Elizabethan Costume Links

Also:

  • Alina's Wardrobe — Elizabethan and Flemish costumes.
  • Angela Friedman - Period Costumes — by Angela Friedman. Beautiful costumes made by a young, up-and-coming costumer.
  • Cheapside Hoard — Article about 16th-17th century jewelry found by excavators in 1912.
  • Cunnan — Wiki for Medieval and Renaissance reenactors.
  • Decollete: A Severed Head Gallery — Lots of pictures and information about the Tudors, the French Revolution, and other famous eras with lots of decapitations!
  • Dial-A-Dress — Fun tool that helps you to design an Elizabethan dress.
  • Does This Make Me Look Fat? — by Alyxx. Diaries of Elizabethan, Venetian, Saxon, Augsburg, etc gowns she has made. Some beautiful stuff! (and the name makes me laugh!)
  • Elizabeth I (1533-1603) — Site with information on Queen Elizabeth I, including images, articles and essays, and Elizabeth's own articles.
  • Elizabethan Blackwork Archives, The — 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 Costuming Page, The Top Pick — 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 — Resources for the Elizabethan history fanatic. Includes a really great "costume review" in which she analyzes the clothing in various portraits.
  • Elizabethan Sumptuary Statutes — By MaggiRos.
  • 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.
  • European Middle Class — Webpage of 16th century Map showing costume of middle class men and women around Europe.
  • Extreme Costuming — Really gorgeous costumes, especially her hand embroidered Elizabethan jacket (drool...)
  • Farthingale Calculator — A tool to help you calculate the amount of boning need to make a farthingale.
  • Festive Attyre, A Top Pick — 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 Images — As the name implies, lots of images of French Hoods from the 1530s thru 1590s.
  • Garb Index — Information on Burgundian clothing, farthingales, partlets, ruffs, paned slops, and more.
  • Genevieve d'Aquitaine — Elizabethan, Italian renn, middle eastern, Russian, etc
  • Gentlewoman's Accounts, A New! — Tudor clothing & embroidery, research, portraits, and more.
  • Grand Ladies New! — Lots of portraits of "grand" ladies from late 15th century through the Belle Epoque, approx. 1914.
  • Guy's Costume — Man's Elizabethan Noble costume
  • Historical Needlework Resources: 16th Century — From the website: "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 — Just as the title says...
  • In Prayse of the Needle — 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 — Information on Elizabethan gloves, "late period" coats, how to make buttons, and more.
  • Lara the Lacemaker Updated! — Has lots of patterns and instructions for making Renaissance Faire costumes.
  • Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge — Information about everyday knowledge for people of the 16th century. Subjects include clothing, food, games, language, occupations, names, etc.
  • 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 McMasters Top Pick — She sells patterns for late Renaissance head coverings (cauls, coifs, biggins, arming caps, etc), and hat patterns that can be used as the basis for many other hats, like her "Universal Oval Brim Straight Sides" pattern. Lots of beautiful pix of her costumes.
  • Mary Rose, The - Clothing — Article about items found on sunken ship that was built in 1512.
  • Mary Tudor — Site with many portraits of Mary Tudor during her whole life time.
  • Medieval Material Culture Linkspages - Blackwork Gallery — Karen Larsdatter's links page with lots of images of blackwork on period clothing. (Was "Elizabethan Practical Companion – Blackwork Gallery")
  • Mode Historique — Sarah Goodman's site (was The Elizabethan Lady). She has lots of lovely costumes. Contains "The Costumer's Guide to Home Depot."
  • Mooharpist (was Anya's Documentation Site) — Documentation on Elizabethan period clothing. Articles on "Tudor basics," "Elizabethan on a budget," "Ruffing," etc. Bibliography and photo gallery, too.
  • 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 Top Pick — 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.
  • Philippa's Wardrobe — Lots of lovely costumes from various regions and eras - flemish, italaian, english, roman, etc.
  • Queen's Court, The - Photo Gallery — Gallery of men's and women's renaissance portraits.
  • Ravensgard Costuming and Textiles Page — An SCA site with lots of links, including a section of Celtic links.
  • Renaissance Faire Dress — Costuming, pictures, etc
  • Renaissance Festival Books — Site from the British Library where you can view online books from the 15th thru 17th centuries about various festivals (coronations, festivals, and ceremonies).
  • Renaissance Tailor, The — Fabulous site with demonstrations on sewing techniques, pattern drafting, and clothing. See my How To's page for links to many of her demos.
  • Renaissance Woman, A — Costumes, sewing projects and free embroidery designs for Renaissance and Medieval fairs.
  • 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.
  • Seamstrix — Elizabethan costumes, also some medieval and 18th century. Lots of pictures, men's & women's
  • Sempstress — Lots of instructions and info on making Renaissance costumes.
  • Tudor & Elizabethan Portraits — Portraits from Henry VII through James I. Great for inspiration.
  • Tudor Costume — by Claire Kirkpatrick. Has "How-Tos" and diaries on gown and undergarments from 1530's.
  • Tudor Costume Page, The — The site is specifically geared towards Tudor re-enactors at Kentwell Hall, but anyone interested in Tudor period will find useful information here. Instructions on how to make men's and women's clothing.
  • Tudor Effigies — A site with a large collection of images of English effigies from the Tudor era.
  • Tudor England, 1485-1603 — Site with portraits, articles, letters, genealogy, etc from the Tudor's reign.
  • Tudor England: Images — Lots of portraits of Tudor monarchs and nobility, from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
  • Tudor Group, The — "The Tudor Group is an historical interpretation society which concentrates on the Tudor period of British history. We set out to illustrate some of the ordinary facets of daily life for men, women and children, both rich and poor."
  • Tudor Place — Site from Argentina (in English). Pictures and bios on Tudors from Henry VII through Elizabeth I.
  • Tudor Textiles & Costume Links — Articles on "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.
  • Women's Fashions of the 17th Century - Drawings by Wenceslaus Hollar — Period drawings of English women's clothing.
  • Worshipful Company of Glovers of London - Glove Collection — A collection of gloves from the late 16th c through present day.

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