Costume links

Early Britain

• Clothing and Appearance of the Anglo-Saxons 600-800
• Dress and personal adornment for the early irish
• Articles on Scottish Clothing

Medieval

• The History of Costume (Lots of pictures!)
• Rialto Clothing Archives
• Clothing of the Middle Ages
• Medieval Clothing Pages: Articles by Cynthia Virtue
• Bilder og mønstre fra Historiska världar (bl.a. borgarkvinna sent 1300 og sent 1400)
• Extant garments relevant to Denmark in the mid-to-late 14th Century pdf (old vers)
• Artifact How to make Cotehardies, 14th century braies, line garments etc.
• T-tunic - the period way
• Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction
• Costume for a 12th Century Lady
• Constructing the Brueghel "Vest"
• The ten-gore dress: cotehardies from Herjolfsnes
• On Kirtles
• Houppelandes
  • Drafting a Houppelande Pattern
  • A theory on construction of the Houppelande
  • Understanding Houpelande and Burgundian Clothing Construction
• Hose Patterns
• How to draft patterns for men's vests, men's pants, women's bodice etc.

1500 and later

• The Handbook of german dress
• Cutting diagrams for Mary of Hapsburg's Gown (1520)
• Elizabethan Costuming Homepage
• Elizabethan Costume Guide
• How to make a Victorian Corset
• Clothing in the 16th century
• Italian Renaissance Gown Construction
• Dress in the 18th century

Basics for beginners

• Hildes kilder til inspirasjon
• URL's Kostymekompendium
• Introduction to Garb
• Dawn's Costume Clothing Guide
• Making Shirts for LRP
• Mike Horrills DIY-guide