FASHION: PAST & PRESENT
Updated July 23, 2010
Did
you know? It was considered unfashionable for Venetian women during the
Renaissance to have anything but silvery-blonde hair.
GENERAL
& COMPREHENSIVE
The History of
Costume by Braun & Scheider - color plates of dresses from Ancient Times
to the late 19th century.
Milieux: The Costume Site
The Costume Page
History
of Western fashion
The Costumer's Manifesto
Costume
History by Historical Period
TIMELINE:
Fashion History from 1858-today
Bissonnette on Costume: A
visual Dictionary of Fashion
The Costume Gallery
The Costume
Gallery's Research Library
Digital
Librarian: Fashion
A Thousand Years
of English Dresses
History
of Clothing - From an Inventors Perspective
Past Patterns
Vintage Clothing Heaven at
vintagevixen.com - Vintage
Clothing-Related Links
The
History & Fashion of Shoes
Fashion History Costume Trends and
Eras
Stefan's
Florilegium Archive
fashion net - the insider's guide to
all things chic
Costume
Related, Theater, Visual Arts, Performing Arts
Reconstructing
History - Historical Costumes
Kent State
University Museum: Exhibitions
RustyZipper.Com Vintage Clothing on
the Web - Over 15,000 items!
Looking Back
Clothier
Sense & Sensibility Patterns
Hairstyles.org.uk
Christy's Fashion
Pages
Costume,
Halloween & Costume Party Resource Guide @ Costume SuperCenter
ANCIENT
TIMES
ANCIENT
EGYPTIAN CLOTHING - Ancient
Egypt: Clothing - Egyptian
Clothing - History for Kids! - Egyptian
Clothes - Ancient Egyptian
Jewelry - Glass Beads,
"Fabulous Fakes" and the Birth of Costume Jewelry
Ancient
Egyptian Hairstyles - Ancient
Egyptian Beauty Aids - Egypt's
Fragrant Golden Age
Ancient Greek Clothing
- The Ancient
Greek World: Women's Dress & Toiletries - Ancient
Greek Jewelry - Greek
Clothing - History for Kids! - J.
Moyr Smith's Ancient Greek Female Costume
Roman Clothing,
Part I - Roman
Clothing, Part II - Roman
Dress - Roman
Clothing - History for Kids! - Ancient
Roman Clothing - Roman
Clothing - Roman
Armor And Military Dress - Diotima:
Glossary of Roman Clothing
For much more, check out my Ancient
Egypt, Ancient Greece,
& Ancient Rome pages.
MIDDLE
AGES & RENAISSANCE
Medieval
Clothing - The
Middle Ages-More About Clothing - Medieval
Clothing - Some
Clothing of the Middle Ages - The
Costume Gallery's Medieval Research - Middle
Ages Clothing - 1100–1200
in fashion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Medieval
Hairstyles - 12th-century
hairstyles
Footwear
of the Middle Ages - Leatherworking
in the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
Hygiene - 13th
Century Perfumery
Elizabethan Costuming Page
- Elizabethan
Clothing - Renaissance
Fashion - Renaissance
Costume History - Fashion
in the European Renaissance - The
Rich History of Renaissance Clothing - Fashion
History - Ancient - Medieval - Renaissance - The
Costumer's Manifesto: 16th Century Costume Links - History
of women's costumes during the Renaissance
For many more links, check out the sections on Daily Life on my Middle
Ages & Renaissance
pages.
17TH
& 18TH CENTURIES
17th
Century Costume
17th
Century Women's Fashion Plates - 17th
Century Men's Fashions
What to
Wear in the 17th Century
18th
Century Costume Resources - 18th
Century Clothing: Historical Overview
Introduction
to Eighteenth-Century Clothing: Colonial Williamsburg - Anatomy
of a Gown
Bissonnette
on Costume: The Eighteenth Century
A Short
History of the 18th Century High Roll Hairstyle
The
Lingerie Collection: 1700 to 1799
Please visit my Table of Contents
page for MUCH more on the 17th & 18th Century!
