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| Account of traditional Japanese clothing, from the Jomon era through the Yamato, Asuka, Nara, Heian, Muromachi, and Edo periods. Considers how climate, life, customs, law, weaving and dyeing skills, and the availability of materials have influenced the style of dress in Japan. Characteristics of typical kimonos worn by men, women, and children are described. | |
| Examples of typical dress worn in the Ancient world, medieval times, and during 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, throughout the world. Includes an online course on the history of fashion and dress, and a timeline of costume history. | ||
| An exploration of shoemaking in the Middle Ages, particularly centred on the British Isles and Western Europe. Includes development of footwear, types of leather, decoration, types of stitching, fastenings, Roman shoes, Northern European (700 1000 AD), Middle Ages (c1200-1450) and Renaissance and Tudor Era (1450-1550 AD). | ||
| A trade association for those in the Scottish textiles industry. Information is provided about the various sectors of the industry, for example accessories, clothing manufacture, dyeing and finishing, knitting, and weaving. | ||
| Resource tracing the history of shoes throughout the 20th Century. Looks at typical design examples from each decade, illustrating how they reflect changing ideals and culture. Provides information about Gaza Bowen, a shoemaker and artist, with a slide show of her work and video interviews, and describes some turning points in shoe history prior to the 20th Century. | ||
| Information about the clothing worn by the ancient Celts focusing mainly on Irish and Scottish costumes. Includes prehistoric and late medieval Ireland, clothing in the Scottish Highlands (1100 1700 AD), hair, jewellery, and personal appearance. | ||
| A book about Oriental costumes originally published in 1922. Includes images of costumes from Afghanistan, Persia, India, Syria, Morocco, Egypt, China and Japan. | ||
| A worldwide association for those whose collective interests cover textile management, design, engineering, research, production, marketing, education and training. The products from these interests include fibres and other raw materials, consumer fashion articles, and engineering structures for industrial needs. | ||
| Fashion collections are grouped in three categories, men's, women's, and shoes and accessories. Also hosts a calendar of upcoming and past fashion shows in Milan, Paris, London, and New York, and users may register with Firstview to receive updates on new collections. | ||
| Article, illustrated with photographs and line drawings, on the use of bronze by the Anglo Saxons and Vikings to make objects such as brooches, buckles, belt ends, dress pins and rings. | ||
| Annotated links to selected Internet resources covering the fields of fashion, interior, and industrial design. | ||
| Digitised collection of 18th century women's shoes. Each image is accompanied by a description, along with additional information on the general costume history of the period. The collection incorporates fashions for the socially elite and includes the likes of wedding shoes and an example of the footwear worn by Martha Washington, the wife of the first American President. | ||
| Provides an overview of an Elizabethan outfit, complete with drawings to illustrate the various layers. Features information about underpinnings such as corsets, pictures of 16th century clothes, costume patterns, hat styles, colours and fabrics used, dress accessories, detailing and decoration, and examples of dress typically worn in other countries during the period. | ||
| A collection of resources relating to the research and study of costume related topics worldwide. Information pertains to historical, theatrical, and cultural aspects of research, as well as the practical concerns of making costumes. In addition, information on accessories is also provided, along with Hallowe'en costume ideas. | ||
| Text based and pictorial examples of traditional textiles used and dress worn, around the world, browsable by country. Includes historical and modern day costumes, as well as those associated with specific events. | ||
| Information about the history of Greek costume. Includes the Minoan civilisation, ancient Greece, Roman times, Byzantium and the sixteenth eighteenth centuries. | ||
| A museum dedicated to the decorative arts. The Victorian and Edwardian buildings house 145 galleries containing some of the world's greatest collections of sculpture, furniture, fashion and textiles, paintings, silver, glass, ceramics, jewellery, books, prints and photographs. | ||
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