Do you feel overwhelmed when researching a historical garment or fashion era? Here’s my basic method for studying dress history when I’m starting a new costume project. From fashion plates to extant clothes, art & portraiture to books and academic and historic text sources, follow along as I research the design of my upcoming Robe a la Francaise.
(The number of sniffles I had to edit out of this video was obscene.)
** REFERENCES **
This was recorded a bit haphazardly so I apologize for not linking to every source seen in the video, but here are some highlights from my bookmarks collection. If you see something specific in the video that's not linked here, please leave a comment and I'll try to look for it.
GENERAL FASHION TIMELINES
fashionhistory.fitnyc.edu/
MUSEUMS
www.metmuseum.org/art/collect... (Largest museum collection in the world)
collections.mfa.org/collections
www.vam.ac.uk/collections?typ...
collections.lacma.org/
sparcdigital.fitnyc.edu/
www.nationaltrustcollections....
www.thejohnbrightcollection.c...
www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/rijksst...
www.europeana.eu/en (aggregate of several European museum collections)
www.artic.edu/collection
gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/en/con... (collection is somewhat hard to search)
digital.library.unt.edu/explo...
www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/co...
www.museumoflondon.org.uk/col...
AUCTION HOUSES
www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/a...
www.meg-andrews.com/
FASHION PLATES
17th Century collection collections.lacma.org/search/...
La Mode Illustree ateliernostalgia.wordpress.co...
Los Angelas Public Library tessa.lapl.org/cdm/landingpag...
Gallery of French Fashions (late 1700s) gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt...
Fashions of London and Paris (regency) collections.britishart.yale.e...
www.metmuseum.org/art/librari...
HISTORIC MAGAZINES
A bit about magazine history: wordwenches.typepad.com/word_...
McCalls (1890s-1920s) onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu...
Delineator (1880s-1930s) onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu...
Ladies Home Journal (1880s-1920s) onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu...
Beau Monde (regency) archive.org/search?query=Beau...[]=collection%3A%22pub_beau-monde-or-literary-and-fashionable-magazine%22
La Belle assemblée (Regency era) catalog.hathitrust.org/Record... and regencyfashion.org/lb.html
Lady’s Monthly (Regency) catalog.hathitrust.org/Record...
ART & PORTRAITURE
historicalportraits.com/
artuk.org/discover/artworks/v...
www.nga.gov/
BLOGS AND WEBSITES
www.elizabethancostume.net/
List of free historic tailoring books: mantuadiary.blogspot.com/2016...
cottesimple.com/ (Late medieval)
rosaliegilbert.com/sitemap.html (medieval)
festiveattyre.com/
thepragmaticcostumer.wordpres...
rococoatelier.blogspot.com/
fashion-era.com/
janeaustensworld.com/
demodecouture.com/
www.mimimatthews.com/blog/
witness2fashion.wordpress.com/
ateliernostalgia.wordpress.co...
archive.org/
www.jstor.org/
Interesting things I found while researching
www.slam.org/collection/objec...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Harlo...
www.loc.gov/collections/afric...
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6 дек 2023