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Elizabethan / English Renaissance Costume Sites:

  • Alaina Blackram's Site — Elizabethan, has some instructions
  • Anne of Cleves — Site with info and pictures of Anne and her family.
  • Anya's Documentation Site — Updated 08/2007 As of 08/2007, site is down.
    Documentation on Elizabethan period clothing. Articles on "Tudor basics," "Elizabethan on a budget," "Ruffing," etc. Bibliography and photo gallery, too.
  • Cheapside Hoard — Article about 16th-17th century jewelry found by excavators in 1912.
  • Cunan — Wiki for Medieval and Renaissance reenactors.
  • Dial-A-Dress — Fun tool that helps you to design an Elizabethan dress.
  • Does This Make Me Look Fat? New 08/2007 — by Alyxx. Diaries of Elizabethan gowns she has made. Some beautiful stuff! (and the name makes me laugh!)
  • Elizabeth's Tudor Pages — by Elizabeth Walpole, aka Elizabeth Beaumont. 16th century gowns, including her instructions on how to make Simplicity #8881 and #8735 more authentic.
  • Elizabeth I (1533-1603) — Site with information on Queen Elizabeth I, including images, articles and essays, and Elizabeth's own articles.
  • The Elizabethan Blackwork Archives — Lots of blackwork info and patterns (for decorating your costume).
  • Elizabethan Costume: History & Technique — Margo Anderson's costuming site (separate from her patterns website)
  • Elizabethan Costumes — by Angela Friedman. Beautiful costumes made by a young, up-and-coming costumer.
  • The Elizabethan Costuming Page Updated 08/2007 — THE site for Elizabethan costume.  Lots of step by step instructions, including a corset pattern generator, and good source for research, portraits, etc. Links to other Elizabethan costuming sites.
  • Elizabethan Geek New 08/2007 — Resources for the Elizabethan history fanatic. Includes a really great "costume review" in which she analyzes the clothing in various portraits.
  • Elizabethan Practical Companion — Blackwork Gallery — Lots of images of blackwork on period clothing.
  • European Middle Class — Map showing costume of middle class men and women around Europe in the mid-16th century.
  • Extreme Costuming New 08/2007 — Really gorgeous costumes, especially her hand embroidered Elizabethan jacket (drool...)
  • A Festive Attyre — by Jennifer Thompson. This site has lots of "How To" articles and the Featured Attyre page — it is really great to see other people's costumes and read how they made them.
  • French Hood ImagesNew 08/2007 — As the name implies, lots of images of French Hoods from the 1530s thru 1590s.
  • Garb Index — Information on farthingale, partlet, ruff, paned slops, and more.
  • Genevieve d'Aquitaine — Elizabethan, Italian renn, middle eastern, Russian, etc
  • Guy's Costume — Man's Elizabethan Noble costume
  • Historical Needlework Resources: 16th Century New 08/2007 — "The purpose of this site is to be a resource centre for those interested in the study and practice of pre-16th century (Dark Ages, Medieval and Renaissance) needlework/embroidery and its techniques."
  • Hollar Engravings of English Women of the 17th Century New 08/2007 — Just as the title says...
  • In Prayse of the Needle New 08/2007 — Site by Jane Stockton has Elizabethan dress diaries. Also embroidery samples and documentation.
  • John Dillon's site — Has some beautiful men's & women's elizabethans.
  • Kate's Corner New 08/2007 — Information on Elizabethan gloves, "late period" coats, how to make buttons, and more.
  • Lara the Lacemaker — Has lots of patterns and instructions for making Renaissance Faire costumes.
  • Lorenzo D'Este's site — Recreations of Erik Sture's doublet and plunderhosen, and Sir Richard Cotton's doublet and trunkhose. Also pictures of his tablet weaving.
  • Lynn McMaster's Costumes — Lots of beautiful pix of her costumes.  She has a really nice Elizabethan Hat pattern.  Not much "how to" info, though.
  • The Mary Rose - Clothing — Article about items found on sunken ship that was built in 1512.
