FAVORITE LINKS

http://www.fashion-era.com/

• places costumes along side the social history of an era

http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blclothing.htm?terms=history+of+fashion

• the history of certain clothing items from the inventor’s perspective

http://inventors.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.accessoryweb.com/history.html

• the history of the handbag

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/fashiontime1.html

• gives a timeline for modern fashion

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0848322.html

• all about textiles

http://www.modeaparis.com/va/index.html

• official site of the French Federation of Couture

http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/index.asp

• Kent State University Museum’s Visual Dictionary of Fashion, with geographic, time and subject search capabilities

http://dept.kent.edu/museum/staff/care.html

• Kent State University Museum’s guide to care of historic costume and textiles

http://www.costumegallery.com/hairstyles.htm

• Hairstyle History online library

http://www.podiatry.curtin.edu.au/history.html

• history of footwear

http://www.costumes.org/

• The Costumer’s Manifesto, everything you want to know about period costuming

http://www.museumofbagsandpurses.com/index_eng.html

• English version of the Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Museum of Bags & Purses in the Netherlands)

http://www.caron-net.com/jan99files/jan99fea.html

• visual and historical perspective on purses and evening bags

http://www.accessoryweb.com/history2.html

• 1945 article on the contents of a woman’s handbag, with modern comparisons

http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Haven/3560/

• The Museum of Lucite Accoutrements – 1950’s Lucite purses

http://members.tripod.com/vamp_pie/lucite.htm

• Lucite Handbags:  A Guide to Plastic Purses of the 1950s, with information on care, cleaning, and storage

http://www.vogueandvintage.com/repairs.asp

• vintage handbag repair, including metal mesh

http://www.beadedpurserepair.com/

• repair and restoration of antique beaded purses

http://antiques.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=antiques&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modernsilver.com%2Fbasichallmarks.htm

• basic silver hallmark identification

http://www.illusionjewels.com/costumejewelrymarksl.html

• researching costume jewelry

http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=womenshistory&zu=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.findarticles.com%2Fcf_0%2Fm2005%2F2_33%2F58675450%2Fp1%2Farticle.jhtml

• “Fighting the Corsetless Evil”:  Shaping Corsets and Culture, 1900-1930