Research – Costume & Fashion History.

Costume Research

Institution/Museum

• Abiti Antichi – Italian Costume Collection 1750 – 1930.
• AHDS archive : world textiles from Farnham College for Creative Arts.
• Anne Lambert Clothing and Textiles Collection. University of Alberta Museums.
• Bath City Council – Fashion Museum – Examples of all of types of fashions. The earliest pieces in the collection are embroidered shirts and gloves from about 1600.
• The George Washington University Museum. The Textile Museum fosters the study and appreciation of art, history, and culture.
• Brighton & Hove Museums –  It embraces men’s, women’s and children’s dress and accessories from the 16th century to the present day. On Flickr: Dress for Excess, Fashion at Brighton Museum.
• Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad. Collection of Indian textiles.
• Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection.
• Costumes et textiles | Collections | Musée McCord Museum.
• Custom Corset Designers and Manufacturers –  Link List by LISA.
• Fashion Institute of Technology, New York.
• (FIDM) The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, California.
• Fashion and Textile Design at the University of Brighton.
• Goldsmith Textile Collection & Constance Howard Gallery.
• Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History – Costume Collection representing the changing appearance of Americans from the 17th century to the present.
• LSU Textile & Costume Museum. Louisiana State University.
• London College of Fashion. Collections and Archives.
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Fine collection of selected costumes.
• Lipperheidesche Kostümbibliothek – EXHIBITIONS STATE MUSEUM BERLIN (The world’s biggest collection on the cultural history of clothing and fashion)
• The Costume Collection at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
• The Kyoto Costume Institute – Authentic samples of western clothing from each era. The collection ranges from the 17th century to the present day.
• The Fashion Museum Bath. Collection of contemporary and historic dress.
• The Victoria and Albert Museum –  The collection include rare 17th-century gowns, 18th-century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture.
• The Costume Society of America. Costume and fashion history. Publishes educational journal.
• The Costume Society (UK). The study and preservation of historic and contemporary dress.
• The collections of the Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA).
• The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg house three centuries of historic clothing and accessories.
• The Bata Shoe Museum. Collection of Footwear from Ancient to 20th-century.
• The Brinton Museum. The Brinton Museum’s American Indian Advisory Council (inaugurated in 2015) consists of ten highly respected members from the Apsáalooke-Crow, Northern Cheyenne, Lakota and Navajo Nations.
• The Fan Collection of Felix Tal at the Royal Antiquarian Society (Dutch).
• The German Historical Museum – The Collection of Civilian Textiles and Costume consists of some 20,000 objects from around 1750 to the present day.
• The Jewish Museum London.
• The Textile Society –  Forum for textile professionals and enthusiasts.
• The Morgan Library & Museum Online Exhibitions. Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands. The evolution of courtly clothing from around 1330 to 1515.
• The Nordiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden.
• The Kent State University Museum Collection.
• Museum of London. The objects embody an eclectic breadth around ‘dance’ in three broad areas – ballet, social dance, and dance entertainment, ranging from dolls dressed in 1840s stage costume to 21st century African dance outfits.
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
• Mode et Textile – Les Arts Décoratifs France – Collections – Frise chronologique.
• The Museum of Historical Costume. Poznan, Poland.
• The State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Russia. Collection of Russian folk costumes. Collection Russian Art and Culture.
• The Memory. Het Geheugen van Nederland – Collections Clothing Design as art.
• The Wallace Collection London.  French 18th century painting.
• Manchester Art Gallery – Collections of clothing and fashion from the 17th century to the present day.
• Musée McCord Museum – Important collection of costume in Canada.
• Museum of Fine Arts, Boston – Textiles and Fashion Arts.
• Museum of the City of New York. 119 stellar garments of Worth/Mainbocher.
• Museum of Costume and Lace, Brussels.
• Norsk Folkemuseum – Norway. Norwegian folk costumes, folk art, church art and Sami culture.
• Norwich Textile. Art and technology of Norwich Textiles.
• Palais Galliera | Musée de la mode de la Ville de Paris.
• Parures et bijoux des musées nationaux de Malmaison et du palais de Compiègne.
• Ohm Foundation Hamburg Germany. Costume history collection, avangarde – fashion, pictures and drawings.
• Texas Fashion Collection – University of North Texas.
• University of Leeds Textile Archive – The International Textile Collection (ITC).
• Volkstrachten (German) The costume. Traditional – customs – folklore – cultural history.
• Westhope Craft College – Offer a variety of craft subjects including Fashion, Textiles.
• Winterthur Museum & Archive, Delaware, USA. Museum of American decorative arts.

