Meg Andrews - Antique costumes and textiles, collectable, hangable, wearable
 
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UK & Europe - Early Costume

UK & Europe - Information Sites

  • 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

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)

USA - Vintage Costumes

Reproduction Costumes & Textiles
and 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)
  • Dressing History - www.dressing-history.co.uk
    Accurate historical fashion reproductions, engaging historical interpretation, original antique and vintage fashion for sale and a series of talks and accompanying books
  • Eaton Hill Textile Works - www.eatonhilltextiles.com
    preserves age old textile techniques and honors superior craftsmanship in the reproduction of 18th and 19th century historic fabrics
  • Victorian Embroidery and Crafts - www.victorian-embroidery-and-crafts.com
    American site with information about Victorian needlework and crafts
  • Time Travel Textiles Stores - www.timetraveltextiles.com
    for authentic dress fabric reproductions
  • William Booth, Draper - www.wmboothdraper.com
    18th c reproduction dress fabrics and accessories
  • The Silly Sisters - www.sillysisters.com
    18th c reproduction women's clothes
  • Family Heirloom Weavers - www.familyheirloomweavers.com
    One of lat US textile mills using power looms and producing original 18th and 19th c designs for coverlets, runner and carpets
  • Thistle Hill Weavers - www.rabbitgoody.com
    accurate reproductions of furnishing fabrics
  • Village Green Clothier - www.villagegreenclothier.com
    Sharon Ann Burnston is a scholar and living historian who has specialized in studying the details of 18th century working-class American clothing
  • Tarbox and Tarbox - www.tarboxandtarbox.com
    Embroidered finery for both Gentlemen and Ladies

Information Sites

  • 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)
  • Fashion-era www.fashion-era.com
    Fashion-era contains 735 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History
  • Mostly-Victorian.com www.mostly-victorian.com
    American site offering 500 articles including fashion, home decor etc.with hundred a month planned.. Hundreds of articles including from Victorian magazines, including The Strand, Girl's Own Paper
  • Jane Austen's World www.janeaustensworld.wordpress.com
    brings her novels and Regency period alive through dress and social customs
  • 18th Century Stays - www.18thcstays.blogspot.com/
    (Discussing aspects of 18th Century original Stays and the Stay Making Trade)
  • 18C New England Life.org - www.18cnewenglandlife.org
    (Accessible archive of information for those who portray the people of New England during the time of the American Revolution.)

British Arts & Crafts Textiles

Carpet Dealers

Societies - UK

UK - Museums

USA - Museums

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
  • Naomi Goldberg - naomig1@dsl.pipex.com
    Textile Conservator, Barnet, London, Tel. 020 8447 1215

Regency Costume Information Sites

Booksellers

  • Felicity J Warnes, UK - www.fjwarnes.co.uk
    (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)

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