miscellaneous costume links
Misc Costume Sites
SCA Sites - cover many different time periods (pre-17th century) and countries
- BMMT - Arts & Sciences — SCA page w/ some good articles on costuming, etc
- Early Period (SCA periodicals) — SCA periodicals on-line
- Keradwc's Medieval Page — Photos from SCA events
- Known World Costume Symposium —
Photos from the SCA event.
- Meridian Arts & Sciences — Various articles on subjects such as handsewing, how to make a chaperone, constructing an elizabethan ruff, a german gown, etc.
- Past Times on the Web — SCA - articles on various stuff
- Pennsic.net — Website for Pennsic, with lots of pictures from past events.
- Tournaments Illuminated: Topics Index — SCA periodical, with many different articles ranging from costuming to armour to cooking to chivalry. Some, but not all, of the articles are online.
- Wardrobes of the Knowne World Unlock'd — SCA site with all kinds of articles, pictures, links, etc.
Miscellaneous....
- h-costume Info Page — How to subscribe to h-costume.
- Centre Nationale du Costume — French Canadian site about theatrical costumes. Some beautiful stuff. Site is in French.
- Costume Classroom — Online costuming courses, some are offered all year. Instructors are/have been Elizabeth Stewart Clark, JP Ryan, Danielle Nunn-Weinberg, Lea Dread, Jennie Chancey, Marna Jean Davis, Nicole Kipar, Juanita Leisch, and more.
- Costume College — A three day educational conference on all subjects related to costuming and clothing. Hosted by the Costumer's Guild West.
- Costume Design Page — Costume construction tips ~or~ "Everything you ever wanted to know about costume construction and wish someone had told you ten years ago, dammit."
- Costume Gallery — Over 25,000 images of costume online. You can purchase a "Library" membership to view all of their documents and images.
- Costume History Links — This page has links to many articles.
- Costume Society of America
- The DIY Guide to LRP — This website is geared to LRP costuming, but has some good basic patterns for shirts, cloaks, etc.
- Fashion Doll Gallery, by Helen S Rostmoff

- The Garb Bag —
As of 08/2007, site is gone.
Site devoted to fantasy costuming. Has a section on how to make basic costume items.
- The Fursuit FAQ —
As of 08/2007, the FAQ is gone.
A great resource on how to make fur costumes, like a mascot costume, with tips on materials, sewing, decorating and more.
- Gerarde's Herbal — Excerpts pertaining to costuming from "The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes" by John Gerarde.
- Graph Paper Printer — A shareware program that allows you to create your own graph paper.
- Graph Paper Program — Really cool program that lets you create your own graph paper at whatever scale you choose.
- The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider — 19th century drawings of costume, from antiquity to the 19th century. Not very accurate, but could give you some good ideas...
- International Costumers Guild
- Internation Flat Pattern Repository and Exchange —
As of 08/2007, site is not available.
"To acquire, catalog, database, preserve original patterns and distribute copies of garment patterns that have historical, research or practical value to costume & fashion designers, cutters, re-enactors, historians, vintage clothing reproducers, sociologists and anthropologists."
- LOTR Costume Research — All kinds of information on recreating the costumes from Lord of The Rings.
- Northern Society of Costume & Textiles — A group in UK that "was founded ... to encourage the study and preservation of costume and textiles." They sell patterns made from original clothing, including a dress that belonged to Charlotte Bronte.
- Paula Burch's All About Hand Dyeing and All About Dye

- Period Events & Entertainment Re-Creation Society (PEERS) — Based in the SF Bay Area, holds balls with different themes throughout the year.
- Threads Croquis "family"
— Packet of human figures to use for costume design.
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