Costume Research Websites -
*16th Century Clothing (picture gallery and links)
*Alteryears (historical patterns)

American Lady (history of ladies magazines late 19th & early 20th century)

ApparelNet (online guide for the apparel industry)

Celtic Weaver (online catalog for RenFaire clothing, instruments and accessories)

Chez Drea (costuming website for historical clothing)

Chivalry Sports (Renaissance patterns, garments and accessories)

Costume Gallery (graphics & links pertaining to historical  dress)

LaCouturiere Parisienne (Patterns & sewing instructions dtd 1400-1939)

Costume Gallery Online Store (ready made costumes for parties and Halloween)

Costume Page (TONS of links connected to historical & ready-made costumes)

Costumers Manifesto (great site with links to historical graphics & ready-made costumes)

Costuming Guide (Elizabethan dress - patterns and sewing tips)

Costumes Period and Styles (historical information for costumes through the ages)

Creative Garb (RenFaire garb accessories)

Crusaders Period Costumes

*Costume and Textiles Sites (historic and ethnic)

Elizabethan Costuming Page (loaded with historical information on the way they dressed)

English Renaissance Clothing (links to historical information and images on accessories)

Fifties Finery (fashion of the 1950's)

Flappers Culture (fashion and historical information of the 1920's)

Gallery of the Italian Renaissance (images of artists from the Italian Renaissance)

Gazette de Bon Bon (fashion plates 1920's)

G I R L S  (1900-1910 woman's fashion)

Haute Couture (20th century Paris fashion designers)

History of Costumes by Braun & Scheider (GREAT place for historical clothing images)

Illinois Shakespeare Festival (on line information and graphics about the festival)

Italian Renaissance (1420-1600  images)

Italian Renaissance (links to art images and historical information on this era)

Italian Renaissance Clothing (1420-1520)

Jas. Townsend & Son, Inc. (historical reproductions from the 18th and 19th Century)
Knights of Trinity (reenactment group)

Manly Man's Garb (clothing for the RenFare fanatic and great links to costume sites)

the Merchant of Venice(headdresses and masks)

Milieux: The Costume Site (GREAT site with links everywhere concerning costumes)

MoiRandall's Web Catalog (online store with several basic renfaire garb patterns)

Museum Replicas Limited (online catalog of replicated clothing & weapons, RenFaire)

Raleigh Creative Costumes (online store for RenFaire garb, Star Wars costumes & more)

la Renaissance (links for information and graphics on the Renaissance time period)

*Pattern Drafting

Premier Designs (on-line catalog for costumes from the late 1800's through the 1930's)

Renaissance Faire Junkie (graphics and links for the RenFaire junkies in us all)

Renaissance/History Links

Regency Fashion Page (links and graphics on the Regency era - 1800's)

Richard the Thread (online catalog of costume sewing supplies)

*RL Shep Publications (Costume and Textiles Sites  historic and ethnic)

Sewing Tips for Historical Clothing (1700's)

Shakespeare: Complete works (both his plays and sonnets are included)

Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc.

the Tangled Web of Lara the Lacemaker (blackwork, lace making & RenFaire garb)

*Titian (Italian art masterpieces from late 1400's- mid 1500's)

Victorian Dress (dressing the Victorian lady 1850's)

Village Images (images from the late 1700's through the 1950's)

Yosa's Home Page (costume design and sales)

Graphics Links
Web Graphics and clip art.
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A+B+C Graphics

Cottonwood Graphics
neral how-to for web design)
Designs by SacredWolfDreams

Enchanted Backgrounds

Holger's Image Page

The Java Boutique (lots of html coding for cool graphic affects, including applets)

Laurie McCanna's FREE ART PAGE

Lindy's Graphics

Scanned Artwork...
Yoders Art Gallery & Critic's Corner  (including Maxfield Parrish and other artists)

World Wide Arts Resources - (The largest gateway to the arts in the world).

(should you come across any non-working links, please let me know, and I will remove them - thank you!)

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