19TH
CENTURY - EARLY 20TH CENTURY (REGENCY, VICTORIAN, EDWARDIAN, PRE-WORLD WAR I)
Regency
and Empire Fashion Costume Links - Victorian
Fashion Links - Edwardian
Era
Bissonnette
on Costume: The Nineteenth Century
The Regency Fashion
Page - Regency Style
Year-by-Year - An
Austen Evening - Princess
Charlotte's Wedding Page - Regency
Women's Headdresses
The Spectacular Female
Body: Dress, Fashion and Modernity in Victorian Women's Magazines - Godey's
Lady's Book Online Home Page
The Hours
of the Woman of Leisure - The
Language of the Fan
Charles
Frederick Worth (1826–1895) and The House of Worth - Charles
Frederick Worth
Victorian
Clothing: The History of the Bathing Suit
Victorian
Dress Reform - 19th Century Dress
Reform In Pictures
John
Wesley Sermon on Dress in 1872
The
Lingerie Collection: 1800 to 1899
Centuries of
Childhood: Children's Fashions from 1740 to 1940
TITANIC
CLOSE-UP- The Costumes that Made the Movie
Victorian
Antique Marketplace - Vintage
Clothing and Antique Fashions
Sense & Sensibility Patterns
Winsome Clothing with an Old-Fashioned Appeal
Please visit my Table of
Contents page for MUCH more on the 19th & Early 20th Century!
20TH
CENTURY (POST WORLD WAR I)
Early
20th Century Fashion Links: 1911-1920 - 1920's
- 1930's - 1940s
- 1950's - 1960s
- 1970s - 1980s
- 1990's
20TH
CENTURY FASHION HISTORY BY DECADE
Fashions and
Clothes Styles from 50 years what do you remember
Fashion-Flashbacks - Fashion
Flashbacks by Decade
Bissonnette
on Costume: The Twentieth Century
History
of 20th Century Fashion - A
Year in Fashion: 1900s
Gabrielle
"Coco" Chanel (1883–1971) and the House of Chanel
MENS
FASHIONS OF THE 1920s
Flappers and Fashion
T-Shirts
Countdown Chart - History of the T-Shirt
The 70's and 80's Sportswear Museum
- In The 80s - Clothes of
the Eighties Index
Fashion - The Bad
Fads Museum
History
of 20th Century Footware - The
Heights of Fashion: Platform Shoes Then and Now - Stupid
Shoes
History
of 20th Century Cosmetics
History
of 20th Century Hair
Please visit my Table of
Contents page for MUCH more on the 20th Century!
21ST
CENTURY - FASHION TODAY!
2000 to
Present Costume Links at The Costumer's Manifesto
fashion net - the insider's guide to
all things chic
Latest
Fashion Looks for Summer 2010 - Summer
2010 | Silhouette (Check out Fashion
History Costume Trends and Eras for each new season's update!!!!)
Fashion Week
Fall 2010 (Check out Fashion week,
fashion shows, fashion photography, fashion trends, fashion cont for more
season updates!!!)
Future
Fashion Predictions Links at the The Costumer's Manifesto
COSMETICS
- FRAGRANCE - HAIR - JEWELRY - FOOTWEAR - ACCESSORIES
If you don't see what you need here, check the specific time periods above or
visit My Site Index and select the time
frame.
