COSTUME HISTORY BEFORE 1800

BRONZE & IRON AGES AND EARLIER

Clothing of the Ice Man http://mr_sedivy.tripod.com/iceman4.html

Ice Age Clothing http://www.news.uiuc.edu/gentips/00/02archaetip.html

Early Bronze age Clothing in Denmark http://www.oakview.demon.co.uk/bronze_age/

Bronze Age String Skirt http://www.vikinganswerlady.com/EgtvedGirl.htm

Waist Compression In The Agean Late Bronze Age http://www.staylace.com/textarea/history/wcitalba.htm

History Of Costume Bronze age http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME2_INDEX.HTML

Brooches and Ornaments Bronze Age http://uk.turm.dk/dk/default.asp?underside=/dk/brooches.asp

Bronze Age links Page http://www.bu.edu/anep/Topics.

Iron Age Clothing (Tollund Man) http://www.tollundman.dk/toej.asp

The Iron Age Family http://home6.inet.tele.dk/hjortspr/ironagefamily.htm

The Iron Age Lore And Saga http://www.lore-and-saga.co.uk/html/iron_age.html

Recreating Iron Age Clothing http://www.vicus.org.uk/kitguide/index.htm

Roman and Iron Age Jewellery http://museums.ncl.ac.uk/reticulum/NorthernFrontier/TheWretchedBritons/CelticJewellery.htm

History of Costume (Iron Age Bronze Age) http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME2_INDEX.HTML#Plate7

Fashions of the Peat Bogs (Celtic Iron Age) http://home.columbus.rr.com/herneswood/Fashions%20of%20the%20Peat%20Bogs.htm

Ango Saxon Clothing http://mahan.wonkwang.ac.kr/link/med/england/anglo-saxon/culture/dress.html

Ango Saxon Clothing 2 http://www.garbtheworld.com/pgs/hist/saxons.shtml

Anglo Saxon Womens Costume http://www.garbtheworld.com/pgs/hist/anglosaxonfemale.shtml

Anglo Saxon Mens Costume http://www.garbtheworld.com/pgs/hist/anglosaxonmale.shtml

Ango Saxon mens Costume 2 http://www.vanishedwood.org/chaumburgh/guild_quarter/costumers/anglosaxon_garb.php

Anglo Saxon Textiles http://www.regia.org/textiles.htm

Anglo Saxon Leatherwork http://www.regia.org/leatwork.htm

Anglo Saxon Artifacts (Buckles Helmets etc.) http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/compass/ixbin/hixclient.exe?_IXDB_=compass&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&_IXSPFX_=graphical/full/&$+with+all_unique_id_index+is+$=OBJ3924&submit-button=summary

10th& 11th Century Clothing in England http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/rhuddlan/images/

Dark ages Clothing http://members.iinet.com.au/~bill/handbook/basic2.html

Clothing Of The Ancient Celts http://www.enter.net/~brewer/celtic/latene.html

Make Your Own Celtic Clothing http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/clothing2.htm

Celtic Clothing http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/clothing.htm

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VIKING

Viking Clothing http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/v_dress.htm

Viking Clothing 2 http://www.viking.no/e/life/eclothes.htm

Viking Clothing 3 http://www.coxhoe.durham.sch.uk/Curriculum/the_vikings.htm

Viking Clothing 4 http://www.jorvik-viking-centre.co.uk/resources/activity%20sheets/dress1.pdf

Viking Mens Clothing http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/mensgarb.html

Viking Clothing Birka Style tunic http://www.gelfling.dds.nl/viking.html

Viking Clothing Patterns http://www.visi.com/~norseman/patterns.htm

Viking Clothing Patterns 2 http://www.realviking.vikingagevessels.org/pdfs/B_Mens_clothing.pdf

Viking Apron Dress http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/mjc/sca/aprond.html

Viking Shoe Patterns http://www.visi.com/~norseman/viking_shoe.html

Viking Textiles http://www.allfiberarts.com/library/aa97/aa042197.htm

Viking Arms & Armour http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/arms.htm

Viking Arms & Armour (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Age_arms_and_armour

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EGYPTIAN

Egyptian / Minoan Clothing http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7631/costume1.html

Egyptian Clothing http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/CITE/egypt_clothing.htm

Egyptian Clothing 2 http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/egypt_clothing.htm

Beauty and fashion in Ancient Egypt http://www.beautyworlds.com/egypt.htm

Egypt Daily Life http://www2.sptimes.com/Egypt/EgyptCredit.4.2.html

Ancient Egyptian clothing http://www.dragonstrike.com/egypt/cloth.htm

Ancient Egyptian Dress & Adornment http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEgypt9.htm

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery http://www.nilestone.com/jewelry-history.htm

