Historical fashion sources

This is a collection of links to sites and books that I frequently use as sources of research, patterns, materials etc.

Books

• 18th Century Embroidery Techniques by Gail Marsh
• Corsets and Crinolines by Norah Waugh
• Corsets: Historical Patterns & Techniques by Jill Salen
• Costume Close-Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790 by Linda Baumgarten
• Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 by Nancy Bradfield
• Creating Historical Clothes: Pattern cutting from Tudor to Victorian times by Elizabeth Friendship
• Dress of Gentlewomen in Finland in the 18th century, by Riitta Pylkkänen (Finnish)
• Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century (2 Volume Set) by The Kyoto Costume Institute
• Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915 by Sharon Sadako Takeda
• Fashioning the Body: An Intimate History of the Silhouette
• Fashion Victims: Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
• How to Read a Dress A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century, by Lydia Edwards
• Kvinnligt Mode Under Två Sekel, by Britta Hammar, Pernilla Rasmussen (Swedish) 
• Nineteenth Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston
• Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860 by Janet Arnold
• Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses & Their Construction C. 1860-1940 by Janet Arnold
• Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800 by Jean Hunnisett
• Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress, 1800-1909 by Jean Hunnisett 
• Regency Women's Dress: Techniques and Patterns 1800-1830 by Cassidy Percoco
• Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries by Avril Hart & Susan North
• The Age of Undress, Art, Fashion, and the Classical Ideal in the 1790s, by Amelia Rauser
• The American Duchess Guide to 18th century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them with Styl, by Lauren Stowell & Abby Cox
• The American Duchess Guide to 18th century Beauty: 40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories, by Lauren Stowell & Abby Cox
• The Corset: A Cultural History by Valerie Steele
• The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930 by Norah Waugh
• The History of Underclothes (Dover Fashion and Costumes) by C. Willett Cunnington & PhiIlis Cunnington
• Underwear: Fashion in Detail by Eleri Lynn

Digital Collections

• Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums: The Collections: Advanced Search
• Alexandre Vassiliev Foundation
• Amsterdam Museum: Online Collection
• Bunka Gakuen Library: Digital Archieve of Rare Materials: Fashion Plates
• CER.ES: Online Collection: Simple search
• Chicago History Museum: Digital Collection
• Cincinnati Art Museum: Digital Collection
• Colonial Williamsburg Collection Online
• Digitalt Museum: Search
• FIDM Museum & Galleries: Collections
• Finnish National Gallery: 18th century
• Historiallisia juhlapukuja
• Historic Threads: Three Centuries of Clothing
• Joconde: Collections of French Museums: Advanced Search
• Kent State University Museum: Gallery of Costume
• LACMA: Collections Online Search
• Leeds Museums and Galleries: Collections: Advanced Search
• Les Arts Decoratifs: Collection search: Mode et textile
• Les arts decoratifs: 1715-1914 digital collection
• London Museum Collections Online
• MCNY Collection: Worth & Mainbocher
• McCord Museum: Online Collections
• Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Costume Institute Collection Search
• Mint Museum of Art: Collections: Fashion
• Modemakt historical costume collection
• Modemuseum Hasselt: Collections
• Modens Historie: Tidens Tøj
• Museo Textil i d'Indumentaria
• Museo de la Moda: Linea del Tiempo
• Museo del Traje: Digital Costume Collection
• Museum of Arts and Crafts in Zagreb: AthenaPlus. 
• Museum of Fine Arts Boston: Search the Collections
• Museum of London: Georgian collection
• National Gallery of Victoria: Fashion and Textiles search
• National Trust Collections
• Palazzo Morando - Historical Collections - Costume Moda Images
• Philadephia Museum of Art: Search Collections
• Phoenix Art Museum: Collection search: Fashion
• Phoenix Art Museum: Fashion Design Gallery
• Pockets of History
• Rids Museum: Costume and Texliles Collection
• Royal Albert Memorial Museum: Online Collection search
• Royal Ontario Museum Images: Textiles and Costume
• Shoe Icons: Costume Collection
• Swedish museums: Digital collection
• Swiss National Museum: Webcollection
• The Bowes Museum: Collections search
• The Chace Catalogue
• The Kyoto Costume Institute: Digital Archieve
• The Museum at FIT: Online Collections
• The Royal Collection: Explore the online collection
• Toj på kroppen
• Victoria & Albert Museum: Search the Collections
• Wayne State University Libraries: Digital Dress Collection
• Web Gallery of Art: Search

Fabric, Patterns, Haberdashery, Reenacting Equipment etc.

