How and where to study fashion history from home? Online and (mostly) free sources for beginners

How and where to study fashion history from home? Online and (mostly) free sources for beginners

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here are all the links and sources!

*PRIMARY SOURCES – BOOKS*

Examples Archive.org:
History of women's fashion (1920s) https://archive.org/details/cu31924058783865/page/n23/mode/2up
History of Hats: https://archive.org/details/ModeInHatsAndHeaddressmasterworkOfFashionAndHistory/mode/2up
Dame Mode: https://archive.org/details/damefashionparis00pricuoft/page/n5/mode/2up

Examples from Books.google.com:
https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=fashion+history

Examples of public libraries:
New York Public Library: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/

*FASHION PLATES*

Wellesley's Guide to Fashion Plate Sources: http://libguides.wellesley.edu/fashion
Met Museum https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/watson-digital-collections/costume-institute-collections/costume-institute-fashion-plates
Gallica.fr https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22mode%22%29&lang=fr&suggest=0
University of Washington https://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/index.html

*ORIGINAL CLOTHING*

FIT Guide to Online Costume Collections: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/links/online-collections.php
FIT Collection: http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/
V&A Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion
Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
National Museums of Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/art-and-design/mode/
Kyoto Costume Institute: https://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/
I also suggest taking a look at auction houses and browsing their past sales!

*ONLINE CLASSES/GROUPS*

Foundations Revealed http://foundationsrevealed.com/
The Historical Sew Fortnightly (used to be a sewing challenge, now it's mainly a supportive sewing group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/HistoricalSewFortnightly/
Elizabethan costume https://www.facebook.com/groups/29374273995/

*ACADEMIC RESEARCH*

Academia.edu
Journal of the Association of Costume Historians https://dresshistorians.org/journal/

*DOCUMENTARIES*

A point in time
Documentaries by Lucy Worsley
Documentaries by Hélène Castor

*FASHION HISTORY BLOGS*

The Dreamstress http://thedreamstress.com/
Creator of Modern Mantua https://themodernmantuamaker.wordpress.com/
Before the automobile http://augustintytar.blogspot.com/
American Duchess http://blog.americanduchess.com/
Madame Isis's toilet http://madameisistoilette.blogspot.com/
Beauty for Ashes http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/
Couture Courtesan http://couturecourtesan.blogspot.com/
Dressed in time http://dressedintime.blogspot.com/
(Many of these blogs have playlists with other delicious blogs to follow!)

*PODCASTS*

Dressed https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-dressed-the-history-of-fas-29000690/
American Duchess https://soundcloud.com/americanduchess
Historical Sewing https://historicalsewing.com/podcast

*INSTAGRAM*

@before_the automobile
@couturecourtesan
@modernantuamaker
@rococoatelier
@magdalena_regina
@vestidor_anacronico
@virtouscourtesan
@laurietavan
@corsets_and_crinolines
@shoeicons
@amberbutchart
@theschoolofhistoricaldress1
@walking_through_history
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