Scholar

Do not forget Ubu, which stands for an extensive archive on art in the fields of exp. film, audio, performance, language, image of the 20th/21st century. 

• Brill scholarly publishing. Books and reference works in both print and electronic format.
• Christiane Arp: Fashion in Conversation. Christiane Arp has been rejuvenating Vogue.
• Expressions of Power – Luxury textiles from early medieval northern Europe. Sonja Marzinzik. The British Museum.
• Fashion Campaign: Katy Ann Lyons.
• From Runway to Museum: Creating Successful Exhibitions Showing the Interrelationship between Fashion and Art. Erica Kroening, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
• University of Cambridge Museums of Archaeology and Anthropology.
• The History of the Flapper at Smithonian by Emily Spivack in 5 Parts
• The Economic Theory of Woman’s Dress by Veblen, Thorstein. The Popular Science monthly, Vol. 46, New York 1894, 198-205
• Germany as editor-in-chief since 2003, and she also contributes as a stylist on many international fashion shoots (podcast). 
• Reconstructing The Ancient Aegean/Egyptian Textile Trade. Elizabeth Barber. Occidental College. 1990.
• The Women of Palmyra – Textile Workshops and the Influence of the Silk Trade in Roman Syria. Cynthia Finlayson. Textile Society of America.
• Textiles and Tradition in the Marketplace. Philis Alvic. Textile Society of America 12th Biennial Symposium, 2010.
• Sacred Textile Banners of Japan by Monica Bethe. Symposium of the Textile Society of America.
• The Hierarchy of Rococo Women Seen through Fashion Paintings. Sanda Brighidin, Minnesota State University, Mankato.
• School of Grazia: Fashion Blogging. Grazia’s editor-at-large Angela Buttolph is joined by Emily from Fashion Foie Gras, Ella from La Petite Anglaise and Ella from Coco’s Tea Party.
• School of Grazia: Beauty Blogging. Grazia’s editor-at-large Angela Buttolph is joined by Fleur of Fleur De Force, Estée of Essie Button and Lily of Lily Pebbles.
• School of Grazia: Guide to Vlogging. A special series of three fashion blogging masterclasses.
• 3D Virtual Prototyping in Apparel Design. Hanna Hoch, Iowa State University.
• Blogging in the Fashion Industry: A Descriptive Study of the Use of the Two-Step Flow Communications Theory By Professional and Citizen Bloggers to Become Opinion Leaders. Mia Alexandra Mendola, California Polytechnic State University.
• “The New Costumes of Odd Sizes” Plus-Sized Women’s Fashions, 1920–1929.
• The Trend for Mannish Suits in the 1930s. Sara B. Marcketti, Emily T. Angstman.
• Dressing Indian: Appropriation, Identity, and American Design, 1940-1968.
• IP Protection of Fashion Design: To Be or Not To Be, That is the Question. Xinbo Li.
• Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky University, Faytullayeva, Shamira A. This illustrated project describes the economic benefits of the tailoring skills of a Russian emigrant, Samisiya Faytullayeva.
• Designing and Producing CITRINE: A Reflective Essay on Designing a Fashion Collection and My Personal Fashion Philosophy. Samantha E. Davis.
• The Story of a Collector: Research and Exhibition of One Woman’s Passion for Fashion. Jean L. Parsons, Sara B. Marcketti.
• A Comparison of Linear and Somatotype Pattern Drafting for Standard and Plus Sizes. Laurel Dawn Romeo, Elena E. Karpova.
• The Efficacy of Teaching Creativity: Assessment of Student Creative Thinking Before and After Exercises. Elena E. Karpova, Sara B. Marcketti, Jessica Barker.
• Costume Design: The School of Scandal. Rose Downing.
• University Historic Clothing Museums and Collections: Practices and Strategies. Sara B. Marcketti, Janet E. Fitzpatrick, Carmen N. Keist, Sara J. Kadolph.
• Student Choice as an Effective Learning Strategy. Sara B. Marcketti.
• A Redesigned Aesthetics Course with a Focus on Building Brand Identity through the 5Ps. Proceedings of the 67th Annual Conference of the International Textile and Apparel Association. Ann Marie Fiore, Janet E. Fitzpatrick, Amrut Sadachar.
• Fashion and Sustainability: Increasing Knowledge About Slow Fashion Through an Educational Module. By Rachel Preuit, Ruoh-Nan (Terry) Yan.
• A study on the comparison between two approached on fashion trend analysis. By Hyosun An, Minjung Park.
• Luxury for the masses: Why we can’t all have it all. By Kelly Allen, Patricia T. Warrington.

