Links - information sites

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Information Sites - UK

• www.fashion-era.com

  Fashion-Era

  Rich, illustrated pages of fashion history, costume history, clothing, fashions and social history

• www.marquise.de

  La Couturière Parisienne

  Shows 4000 well-known paintings depicting dress from the Middle Ages to the early 20th century

• www.antiquecorsetgallery.com

  Antique Corset Gallery

  Take a guided tour through the last 250 years of corsetry and undersupports

• www.eliznik.org.uk

  Eliznik Romania

  Romanian Folk Dress

Information Sites - Europe

• www.abitiantichi.it

  Abiti Antichi

  If you speak Italian this is a very good informative site

Information Sites - USA

• www.victoriana.com

  Victoriana

  A very impressive online fashion magazine with interesting articles

• www.costumes.org

  The Costumer's Manifesto

  Huge excellent site to source books and information on costumes and textiles

• www.collectics.com/directory.html

  Collectics

  Online directory for antiques and collectible sites

• www.the-regency-club.co.uk

  The Regency Club

• www.baers.org

  The Bay Area English Regency Society

• http://en.wikipedia.org

  Wikipedia '1795-1820 in fashion'

• www.songsmyth.com

  Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion

• regencyfashion.org/reg.html

  The Regency Page

• www.mostly-victorian.com

  Mostly-Victorian

  American site offering 500 articles including fashion, home decor etc. with hundred a month planned. Hundreds of articles from Victorian magazines, including The Strand, Girl's Own Paper

• www.janeaustensworld.wordpress.com

  Jane Austen's World

  Brings her novels and Regency period alive through dress and social customs

• www.18thcstays.blogspot.com

  18th Century Stays

  Discussing aspects of 18th Century original Stays and the Stay Making Trade

• www.18cnewenglandlife.org

  18c New England Life

  Accessible archive of information for those who portray the people of New England during the time of the American Revolution

• www.couponcactus.com

  The History & Fashion of Shoes

Reproduction Costumes & Textiles and Historical Patterns - UK

• thestaymaker.co.uk

  The Staymaker

  A bespoke service making period clothing and corsetry for the modern woman

• www.ninyamikhaila.com

  Ninya Mikhaila

  Supplies high quality reproduction costumes that help to bring history to life

• www.dressing-history.co.uk

  Dressing History

  Accurate historical fashion reproductions, engaging historical interpretation, original antique and vintage fashion for sale and a series of talks and accompanying books

Reproduction Costumes & Textiles and Historical Patterns - USA

• www.eatonhilltextiles.com

  Eaton Hill Textile Works

  Preserves age old textile techniques and honors superior craftsmanship in the reproduction of 18th and 19th century historic fabrics

• www.victorian-embroidery-and-crafts.com

  Victorian Embroidery and Crafts

  American site with information about Victorian needlework and crafts

• www.timetraveltextiles.com

  Time Travel Textiles Stores

  Authentic dress fabric reproductions

• www.wmboothdraper.com

  William Booth, Draper

  18th c reproduction dress fabrics and accessories

• www.sillysisters.com

  The Silly Sisters

  18th c reproduction women's clothes

• www.familyheirloomweavers.com

  Family Heirloom Weavers

  One of lat US textile mills using power looms and producing original 18th and 19th c designs for coverlets, runner and carpets

• www.rabbitgoody.com

  Thistle Hill Weavers

  Accurate reproductions of furnishing fabrics

• www.villagegreenclothier.com

  Village Green Clothier

  Sharon Ann Burnston is a scholar and living historian who has specialized in studying the details of 18th century working-class American clothing

• www.tarboxandtarbox.com

  Tarbox and Tarbox

  Embroidered finery for both Gentlemen and Ladies