Resources - Fashion, Textiles, Beauty, and Accessories

Spinning

• The Joy of Hand Spinning
• Stephanie Pearl-McPhee's fleece-washing tutorial
• The effect of washing on wool colour
• More on fleece washing

Weaving/Textile Industry

• Ancient weaving
• The History of Weaving
• Clothing production in the Middle Ages (FFA thread)
• Textile Industry History (U.S.): A site devoted to the history of mills, people and companies.

Jewelry

• Medieval jewelry discussion
• Antique Jewelry University
• Chatelaines in the Victorian era

Undergarments

• Secrets of Women’s Underwear in Ancient China
• Medieval underwear: page 1, page 2, page 3
• 16th-century menstrual garments
• Victorian underwear
• Corsets in the "good old days" (FFA thread)

Headwear

• Men's hats around the end of the Georgian era (FFA thread)

Beauty and Cosmetics

• Perfumes: Perfume Intelligence; Basenotes
• Hairwashing products throughout Japanese history (FFA thread)

Fashions by Historical Era

• FFA rec thread for books on historical clothing
• Fashion-Era.com
• Folkwear.com
• Historical fashion links (Tea in a Teacup)
• Historical dress patterns (FFA thread)
• General Information on the History of Costume
• History and Social Aspects of Costume
• Evolution of Chinese Clothing and Cheongsam
• Early Gaelic dress
• A request for info on Scottish clothing in ~100 BCE prompts fascinating responses from a history nerd nonny and a British archaeology student nonny.
• Clothing in the Middle Ages
• Early medieval wardrobe size (FFA thread)
• Elizabethan sumptuary laws
• Scots Tartans
• 17th Century Fashion
• Nicole Kipar's Late 17th-Century Clothing History
• Fashion and culture from the 1700s
• 18th-c. fashion (FFA thread)
• History of Turkish Clothing
• Middle Eastern Costume History
• Regency Costume Reference
• American Women's History: Clothing and Fashion
• History of Victorian Clothing
• Photo references of men in "gothic suits" (FFA thread)
• 1880s US frontier clothing (FFA thread)

Uniforms

• German military uniforms: Axis History; Kaiser's Bunker

Misc.

• Pregnancy measurements (FFA thread)
• Costuming decisions in live action (FFA thread)
• “Basically you can get away with NEVER WASHING as long as you change your linens daily!”