
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://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
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