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery 2 http://www.aldokkan.com/jewelry/jewelry.htm

Ancient Egyptian Jewellery 3 http://www.khulsey.com/jewelry/jewelry_history_egyptian.html

Ancient Egyptian Hairstyles http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/egypt/dailylife/hairstyles.html

Ancient Egyptian Hairstyles 2 http://www.hairselect.com/egyptian.htm

Costumers Manifesto Egyptian (Links Page) http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/egyptlinks.htm

Clothing and Adorment http://www.civilization.ca/civil/egypt/egcl06e.html

Items of Ancient Egptian Dress http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/textil/dress.htm

Dress & Fashion In Ancient Egypt http://www.egyptologyonline.com/dress.htm

History Of Costume (Egyptians) http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/TEXT_INDEX.HTML

Ancient Egyptian Costumes http://www.aldokkan.com/society/cloth.htm

Ancient Egyptian Clothing http://www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/timelines/topics/clothing.htm

 

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ROMAN

Ancient Roman Clothing http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/ancientp16.htm

Roman Clothing Women http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

Roman Clothing Men http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html

Roman Dress http://www.roman-empire.net/society/soc-dress.html

Roman Clothing http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing.html

Roman Clothing 2 http://www.crystalinks.com/romeclothing.html

Roman Clothing 3 http://library.thinkquest.org/22866/English/Romday/Kleding.html

Roman Womens Hairstyles http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/women.htm

Ancient Roman Accessories http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/ancientr.htm

Ancient Roman Hairstyles http://www.hairselect.com/roman.ht

Ancient Roman Jewellery http://www.ancienttouch.com/roman%20gold%20jewelry.htm

Roman Life http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/

History Of Roman Costume http://julilla.tripod.com/vestis.htm

Roman Clothing (Women) http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/clothing2.html

Roman Clothing http://www.cwu.edu/~robinsos/ppages/resources/Costume_History/roman.htm

Roman Armour http://militaryhistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=militaryhistory&cdn=education&tm=12&gps=73_302_1276_824&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.redrampant.com/roma/armor.html

Roman Armour http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/secondary/SMIGRA*/Lorica.htm

Roman Helmets http://www.redrampant.com/roma/helmets.html

Roman Republican Legion Uniforms http://www.redrampant.com/roma/rep.htmRoman Early Imperial Unofroms

Roman Early Imperial Uniforms http://www.redrampant.com/roma/eir.html

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ANCIENT GREECE

Ancient Greek Female Costume (112 Images) http://womenshistory.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ/Ya&sdn=womenshistory&cdn=education&tm=15&gps=438_605_1276_824&f=00&tt=14&bt=0&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/agfc-moyrsmith.html

Greek Costume Through The Ages http://www.annaswebart.com/culture/costhistory/index.html

Ancient Greek Female Costume http://www.uky.edu/ArtsSciences/Classics/agfc-moyrsmith.html

Ancient Greek Female Costume 2 http://www.costumes.org/history/galleryimages/greekfemale1882/index.htm

Clothing of Ancient Greek Women http://www.richeast.org/htwm/Greeks/costume/costume.html

Dress Of Knossos http://classics.furman.edu/Classics/GreekFashion/page6.htm

Greek Fashion Archaic Dress http://classics.furman.edu/Classics/GreekFashion/page11.htm

Ancient Greek Dress http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/ancientgreece.htm

Ancient Greek Dress 2 http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/grdr/hd_grdr.htm

Greek Dress http://www.dl.ket.org/latin1/things/romanlife/greekdress.htm

Ancient Greek Costume http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/roccos/greekcostume/

Ancient Greek Costume 2 http://members.ozemail.com.au/~chrisandpeter/radical_romans/snorri/greek_clothing.htm

Ancient Greek Fashion http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Fashion.htm

Ancient Greek Hairstyles http://www.hairselect.com/greek.htm

Ancient Greek Jewellery http://costumes.org/history/100pages/greekjewelry.htm

 

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BYZANTINE & MEDIEVAL

Byzantine Clothing (Links Page) http://members.tripod.com/BlackTauna/byzantine.html

Byzantine Empire photos http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME2_INDEX.HTML#Plate9

Byzantine Dress http://members.tripod.com/nicolaa5/articles/Rus/dress.html

Byzantine Clothing http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Labyrinth/2398/bginfo/social/costume.html

The Byzantine World http://members.tripod.com/~BlackTauna/byzantine.html

Byzantine Clothing How To- http://members.tripod.com/~BlackTauna/byzantineclothinginfo.html

Byzantine Fashion http://putnam.k12.il.us/byzatine.htm

Byzantine Dress (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_dress

Byzantine Dress 2 http://www.answers.com/topic/byzantine-dress

Byzantine Jewellery (152 images) http://www.culture.gr/2/22/225/22501/225013/e01300.html)

