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    JMD&Co - Resource and training facility for students of heritage management and historic clothing. Employment, contact information, links, and suggested costume books covering mid-16th to mid-18th century.

    Shan's Costume History Site - Includes pictures of clothing from Ancient through 20th century. Links to related sites.

    The Well-Dressed Wench - Collection of costume-related links and resources for living history enthusiasts. Medieval and Renaissance, Colonial and American Revolution, and Civil War or Victorian eras.

    Costumes and Clothing - Images and essays on historic garb covering the ancient world through the 20th century.

    Bjarne Drews' Costumes - Photographs of reproduction costumes, primarily from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Regency. Closeups of handmade lace and embroidery. [Graphic intensive]

    United States Army Insignia - Examples of the changes in the insignia through history, indexed by war. Also West Point, and selected American and foreign medals. Insignia images, origin of ranks, and poems.

    Sewing: History and Inventions - Series of short essays on the history of sewing machines, plus some of the inventions leading to present day fasteners. From Fudge and the Funnies Store web pages.

    A Brief History of Fashion - Introduction to the history of western fashion, from the ancient Greeks to early 1900. Authors: Kathleen Gossman and Amber Lewis.

    Historical Boys' Clothing - From the 16th to 20th centuries, but concentrating mainly on the period from 1800. Includes information on clothes for specific activities and special occasions, uniforms, hair-styles, chronologies, and analytical essays.

    The Costumebase - Access over 3500 pictures that depict period costume, fabrics and fashion accessories: paintings, prints, fashion plates, and photographs of extant items.

    The Ladies Treasury of Costume and Fashion - An ezine of 19th and 20th century costume and needlework resources, offering articles on period dress and related social history, plus free patterns based on original ladies books and magazines.

    Fashion History - Pauline Weston Thomas and Guy Thomas place costume alongside the social history of an era, focusing on fashion from 1800. Includes undergarments, haute couture and British royal fashion.



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