Title: Bissonnette on Costume: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion Provider: Kent State University Museum
Subject Heading/s: Costume.
LC Class: GT500
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: This site invites you to "enter the world of fashion and witness the change in silhouettes, accessories, lingerie and hairstyles from the 18th to the 20th century." It features annotated photographs of fashions, with an emphasis on female dress from Europe and the United States. Also includes information about male and children's fashions, and costumes of India, Greece, Japan, Turkey, China, and central Asia. Browsable. From a curator at the Kent State University Museum.
Title: Cultural Profiles Project Provider: Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Subject Heading/s: National characteristics; Manners and customs
LC Class: GT
Reference Category: Encyclopedias
Description: This site explores the cultural aspects of many countries of the world. Contents may include Family Life, The World of Work, Sports & Recreation, Health Care, Education, Food, Communication, Spirituality, Holidays, and Arts & Literature.
Title: Fashion Glossry Provider: Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion & Design link
Subject Heading/s: Costume.
LC Class: GT
Reference Category: Dictionaries
Description: A costume dictionary from the Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion & Design.
Title: Fashion Plate Collection Provider: University of Washington Libraries
Subject Heading/s: Costume.
LC Class: GT500
Reference Category: Catalogs
Description: "This collection includes 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times: La Belle assemblee, Le Bon ton, Le Follet, courrier des salons, Journal des dames et des modes, Godey's lady's book and magazine and others. The hand-colored illustrations cover many stylistic periods in French and English history. These styles overlapped as the fashions and tastes changed. These include the Empire (1806-1813), Georgian (1806-1836), Regency (1811-1820), Romantic (1825-1850), Victorian (1837-1859), Late Victorian (1860-1900) and Edwardian (1901-1915)."
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Title: History Of Costume Provider: Southern Illinois University
Subject Heading/s: Costume
LC Class: GT
Reference Category: Encyclopedia
Description: A table of contents in three parts for costumes from ancient times to the late 19th century; from the book by Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880. Hosted by Southern Illinois University.
Title: Timeline: Modern Fashion Provider: Information Please
Subject Heading/s: Fashion; Costume
LC Class: GT
Reference Category: Chronologies
Description: An interactive timeline starting with 1858.