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Sites with historical information
and/or design hints to create your own garb
- Arador Armour Library
- A wonderful resource for those who make armour. This site
includes patterns, resources, discussions, and more. It's definitely
worth checking out. And many thanks to Mike for pointing this site out to me.
- Armories and other merchants of
defensive protection
- An annotated list I've created.
- The Armour Archive
- A site entirely dedicated to armour including historical essays,
chat rooms, auctions, want-ads, and more. Thanks to John Thompson for sending me the updated URL.
- Costumers and vendors of clothing,
costumes,
and garb
- An annotated list of merchants created by me.
- DawnPages -
Costumes
- A site dedicated to simple and advanced patterns for
a variety of
period costume pieces. The patterns include tunics, bodices, and
others. Some are actual patterns while others are more like detailed
instructions but anyone with any sewing skill should be able to follow
her directions!
- English
Renaissance Clothing
- This page provides links to other
websites , a
bibliography , and excerpts from books (pictures included)
all about costume design and clothing information - including
accessories such as eyeglasses
and
hats.
- The History
of
Costume
- Online version of the book by the same name, originally
published from 1861 to 1880. Contains great costume design plates
from a variety of places and eras. Contains valuable costuming
information as well. This site begins with an excellent commentary of
the strengths and limitations of the book, including the effects of
Victorian era prejudices on it.It also contains links to other related
sites.
- How to
Upbraid your friends
- Provides detailed instructions and illustrations for methods of
braiding one's hair in an appropriately period fashion.
-
How to Wrap a Great Kilt
- Not only does the author show one method of wrapping a great kilt,
but he also offers suggestions on shoes and other accessories.
- KCT
Library: Arms and Armour
- The Knighthood, Chivalry, & Tournaments section on armour.
Includes a variety of historical discussions.
- Merchants who sell costume/garb
accessories
- An annotated list I've put together.
- Reconstructing history pattersns
- Clothing information from the 12-18th centuries for Ireland, Scotland, the Celts, Japan, and more.
- Ren Faire:
Costumes
- As the title so succinctly puts it, this page contains information
on costuming for those attending Faires. There's a few paragraphs of
interesting and useful information and then some neatly classified
lists of links on different aspects of creating your costume.
- Sara's
Chainmail Connection
- A huge database of web sited related to all aspects of chainmail.
Sara has compiled an impressive list of web sites that deal with
everything from how to make it, to, where to buy it. And everything
is rated as well as annotated. Many thanks to Sara for letting me
know about the change in the URL.
- Stefan's
Florilegium: Accessories
- This is a list of Usenet articles that relate to historical
accessories. So if you want to know the period accuracy of
umbrellas, pearls, gloves, etc, here's a place to check
- The
Tangled Web: Garb
- This site provides "general info on faire legal garb."
She includes patterns, commercial pattern recommendations, fabric recommendations and more.
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Last Updated: Dec. 30, 2003