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/cu31924058783865/page/n23/mode/2up
⚬ History of Hats: https://archive.org/details/ModeInHatsAndHeaddressmasterworkOfFashionAndHistory/mode/2up
⚬ Dame Fashion: https://archive.org/details/damefashionparis00pricuoft/page/n5/mode/2up

Books.google.com examples:
⚬ https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=fashion+history

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

*FASHION PLATES*

⚬ Wellesley’s guide to fashion plates sources: http://libguides.wellesley.edu/fashion
⚬ Met Museum https://www.metmuseum.org/art/libraries-and-research-centers/watson-digital-collections/costume-institute-collections/costume-institute-fashion-plates
⚬ Gallica.fr https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engine/search/sru?operation=searchRetrieve&version=1.2&query=%28gallica%20all%20%22mode%22%29&lang=fr&suggest=0
⚬ University of Washington https://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/index.html

*ORIGINAL GARMENTS*

⚬ FIT’s guide to online costume collections: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/links/online-collections.php
⚬ FIT’s collection: http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/
⚬ V&A Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fashion
⚬ Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection
⚬ National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-collections/stories/art-and-design/mode/
⚬ 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) https://www.facebook.com/groups/HistoricalSewFortnightly/
⚬ Elizabethan Costume https://www.facebook.com/groups/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.wordpress.com/
⚬ 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-dressed-the-history-of-fas-29000690/
⚬ American Duchess https://soundcloud.com/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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