All Things Byzantine http://www.costumesupercenter.com/byzantineempire.html

Extant Clothing Of The Middle Ages http://www.virtue.to/articles/extant.html

Theatre History On The Web (Links Page) http://www.videoccasions-nw.com/history/costume.html

Medieval And Renaissance Costume http://www.marquise.de/en/1500/index.shtml

Costumes -Late Medieval Western Europe http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/costumes.htm

Medieval Russian Costume http://braid.freeservers.com/costume.html

Medieval Womens Fashion http://www.yesnet.yk.ca/schools/projects/middleages2000/fashion/fashion.html

Costumers Manifesto Medieval links Page http://www.costumes.org/History/100pages/medievalinks.htm

Medieval Hairstyles http://www.hairselect.com/medieval.htm

Gunnas To Houppalands http://www.usd.edu/~socrean/arts/gunnas.htm

The Costume Gallery Medieval Links http://www.costumegallery.com/Medieval.htm

Early Medieval Irish Costume http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Delphi/4715/costume/costumeindex.html

Medieval Clothing Pages http://www.virtue.to/articles/

Period Costumes -Medieval http://www.earthlydelights.com.au/costume.htm

Medieval Clothing Pages (Lots of "how to make") http://www.virtue.to/articles/

Stiches Used In Medieval Clothing http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/stitches.htm

Patterns and Instructions for Medievil Russian Costume http://members.aol.com/Predslava/GiliarovskaiaPatterns.html

Mens and Womens Work Clothing 1400s http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/work/index.html

Some Clothing of the Middle Ages http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/cloth/bockhome.html

Early Medieval Clothes Patterns http://www.lothene.demon.co.uk/crafts6.html

 

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RENAISSANCE & 15/16th CENTURY

Renassaince Costume Patterns http://www.ceu.hu/medstud/manual/SRM/costumes.htm

Renaissance Costume Patterns http://www.denverfabrics.com/pages/static/renaissance/medieval-clothing

Renaissance fashion http://www.realarmorofgod.com/renaissance-fashion.html

Italian Ranaissance Gown Construction http://homepages.wmich.edu/~rowen/renbk/rendressbook.html

15th Century Flemish Female Dress http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/

15th century fashion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:15th_century_fashion

15th Century Italian Costumes http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME5_INDEX.HTM

15th Century Fashion (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashion

15th Century Fashion http://www.laracorsets.com/Womens_Fashion_History_15th_Century.htm

Handbook of German Dress 1500s onwards http://www.milieux.com/costume/

15th Century Headresses http://www.virtue.to/articles/arnolfini.html

15th 16th Century Gypsy Womens Costume http://www.eagnet.com/edipage/areaserv/camdentor/gypsyclass.htm

15th Century Dress http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Clothing/15thDress.html

The renaissance Tailor http://www.vertetsable.com/

Tudor Dress a Portfolio of Images http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/

Hans Wiegel's book of costume1577 http://www.marquise.de/en/1500/index.shtml

Tudor and Elizabethan Portraits http://www.tudor-portraits.com/

Elizabethan Fashion http://karenswhimsy.com/elizabethan-fashion.shtm

Elizabethan Hairstyles http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-hair-styles.htm

Elizabethan Hairstyles 2 http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/schools/springfield/eliz/hairstyles.html

Elizabethan Shoes http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-shoes.htm

Timeline Of Costume 15th. Century Northern Europe http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/15thcent1.htm

15th Century Famale Flemish Clothing http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/

Yardages Used In The 16th Century http://patriot.net/~nachtanz/SReed/fabuse.html

Ladies Clothing And Accessories In 16th Century Venice http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/

16th. Century Clothing http://www.lepg.org/clothing.htm

Eary 15th Century Houppelande http://www.faucet.net/costume/period/houppelande.html

Houppelande Consruction http://www.thibault.org/wedding/construction.html

A Theory On Construction Of The Houpelande http://www.virtue.to/articles/circle_houp.html

15th Century Flemish Dress http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/index.html

How To Knit 15th Century Acorn Caps http://hometown.aol.com/noramunro/Wardrobe/caps.htm

15th Century Mens And Womens Work Clothing http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/work/index.html

Understanding Houppelande And Bergundian Clothing Construction http://home.james-gang.org/greydove/docs/houpburg.pdf

Elizebethan Costume History And Technique http://www.directcon.net/wander/lizcos.htm

Womens Gowns From Breughel's Paintings http://ourworld.cs.com/_ht_a/constancefairfax/breughelgown.htm

15th 16th Century Gypsy Womens Costume http://www.eagnet.com/edipage/areaserv/camdentor/gypsyclass.htm

