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) https://archive.org/details/cu3192405...
⚬ History of Hats: https://archive.org/details/ModeInHat...
⚬ Dame Fashion: https://archive.org/details/damefashi...

Books.google.com examples:
⚬ https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks...

Public libraries examples:
⚬ NY Public Library: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/s...

FASHION PLATES

⚬ Wellesley’s guide to fashion plates sources: http://libguides.wellesley.edu/fashion
⚬ Met Museum https://www.metmuseum.org/art/librari...
⚬ Gallica.fr https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engin...
⚬ University of Washington https://content.lib.washington.edu/co...

ORIGINAL GARMENTS

⚬ FIT’s guide to online costume collections: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/li...
⚬ FIT’s collection: http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/
⚬ V&A Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fas...
⚬ Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
⚬ National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-col...
⚬ Kyoto Costume Institute: https://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/
I also suggest having a look at auction houses and browse their past auctions!

ONLINE COURSES/GROUPS

⚬ Foundations Revealed http://foundationsrevealed.com/
⚬ The Historical Sew Fortnightly (used to be a sewing challenge, now it’s mostly support sewing group)   / historicalsewfortnightly  
⚬ Elizabethan Costume   / 29374273995  

ACADEMIC RESEARCH

⚬ Academia.edu
⚬ Association of Dress Historians Journal https://dresshistorians.org/journal/

DOCUMENTARIES

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

FASHION HISTORY BLOGS

⚬The Dreamstress http://thedreamstress.com/
⚬ Modern Mantua Maker https://themodernmantuamaker.wordpres...
⚬ Before the Automobile http://augustintytar.blogspot.com/
⚬ American Duchess http://blog.americanduchess.com/
⚬ Madame Isis’ Toilette http://madameisistoilette.blogspot.com/
⚬ Beauty for Ashes http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/
⚬ Couture Courtesan http://couturecourtesan.blogspot.com/
⚬ Dressed in Time http://dressedintime.blogspot.com/
(Lots of these blogs have reading lists with more delicious blogs to follow!)

PODCASTS

⚬ Dressed https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-dr...
⚬ American Duchess   / americanduchess  
⚬ Historical Sewing https://historicalsewing.com/podcast

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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