Costuming My Bliss

• Links Page

This is where you'll find some of my favorite links.

Museum Collections:

• The Manchester gallery:  They have a great collection of extant garments.  This is where I found the Archery Gown.
  Kyoto Costume Institute: Extant clothing collection ranging from 1700-1940.
• Tidens Tøj: More extant clothing.  Site is in Danish, but you can muddle through.  Try an online translator.

Fashion Plate Collections:

         Fashion Plates are a great place to find inspiration, and there are a number of sites that have extensive collections.

• Uni. of washington Libraries:  417 beautiful plates ranging from 1806-1915.  one of my all time favorite sites. (I can stare at these for hours!)
• LACMA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.  Here you will find a combination of fashion plates and extant garments.  Very inspiring.
• Old Prints: Plates from the 1830's.
• Henry Madden Library: Plates covering the Empire/Directiore era-WWI
•  After a fashion: 1798-1838.  These are offerd for sale. (I have no affiliation with this site)
  NYPL: Contains fashion plates and pictures.  Search on the terms: "clothing", "dress", "costume".  You can also search for a specific date.

Elizabethan:

•  Renaissance, The Elizabethan world:The absolute authority on Elizabethan times.  Here, you'll find pages on sumptuary laws, Heraldry, Life at court, and much, much more!
• Elizabethan Costuming Page: A huge collection of articles and links.  Including the Corset Pattern Generator, and the Smock Pattern Generator.  An invaluable source of knowledge.
• The Renaissance Tailor: This site offers on-line tutorials on how to make cartridge pleats, card weaving (for making trims), and basic pattern developement.  There is way to much info to list it all here, go check it out for yourself!
• Resources for the English Renaissance: A collection of links/pages on pronunciation of olde English, music, art, history and so much more.
•  Portraits of Queen Elizabeth the 1st.: A great site. 

• Renaissance Art Society:  Informational site about the history of the times, cutler, and society of the Northern & Southern Renaissance movement.
  

Regency:

• Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion: Everyting Regency!  A really great and inspiring site.