costume in general
The Costumer's Manifesto (Quite probably the largest costume site on the net)
GBACG Pattern Review (good reviews and pictures of historic patterns)
                        1910's and 1870's links
Sense and sensibility (Regency fashion page also has vintage photos from 1900-20)
Victorian Elegance (Vintage clothing site)
                              
                 References used for research
Here is a list of several books and microfilms that I used in my research.

Corsets and Crinolines     By Nora Waugh
Cut of Women's Clothes     By Nora Waugh
Cut of Men's Clothes     By Nora Waugh
Paintings by Degas
The Great War: Styles and Patterns of the 1910's     By R.L.Shep Handbook of English Costume in the 19th Century
Harper's Bazaar 1871-1875
Ladies Home Journal 1910-1918
Patterns of  Fashion II 1860-1930     By Janet Arnold
Victorian Costume Through Photographs
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion     By Alison Gernsheim
Victorians Unbuttoned




              Museum sites with costume collections
Kent State Museum (Wonderful costume collection and good site)
Connecticut Historical Society (Nice descriptions and images)
Elizabethan costuming links
A Festive Attyre (Great Page with a weekly featured Attyre)
Semptress ( Lots of nice pictures and article with lots of humor)
Elizabethan Costuming Page (Excellent source for Elizabethan and other costume)
Resources
Jas. Townsend & Sons ( A good place for 1/4 inch boning)
Fabrics Store Online (Great source for linen)
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