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UK & European - Early Costume

• Abiti Antichi - www.abitiantichi.it
  If you speak Italian this is a very good informative site.
• Eliznik Romania - www.eliznik.org.uk
  Romanian Folk Dress
• Fashion-Era - http://fashion-era.com
  (Rich, illustrated pages of fashion history, costume history, clothing, fashions and social history)
• La Couturière Parisienne - www.marquise.de
  (Shows 4000 well-known paintings depicting dress from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century)
• Antique Corset Gallery - www.antiquecorsetgallery.com
  (Take a guided tour through the last 250 years of corsetry and undersupports)

USA - Early Costume

• Karen Augusta - www.antique-fashion.com
• Linda Ames - www.vintagetextile.com
• Deborah Burke - www.antiquedress.com

UK - Vintage Costumes

• Absolute Vintage - www.absolutevintage.co.uk
  (Quality Vintage clothing and accessories for men and women from the 1930's to 1980's)
• Beyond Retro - www.beyondretro.com
  (The most extensive range of vintage clothing and accessories in London)
• Tin Tin Collectables - www.tintincollectables.net
  (Offers a fine selection of vintage clothing and accessories)

USA - Vintage Costumes

• Victoriana - www.victoriana.com/VictorianaMagazine
  (A very impressive online fashion magazine with interesting articles)
• The Costumer's Manifesto - www.costumes.org
  (Huge excellent site to source books and information on costumes and textiles)
• Collectics - www.collectics.com/directory.html
  (Online directory for antiques and collectible sites)
• Costume Society of America - www.costumesocietyamerica.com
• Lisa Schnapp & Sandy Bailey - www.bustledress.com
  (Sellers of authentic clothing and accessories)
• Ken Weber's Vintage Martini - www.vintagemartini.com
  (Sellers of vintage clothing, accessories, patterns and ephemera)
• The Lace Merchant - www.lacemerchant.com
  (Shows a large gallery of lace, as well as history & sales)

Chinese

• Embroidered textiles of the Miao minority tribe who have a history of finely embroidered textiles - www.antique-embroidery.com

Reproduction Costumes & Historical Patterns

• The Staymaker - thestaymaker.co.uk
  (a bespoke service making period clothing and corsetry for the modern woman)
• Vintage Vogue Patterns - www.voguepatterns.com
• Ninya Mikhaila - www.ninyamikhaila.com
  (supplies high quality reproduction costumes that help to bring history to life)

UK Arts & Crafts

• Mark Golding - www.achome.co.uk
• Arts and Crafts Online - www.artsandcraftsonline.org

Societies - UK

• The Costume Society - www.costumesociety.org.uk
Regional Costume Societies:

• Southern Counties - benterrier@zoom.co.uk
• The Kent Costume Trust - chris.godfrey@rikgod.plus.com
• The West of England Costume Society - rosemary_harden@bathnes.gov.uk
• The West Midlands
• The Northern Society of Costumes & Textiles - www.nsct.org.uk
• The Costume Society of Scotland
• The Costume & Textile Association of Wales - www.costumeandtextilesocietyofwales.org.uk
• The Costume & Textile Association for Norfolk Museums
• The Museum of London Friends of Fashion - asinke@museumoflondon.org.uk
• The Medieval Dress and Textile Society - www.medats.org.uk
• The Textile Society - www.textilesociety.org.uk
• The Knitting & Crochet Guild - www.knitting-and-crochet-guild.org.uk
• The Sampler Guild - www.thesamplerguild.co.uk
• Antique Purse Collectors Society - www.antiquepursesociety.com
  (Organization with 250+ members in 11 countries who collect antique purses. Member Museum, Care and Cleaning Tips, Repair Resources, Discussion Board, Annual Gatherings and Display Ideas are just a few of the benefits)

UK - Museums

• Victoria & Albert Museum - www.vam.ac.uk,
  also see The Lafayette Collection of late 19th and early 20th century society photographs - www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/1158_lafayette
• The Fashion Museum, Bath - www.fashionmuseum.co.uk
• Gallery of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester - www.manchestergalleries.org
• Museum of London - www.museumoflondon.org.uk/English
• Brighton Museum - www.virtualmuseum.info/collections/cHome_costume.asp
• For more museums with costume & textile collections see the Textile Society website - www.textilesociety.org.uk

USA - Museums

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=8
• Fashion Institute of Technology, NY - www.fitnyc.edu/aspx/Content.aspx?menu=FutureGlobal:Museum
• The Textile Museum - www.textilemuseum.org

Costume & Textile Conservators

• Janie Lightfoot, London - www.janielightfoot.co.uk
  janie@janielightfoot.co.uk
  (Textile & Costume Conservation and Restoration Studio)
• The Textile Conservancy - www.textile-conservation.co.uk
  (Since 1998, The Textile Conservancy has provided a comprehensive conservation service for the preservation of textiles that have been damaged as a result of wear, long-term display, accident or poor storage)
• National Conservation Centre, Liverpool - www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/conservation
• The Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester - www.textile-conservation.co.uk
  (The leading international organisation in the field of textile conservation research, education and practice)
• The Textile Restoration Studio - www.textilerestoration.co.uk
  (Provides a professional textile conservation service to the general public, churches/cathedrals, stately homes and varied organisations)
• Sun-X is a museum grade invisible ultraviolet filter film which will cut out a high percentage of ultra violet rays. Essential if you want to hang textile pictures and hangings. It is a simple job to adhere the film to your windows, or the company will give you a quote.
  www.sun-x.co.uk

Booksellers

• Felicity J Warnes, UK - www.fjwarnes.u-net.com
  (Sells out of date and current costume and textile books)
• Judith Mansfield, UK (Todmorden Books) - www.abebooks.com
  (Sells out of date books on costume and textiles)
• Jenifer Frost - jf@jeniferfrost.freeserve.co.uk
  (134 West Pottergate, Norwich NR2 4BW - Jenifer does not have a web site but sends out lists of Antiquarian & Second-hand Embroidery Books several times a year)
• R.D.Franks - www.rdfranks.co.uk
  (The UK's only fashion bookshop - fashion books, magazines and trend books)

Textile Publications

• Selvedge - www.selvedge.org
  (Selvedge covers fine textiles - antique and modern - in every context: fine art, interiors, fashion, travel and shopping)

Art Links

• Arts Directory - www.artsdir.net
• ArtDesy art links - www.art-desy.net

Photographer

• David Giles
  www.davidgilesphotography.com
  davidgiles.3@virgin.net

Website designer

• Rudolf Boogerman
  www.raboo.com
  info@raboo.com

Web development

• Arek Bryzek
  arek@2i2.co.uk