  • Mary Tudor New 08/2007 — Site with many portraits of Mary Tudor during her whole life time.
  • Mode Historique — Sarah Goodman's site (was The Elizabethan Lady). She has lots of lovely costumes. Contains "The Costumer's Guide to Home Depot."
  • My Elizabethan Costuming Adventure — Some articles, but mostly just pictures of costumes she has made.
  • My Gracious Silence — Book of woodcuts of women's fashion (late 16th c) from various countries and social classes.
  • My Lady's Wardrobe — By Bess Chilver. Gorgeous Tudor costumes, by costumer from the UK, who also reenacts at Kentwell Hall in Suffolk.
  • Nessa of the Lox — Pictures of her medieval, Elizabethan and Middle Eastern costumes.
  • Ninya Mikhaila Historical Costumer — Ninya makes gorgeous costumes, many for the Tower of London, Kentwell Hall, Hampton Court Palace, etc. Recent costumes include a beautiful reproduction of a gown worn in a portrait of Princess Elizabeth and another of Prince Edward.
  • One Tough Costumer — By Margo Anderson. Gallery of costumes Margo has made, articles about Elizabethan costuming history and technique, and costuming tips.
  • Raveness Renaissance Costuming — Renaissance / Elizabethan Costuming, Sewing, Big Dresses and more! Her research on Renaissance costuming, with subjects like class, underpinnings, shoes, Italian and Flemish costuming, commercial patterns, etc.
  • Ravensgard Costuming Links — Lots of stuff here.
  • REC Costuming guide — From Renaissance Entertainment Corp, a good general guide for Renaissance Faire costuming.
  • Ren-Faire Fashion Faux-Pas — Not P.C., but good for a chuckle
  • Renaissance Festival Books New 08/2007 — Site from the British Library where you can view online books from the 15th thru 17th centuries about various festiavals (coronations, festivals, and ceremonies).
  • Renaissance Forget-Me-Knot — Costuming, pictures, etc
  • Renaissance, The Elizabethan World — By MaggiRos. Articles about Elizabethan heraldry, sumptuary laws, and the trials of Essex and Southampton, plus links to other renaissance sites.
  • The Renaissance Tailor — Fabulous site with demonstrations on sewing techniques, pattern drafting, and clothing. See my How To's page for links to many of her demos.
  • A Renaissance Woman — Costumes, sewing projects and free embroidery designs for Renaissance and Medieval fairs.
  • Seamstrix — Lots of pictures, men's & women's
  • Sempstress — Lots of instructions and info on making Renaissance costumes.
  • Sarra's Stitchery — So far the site only has dress diaries for a working class kirtle, a middle class wool gown and "A Young Woman by Unknown" (often called "the Helena Snakenbourg" portrait).
  • Thrednedle Strete — "Resources for Historical Costumers." Lots of great articles: colored starches, a biography on Janet Arnold, Stubbe's 'Anatomie of Abuses' and more. As of June 2004, she's also working on an image database.
  • Tudor Costume — by Claire Kirkpatrick. Has "How-Tos" and diaries on gown and undergarments from 1530's.
  • Tudor & Elizabethan Portraits — Updated 08/2007 As of 08/2007, site is down.
    Portraits from Henry VII through James I. Great for inspiration.
  • Tudor England, 1485-1603 — Site with portraits, articles, letters, genealogy, etc from the Tudor's reign.
  • Tudor England: Images — New 08/2007Lots of portraits of Tudor monarchs and nobility, from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
  • Tudor Place — Site from Argentina (in English). Pictures and bios on Tudors from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
  • Tudor Textiles & Costume Links — "Color in Elizabethan Dress," "Fabric Printing in the Renaissance," "Cotton in Early Modern Europe," "Period Dyes in the Sixteenth Century," and more.
  • TudorHistory.org — Just what it says, History of the Tudors.
  • Washington Renaissance Faire - Actor's Library — Although written for actors participating in the Washington Renaissance Fantasy Faire, there are lots of good resources here, not only for costuming, but language, personas, etc.

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