Beauty
Related Inventions - History of Makeup - The
History of Cosmetics - The
History of Cosmetics - History
of cosmetics - History
of Cosmetics - Brief
History of Beauty and Hygiene Products - MAKING
UP FOR WAR: SEXUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN WARTIME - History
of 20th Century Cosmetics - Madam CJ
Walker (For MUCH more, visit specific time periods as suggested at the
beginning of this section)
Perfume Timeline
- The
History of Perfume - History
of Perfume - A View
of Perfume - The
Origins of Eau de Cologne - Egypt's
Fragrant Golden Age - PERFUMES
FOR THE PERIOD SCENT
The American Society of
Perfumers - Welcome to the
Fragrance Foundation (For MUCH more, visit specific time periods as
suggested at the beginning of this section)
Hairstyle History:
The Costume Gallery Research Library - The
history of hair, hair styles through the ages - Hair
history and historical hairstyles - A
Short History of the 18th Century High Roll - Hairstyles
in Fashion History 1900-1920 - Vintage
Hairstyles Vintage Hair Style History Vintage Hairstyle Pictures - History
of 20th Century Hair - Big
in Japan: a history of hairstyles and hair ornaments - Hairstyles.org.uk
(For MUCH more, visit specific time periods as suggested at the beginning of
this section)
The History
of Jewelry, Gems, and Lapidary Artisans - Jewellery
History - The
History of Jewelry - Jewellery
- Glass Beads,
"Fabulous Fakes" and the Birth of Costume Jewelry - Egyptian
Jewelry (For MUCH more, visit specific time periods as suggested at the
beginning of this section)
The
Lingerie Collection - The
Accessories Collection - Wrapped
in Splendor: The Art of the Paisley Shawl
The
History & Fashion of Shoes - Coupon Cactus - History
of Footwear - History
of Shoes - Footwear and Shoes History - History
of 20th Century Footware - The
Heights of Fashion: Platform Shoes Then and Now - Stupid
Shoes (For MUCH more, visit the specific time periods as suggested at the
beginning of this section)
BISSONNETTE
ON HATS - HATS
GALORE - A
Brief History of Hats - Regency
Women's Headdresses - The
Beaver Fur Hat - History
of the Cowboy Hat (For MUCH more, visit the specific time periods as
suggested at the beginning of this section)
The
History of Eye Glasses or Spectacles - Contact Lenses - History
of Eyeglasses - Spectacles
- The
History of Sunglasses
Handbag
History and Information - The
Language of the Fan
Introduction
to Body Modification Ancient and Modern @ University of Pennsylvania
Please visit my Table of Contents
page for more info on specific time periods.
CHILDREN'S
FASHIONS
Centuries
of Childhood: Children's Fashions from 1740 to 1940
Children
in Early America: Dressing Up
History of
Childhood - The Cornell Costume Collection
19th & 20th Century Fashion
History: Children's Fashion
Please visit my Table of
Contents page for more info on specific time periods.
MEN'S
FASHIONS
Dress &
Grooming | The Art of Manliness
ETHNIC
& FOLK FASHION
Bissonnette
on Costume: China - Kent
State University Museum: Chinese Robes
Bissonnette
on Costume: Japan - Raiment
for Receptions: A Japanese Bride's Last Furisode - Kimono:
Introduction - Big
in Japan: a history of hairstyles and hair ornaments
Bissonnette
on Costume: India - Kent
State University Museum: A Dance of Light and Color
Bissonnette
on Costume: Turkey
Technicolor
Dreamcoats: Central Asian Ikat Robes
History of
Ashanti Kente Cloth
Please visit my Table of
Contents page for more info on specific cultures.
ARMS
- ARMOR - MILITARY UNIFORM/DRESS
The
Costumer's Manifesto: Military Costume and Armor Links
Swords and Armor
Check out my TABLE OF CONTENTS
page for links to specific time periods.
TEXTILES
Fabrics
- The History of Fabrics and Different Fibers
Antique Textile History
History of Silk
- The History of Silk - Silk
- History for Kids!
The
Textile Revolution - History of the Textile Industry - American
Textile History Museum in Lowell, Massachusetts
The
History of Scottish Tartan & Clan Tartans, Scotland - BBC
- A History of Tartan
History of
Ashanti Kente Cloth
VARIOUS
TOPICS
History
of the Shopping Center and Mall
Shopping
Innovations The History of the Shopping Mall
Fashion Designers of Their
Time
Designers
A-Z - History
of fashion design
A Vintage Wedding planned? Vintage
Wedding Gowns
Victorian
Clothing: The History of the Bathing Suit
Millenium
of Fashion with Salma Hayak
Introduction
to Body Modification Ancient and Modern @ University of Pennsylvania
Did you know? The Modern sneaker debuted in 1917, with brown canvas tops and black rubber soles. Its manufacturer, the National India Rubber Company, first called the creation Peds, but that name was already registered for another product, so the "P" was traded for a "K" (for 'kids'), making KEDS!
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