How and Where To Study Fashion History From Home? Online and (Mostly) Free Sources For Beginners

here are all the links and sources!

*PRIMARY SOURCES - BOOKS*

Archive.org examples:
⚬ History of Feminine Fashion (1920s)
⚬ History of Hats:
⚬ Dame Fashion:

Books.google.com examples:
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Public libraries examples:
⚬ NY Public Library:

*FASHION PLATES*

⚬ Wellesley’s guide to fashion plates sources:
⚬ Met Museum
⚬ Gallica.fr
⚬ University of Washington

*ORIGINAL GARMENTS*

⚬ FIT’s guide to online costume collections:
⚬ FIT’s collection:
⚬ V&A Museum:
⚬ Met Museum:
⚬ National Museums Scotland
⚬ Kyoto Costume Institute:
I also suggest having a look at auction houses and browse their past auctions!

*ONLINE COURSES/GROUPS*

⚬ Foundations Revealed
⚬ The Historical Sew Fortnightly (used to be a sewing challenge, now it’s mostly support sewing group)
⚬ Elizabethan Costume

*ACADEMIC RESEARCH*

⚬ Academia.edu
⚬ Association of Dress Historians Journal

*DOCUMENTARIES*

⚬ A Stitch in Time
⚬ Lucy Worsley documentaries
⚬ Helen Castor documentaries

*FASHION HISTORY BLOGS*

⚬The Dreamstress
⚬ Modern Mantua Maker
⚬ Before the Automobile
⚬ American Duchess
⚬ Madame Isis’ Toilette
⚬ Beauty for Ashes
⚬ Couture Courtesan
⚬ Dressed in Time
(Lots of these blogs have reading lists with more delicious blogs to follow!)

*PODCASTS*

⚬ Dressed
⚬ American Duchess
⚬ Historical Sewing

*INSTAGRAM*

@before_the_automobile
@couturecourtesan
@modermantuamaker
@rococoatelier
@magdalena_regina
@vestidor_anacronico
@virtouscourtesan
@laurietavan
@corsets_and_crinolines
@shoeicons
@amberbutchart
@theschoolofhistoricaldress1
@walking_through_history
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