Europe: 

• Anacronicos (ES)
• Authentic Lace, Ebay (UK)
• Den Haan & Wagenmakers (NL)
• Dressing History (UK)
• Duran Textiles AB (SE)
• Dutch Fabric (NL)
• Hand Bound Costumes Shop (UK)
• Harr Shoes (DE)
• Historical Fabrics Store  (SE) 
• La Rose Passementarie (NL)
• Lelièvre - Tassinari & Chatel (FR)
  
• Ljunbergs Factory: Historical Textiles (SE)
• McFarthinbowl's re-enactment shop (BE) 
• Nehelenia Patterns (DE)
• Parures de Lumières (NL)
• Paoul - The Italian Dance Shoe Brand (IT)
• Sajou (FR)
• Sartor - Period Textiles (CZ)
• SewingPatterns.eu (NL)
• Vena Cava Design (UK)
• V V Rouleaux Ribbons (UK)
• Wissner (DE)

USA: 

• Burnley & Trowbridge (US)
• Corset Making Supplies (US)
• J. P. Ryan (US)
• Jas. Townsend and Son (US)
• Past Patterns (US)
• Reconstructing History (US)
• Renaissance Fabrics (US)
• Reproduction Fabrics (US)
• Silk Baron (US)
• Silk Resource (US)
• Tied to History (US)
• Truly Victorian (US)
• Wm. Booth Draper (US)

Recommended Etsy Shops

Europe:

• Allures d'Antan (FR)
• Classic Costume (UK)
• Gillian Stapleton (UK)
• Hand Bound Costumes (UK)
• Historika (UK)
• Jane's Wardrobe (FR)
• La Comtesse Atelier (SE)
• Regency Regalia (UK)
• The Tudor Tailor (UK

USA and other: 

• A Fashionable Frolick (US)
• Arachneattire (US)
• Black Snail Patterns (AU)
• Clockworkfaerie (US)
• Dames à la Mode (US)
• Duchesstrading (US)
• Fleur de Lys Originals (US)
• In the Long Run Designs (US)
• Karina Fienn (RU)
• LBCC Historical (US)
• Mode de Lis (US)
• Palladia Trims (US)
• Patterns of Time (US)
• Patterns Only Period (US)
• Penny River (US)
• Period Corsets (US)
• Queen and Cavendish (US)
• Redthreaded (US)
• Regencyaustentation (US)
• Romantic Recollections (US)
• Rose Galante (CH)
• Sew18thCentury (US)
• Sign of the Gray Horse (US)
• Verdantaah (US)
• Virgil's Fine Goods  (US)
• Jno Brantley Perukes (US)

Suomalaisia sivuja

• Belle Modeste
• Ompelijanmaailma 
• Ullaka

Articles about Nordic fashion, textiles and crafts etc.: 

• Apprenticeship in Early Modern Europe
• Early Professional Women in Northern Europe, c. 1650-1850
• Folkdräkten en utveckling från allmogedräkt till modeplagg
• Gustav III:s dräktreform En fallstudie om nationella dräkten
• I den folkliga modedräktens fotspår : bondekvinnors välstånd, ställning och modemedvetenhet i Gamlakarleby socken 1740-1800
• Helsingin porvaristo Viaporin rakennuskaudella (1748-1808) : Sosiaalihistoriallinen perustutkimus
• Kläder i målningar och verklighet - En studie av dräktframställningen i Pehr Hilleströms genremålningar
• NAINEN -Vanhemman suomalaisen kaupunkihistoriantutkimaton sukupuoli
• Pukeutumisen muuttuvat merkitykset : pukeutumisen historia ja sen tutkimus
• Tanuja museoiden kätköistä - käsityöllinen esinetutkimus tanu-päähineestä
• Konsten att avbilda arbete. Kvinnors sysselsättningar och vardag på Pehr Hilleströms genremålningar från 1770-talet till 1810-talet