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• Bissonnette on Costume: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion

  Example images of costume by locality, time period and accessories.

• Bits of Blue and Gray - American Civil War Fashions

  The column describes the clothing women wore during the Civil War era, undergarments, dresses, jackets, coats, hats, as well as accessories, shoes, belts, purses, etc.

• Clothing of the 1830s

• Cornell Costume and Textile Collection

• Costume History at The Costumer's Manifesto

  Links to many sites by period which are useful for dating old photographs based on the clothes worn by the subjects.

  • The History of Fashion and Dress

  • Timeline of Costume History

• Dating Portraits - Clothing Styles

• Dressing Baby - 1850s Style

• Dye History from 2600 BC to the 20th Century

• Fashion-Era

  Fashion history, costume trends & eras, Victorian costumes & haute couture. Useful source for dating old photographs.

• Godey's Lady's Book

• Historical Boys Clothing

• Jessamyn's Regency Costume Companion

• Lisa's Fashion History Database

  Full-color drawings of ladies fashions from the 1800s and 1900s.

• Notes and Illustrations on Regency Clothing Styles

  With 1895 Charles E. Brock illustrations for Pride and Prejudice.

• Southern Refugee Society

  Civilian Civil War Re-enactors with information and links on period fashions.
  [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]

• The Black Fashion Museum

  The Black Fashion Museum in Washington DC acknowledges the achievements and contributions of people from the African Diaspora to the apparel industry.

• The Costume Gallery

• The Costume Page - Costume History

• The Costumer's Manifesto

  Victorian fashion links.

• The History of Costume

  By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880.