Historic Costumes & Fashion
60 Civil War-Era Fashion Patterns, by Kristina Seleshanko.
Included in this book is a generous selection of fashion patterns drawn from Peterson's Magazine, 1860-1869. Black and white illustrations of each garment are presented, along with a description of how the various items are made, and all necssary pattern pieces.
1920's Fashions, from the B. Altman & Company.
A republication of select pages from the Altman Magazine 1921-1929, which includes hundreds of black & white illustrations, brief descriptions of the fashions illustrated, and it includes period pricing.
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns, edited by Kristina Harris.
A Complete Lady's Wardrobe - Scaled dressmaker patterns for fifty ladies' garments, circa the 1890's. Illustrations of the garments are included.
A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern, by Mary Brooks Picken.
A unique dictionary that provides definitions to more than 10,000 words related to costumes and fashion, from aal to Zulu cloth. It also includes more than 750 illustrations.
Historic Costume, by Tom Tierney.
From the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century - 200 permission-free designs. Book and CD-ROM.
An Intimate Affair: Women, Lingerie, and Sexuality, by Jill Fields.
A sweeping overview of the history of women's intimate apparel in the twentieth century.
Soldiers and Uniforms of the American Army, by Fritz Kredel.
A collection of 32 full-color illustrations of American Army uniforms, accompanied by informative commentaries.
Turn-of-the-Century Fashion Patterns and Tailoring Techniques, by S. S. Gordon.
A republication of the 1901 edition of The "Standard" Work on Cutting Ladies' Tailor-Made Garments.
Victorian Fashions, Selected by Carol Belanger Grafton.
379 black and white images that illustrate the development of women's fashions from 1871-1903.
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