Here's Something About Mary

miscellaneous costuming supply sources

Miscellaneous:

• Act One Theater Costume Supply — Wigs, beards, hats, shoes, spats, tiaras, jewelry, eyeglasses and more.
• Amazon Drygoods catalogs — Does not sell online at this time, but you can order their catalogs. Books, reproduction clothing and household accessories, shoes, toys, corsets, plus historic clothing and window treatment patterns.
• Backstage Prosthetics Inc.
• Brettun's Village Leather — Great leather at low cost!
• Cinema Secrets — Latex prosthetics, etc
• Cochenille Design Studio — Pattern-making software.
• Edinburgh Imports: Fur — A variety of synthetic and natural furs.
• Fabulous Furs — All kinds of faux furs: fabric, clothing, accessories and more.
• Green Man Forge — Makes tools for pinking and punching.
• Print Free Graph Paper
• Swords from Toledo

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Books:

• Costume & Dressmaker Press — Publishes & sells a few costume related books, including Drea Leed's "The Well Dress'd Peasant." Also sells issues of a magazine called "Costume & Dressmaker Magazine."
• Cantu Lace — Italian publishers who have a line of books on Cantu lace and a video on how to make it. The first volume of the books is on Venetian lace. Subsequent volumes will be on Rosaline, Milanese and Spanish laces, and more.
• Old Sturbridge Village gift shop — Has books, fabric, etc. 1830s concentration. Also check out Old Sturbridge Village website.
• Poison Pen Press — Books on medieval cookery, costuming, and domestic aspects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
• Quite Specific Media — Costume & Fashion Press — Costume and fashion books, including the new "Tudor Tailor" (out April 2006), "Costume in Detail", "The Medieval Tailor's Assistant", Janet Arnold's books, Alcega's "Tailor's Pattern Book 1589", and more.
• RL Shep books — Books on costume, textiles, etc. He carries a large selection of costuming books (the items on the website are rotated), so contact him to see if he has or can get a book that you want.
• Sally Queen & Assoc. — Historic fashion articles, books, calendars, etc. New book out in 2006 "Clothing and Textiles Collections in the United States: A CSA Field Guide" which lists information on 2600+ museums, universities and historic sites which have textile collections.
• Unicorn Limited (was Scot Press) — Books on Scottish, Celtic and Viking topics.
• Tutu.Com — Besides selling custom made tutus, they also sell books and patterns on dance costuming.
• The Workman's Guide - at Piper Publishing — A reproduction of a women's work book from the early 19th century. A great book with patterns, sewing instructions and more.

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Embroidery, Crochet, Knitting, etc:

• Berlin Embroidery Design — Sells embroidery kits, including blackwork and Jacobean designs.
• Stone's Neat Stuff & Emporium — Victorian knitting patterns & buttons.
• Sweetness & Light — (UK) Wax Chandlery & Sundries: bone sewing & knitting needles; bodkins; shuttles; lucets; linen thread; etc.

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