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Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville: History of Costume
Digital scans of the illustrations from a nineteenth-century publication about historic costumes constitutes a pictorial survey of changing modes of dress from ancient times to the mid-1800s. Five hundred designs in all.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum: Chronology of Fashion
A chronology of the styles of clothing worn by men and women in Europe over three centuries (between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries). Serves to illustrate changing ideals regarding personal adornment, beauty, masculinity, and...
Kyoto Costume Institute
Kyoto Costume Institute: Kci Digital Archives
Highlights of Western styles of clothing, in timeline format, inspire us with the vastness and novelty of human creation. Examples span 250 years of changing styles in fashion, with the earliest articles dating from the eighteenth century.
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Central Washington University: Costume History
Focuses on the history of costumes and fashion from Egyptian times to the 1990s. Thumbnail links may no longer work as this is an older site. However, the 'Fads in Fashion Slides' page has many large images organized by time periods....
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Encyclopedia of Fashion
An encyclopedia of fashion and clothing throughout the ages, from prehistoric to modern times. To find something, click on a letter of the alphabet, a time period, or type a search term.
University of Manchester
Children's University of Manchester: Talking Textiles: World Costume
Interactive resource for exploring what traditional forms of dress reveal about the culture and location of the people who wear them and the climate where they live.
Read Works
Read Works: Paired Text: A Long Time Ago: What Did People Wear?
[Free Registration/Login Required] ReadWorks provides pair texts for pre-fluent and fluent readers. This resource from ReadWorks provides information about the ways people dressed in the 1700s and 1800s.
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Memorial Hall Museum: Dress Up: Clothing From the Past
Have you ever wondered what people from the 1700's through the 1900's had to wear? With this interactive you have the opportunity to find out!
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Costume Gallery: 20th Century Fashion: Women Fashions: 1950s
Explore women's fashions in the 1950s. Note: Some external links may not work.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Seasonal Clothing
[Free Registration/Login Required] Discuss and sort appropriate clothing for the indicated season.