15th 16th Century Childrens Clothing http://modehistorique.com/elizabethan/kids.html

16th Century Elizebethan Costume http://www.faucet.net/costume/period/eliz.html

16th Century Near Eastern Womens Clothing (N.Africa & Lavant) http://home.earthlink.net/~lilinah/Costuming/16women.html

16th century Embellishments http://lynnmcmasters.com/embellishment.htm

16th Century Costume http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME7_INDEX.HTM

16th Century English Clothing http://plainattyre.blogspot.com/

Working Womens Dress in 16th Century Flanders http://www.elizabethancostume.net/lowerclass/flemish-dress.html

Patterns For 16th Century German Mens Clothing http://www.eredsul.org/earl_mike/FlamePeace/AOPSeptBatch/wukpatterns.htm

16th Century Boys Clothing http://histclo.com/chron/c1500.html

16th Century Fashion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:16th_century_fashion

1550-1600 in Fashion (Wikipedia) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1550-1600_in_fashion

Hose in the 16th Century http://www.faucet.net/costume/research/hose.html

16th Century Turkish Dres shttp://www.redkaganate.org/clothing/ottocloth.shtml

16th Century Persian Womens Clothing http://fenris.net/~lizyoung/16thCePers/16thCePersian.html

16th Century Engravings Of Womens Dress http://inky.library.yale.edu/medwomen/fashion.html

16th Century Kitchen And Market Clothing http://www.lepg.org/gallery.htm

16th century Costume Picture Gallery http://www.lepg.org/gallery.htm

16th Century European Clothing http://www.costumes.org/classes/fashiondress/16thCent.htm

Clothing in 16th Century Venice http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/

Celtic Clothing of the 16th. Century http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~wew/celt-clothing/

Tudor Costumes http://livinghistory.co.uk/homepages/tudorcostumes

Tudor Dress http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/tudor/

Tudor Clothing http://www.nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk/time/tfash.html

Tudor Fashion http://www.nehelenia-designs.com/Ye_Olde_Online_Shoppe/Renaissance/Tudor/tudor.html

Portraits of Tudor Nobility http://www.marileecody.com/nobilitypics.html

Tudor Shoes http://www.northampton.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=142&pageNumber=5

 

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17th CENTURY

Ottamon Empire in the 17th Century http://www.shira.net/ottoman17.htm

Pilgrim Clothing http://members.aol.com/calebj/clothing.html

17th Century Fashion Page http://ashbaugh.freeservers.com/photo2.html

History of Costume-Early Baroque http://www2.oneonta.edu/~angellkg/ebaroque.html

17th Century fashion http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:17th_century_fashion

Womens Fashions of the 17th Century http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/hollar/blhollar1.htm

17th Century Costume & Clothing http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/7631/costume5.htm

17th Century Mens Dress http://www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us/Renaissance/Town/Clothing/17thMen.html

Waampanoag (Native American) Clothing of the 17th century

17th Century Fashion http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/17th.htm

17th Century Srasbourg http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME10_INDEX.HTML

History of Costume 17th Century http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/COSTUME9_INDEX.HTML

Working Class Costume Costume of 17th Century Women http://www.12eyes.co.uk/stays/ordwomen.htm

Boys Clothes 17th Century http://histclo.com/chron/c1600.html

17th Century Fashion Plates http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17thwomen.htm

Womens fashions of the 17th Century http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/hollar/blhollar1_image1.htm

16th & 17th Century Polish Clothing http://www.reconstructinghistory.com/index.php?s=&c=8&d=118&e=&f=&g=&a=122&w=2

Costume History 17th century http://www.columbia.edu/itc/barnard/theater/kirkland/3136/17th%20Century%20Gallery/

Baroque costumes http://www.milieux.com/costume

17th Century Baroque Costume http://www.marquise.de/en/1600/pics/index.shtml

17th century Picture Sources http://london.8m.net/17th.html

Handbook of German Dress http://www.costumegallery.com/six.htm

1700s Costume http://www.marquise.de/en/1700/index.shtml

Civilian and Miltitary Living History 1660-1715 http://www.kipar.org/

17th Century Stays http://www.vincents.demon.co.uk/stays/stays.htm

17th Century Boned Bodices http://www.fashion-era.com/early_corsetry.htm#17th%20Century%20Boned%20BodiceWorking Vlass C

Timeline Mid 17th Century http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/timelinepages/1630to1665a.htm

Costumers Manifesto 17th Century http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/17thlinks.htm

17th Century Scottish Clothing http://www.historicgames.com/Scottishstuff/scotsattire.html

17th & 18th Century Scottish Clothing http://www.marariley.net/celtic/scotland.htm