Buy, sell, rent.

• ARTISANRY LEATHER Lupa Leather Art. Handicraft leather by Didem Kurtoglu. Fethiye, Turkey.
• Corsetry & Victorian. Steampunk – Gothique – Boutique. Melbourne  +61 451 007 540.
• Kambriel. Clothing and Accessories for Femme Fatales and Decadent Gentlemen.
• Kats Hats Historical Headdresses, Costumes and Accessories.
• Siam Costumes is a family run costume manufacturer based in the heart of Bangkok. Known for his exquisitely crafted costumes for numerous international film productions. By appointment only.
• Spitze – Berlin Historical Clothing. Textiles & Accessories from 1860 – 1960 by Katharina Göres. Founders: Herbert Mayr & Axel Noltekuhlmann. Suarezstr. 53 14057 Berlin Germany. Telefon & Fax: + 49 – (0)30 3131068 or mail
• Maggie May Clothing. Historical Fashion by Susan Jarrett.
• Meg Andrews – Antique Dress and Textiles. Rare, unusual and really interesting!
• MWS Manhattan Wardrobe Supply, by Cheryl Kilbourne-Kimpton and Tommy Boyer. 245 West 29th Street 8th Floor New York, NY 10001.
• Pierre’s Mascots and Costumes is one of the world’s oldest full service costume and mascot manufacturers located in the heart of Old City Philadelphia.

Medieval Research.

• Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index. Covers journal articles, book reviews, and essays in books about women, sexuality, and gender during the Middle Ages.
• NetSERF – Medieval Resources by Dr. Andrea R. Harbin.
• Society for Creative Anachronism. Researching and re-creating the arts and skills of pre-17th-century Europe.
• Book and Sword ~ Pontifex minimus
• The Internet Medieval Sourcebook. Internet History Sourcebooks Project. Fordham University.
• Material Culture and Self-Representation in the Late Middle Ages – Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest.
• Viking Resources – Trichinopoly for the Reenactor.
• Footwear of the Middle Ages by Marc Carlson.
• Stefan’s Florilegium.
• La cotta simple by Tasha Dandelion Kelly. Late medieval fashion redressed (Tutorials).
• Medieval Clothing Pages: Articles and essays for Research, Re-enactors, LARPers, Historians by Cynthia Virtue.
• Medieval (and Other Historic) Welsh Topics by Heather Rose Jones.
• Information on the Medieval Silkewerk of the 13th – 15th centuries by Cindy Myers.
• THE SCRIPTORIUM – A collection of all things medieval.
• The Medieval Combat Society.

Misc.

• The Neglected Books Page. Where forgotten books are remembered by Brad Bigelow.
• Curationist is a free online resource that brings together arts and culture communities
• Native American Nations. American Indian information for personal research, tribal histories, census and rolls.
• House of Mirelle. The House Of Mirelle was a high end fashion house that existed in the UK city of Hull between 1938 and 1978.
• The National Gallery of Art. Collection.
• TATE. British art from the 16th century to the present day and of international modern and contemporary art.
• Ste. Genevieve Journal. An informative as well as very charming blog dedicated to the English and French colonial history around Ste. Genevieve in the state of Missouri.
• Silk Road House – A Cultural and Educational Center. Silk Road House is a non-profit organization to promote and support ethnic cultural traditions.
• Regency Fashion at Jane Austen UK
• The Beadworkers Guild UK.
• The Braid Society.
• The Guild of Enamellers.
• TurkoTek – A noncommercial site for collectors of oriental rugs and other ethnographic textiles.
• A Guide to Celtic Costume
• Stevie Walker – Textile Artist, Craftsperson and Tutor.
• The National Academy of Needlearts.
• Sock Dreams. Large selection of socs and tights for goths of all shapes and sizes.
• Rock Shoes & Boots. Murcia Spain.
• Unsplash. The internet’s source of freely-usable images.

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