Links to Interesting Places
Costume Supplies and Sources
Farthingales - Online costume supplies and fabrics, Canada.
Greenberg & Hammer - Phone order costume supplies. New York.
Richard the Thread - Online ordering for costume supplies, California.
Corset Making Supplies - Online ordering for costume supplies, Philadelphia.
(All the above carry hoop wire, corset stays and busks, etc.).
Recommended pattern companies:
Laughing Moon Mercantile - an excellent Victorian corset pattern.
Decades of Style - a great line of new "Vintage" styled patterns.
Ageless Patterns - tracings of original Victorian patterns.
Sense and Sensibility - Turn-of-the-Century (19th & 20th) dresses and patterns.
Once Upon a Pattern - Victorian crochet and knitting patterns.
La Couturiere Parisienne - Authentic costume diagrams from 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries.
Vintage Pattern Lending Library - buy or borrow copies of original patterns, 1860's-present.
Fun sites to visit
The Costume Gallery - a great reference site with even more links.
GBACG Pattern Review - Reviews of all your favorite patterns (and ours)
Memory of the Netherlands - Copies of old fashion magazines.
Kyoto Costume Institute - Awsome collection of clothing
The NY Met - museum online database
Museum of the City of New York - Worth gown collection
New York Public Library Picture Collection - Historical images and photos
Abitiantichi - an amazing personal collection of vintage clothing.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
19th Century Fashion, U of Texas
Paradise Dolls - beautiful crochet patterns for doll dresses.
Historical Costume Bulletin Board - Questions and answers for costumers.
Costumers Guild West - Guild home page with event calendar.
Lively Arts History Association - costume event calendar and information.
Heavenly Handbags - Vintage needlepoint handbags.
Ayer Company Publishers - Reprinted Victorian literature and other books.
Fashion Treasures- Unique handbags, vintage purses, and designer handbags both new and gently used.
Designing Maiden Hats - Hats and accesories.
Frocks of Ages - Custom Seamstress.
Z'Etiquette - Custom Carpet Bags and handbags.
The Gypsys Needle - Victorian images on DVD and custom seamstress.
Other retailers that carry our patterns:
37 Kildonan Avenue
Para Vista, South Australia 5093 Australia
www.ararenotion.com.au
Aussie Corset Supplies
18 Muswellbrook St
Glenwood NSW 2768
Australia
www.aussiecorsetsupplies.com.au
Britex Fabrics
146 Geary St
San Francisco, CA 94108
www.britexfabrics.com
Calico Lassie
251 Bayou Crossing Drive
Raceland, LA 70394
http://stores.ebay.ca/Calico-Lassie-1800s-Victorian-Goods
Coon Creek
601 S. desert Steppes Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85710
1(520) 866-8273
www.cooncreekoldwest.com
D.P. Birch & Co.
1123 East 21st Street
Cheyenne, WY 82001
1(307) 635-3507
Fantasy - Kleidung
Giessbergstrasse 25
34117 Kassel
Germany
www.fantasy-kleidung.de
Farthingales
286 Monteith Ave
Stratford, ON N5A 2P8
Canada
www.farthingales.on.ca
Harper House
2100 Green Bridge Ln.
Hanover Park, IL 60133
www.longago.com
Heritage Fashions
520 Mossycup Drive
Virginia Beach, VA 23462
www.etsy.com/shop/1aokgal
House of Charlotte
25 Manor Close
Langford
Biggleswade SG18 9PU
United Kingdom
www.house-of-charlotte.co.uk
Lacis
3163 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
tel: 1(510) 843-7178
fax: 1(510) 843-5018
www.lacis.com
16980 Mitchell Creek Dr
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
www.lostcoasthistpatterns.com/
Nehelenia Patterns GbR
Hubertusstrasse. 6a
59199 Bonen
Germany
www.neheleniapatterns.com
Patterns of Time
6040 Emma Ln
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
www.patternsoftime.com
Pier Pleasure
1105 Clamshell Dr
Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948
www.oldtimepatterns.com
Reconstructing History
2064 S Delaware Dr
Easton, PA 18042
www.reconstructinghistory.com
River Junction Trade Company
P.O. Box 275
McGregor, IA 52157
1(563) 873-2387
www.riverjunction.com
Sewing Central
591 Crimsonrose Run
Westerville, OH 43081
1(888) 262-3946
www.sewingcentral.com
Somewear In Time
403 Alexander Ave.
Kamloops, British Columbia
V2B 3R5
Canada
www.somewearintime.ca
Stonemountain & Daughter Fabrics
2518 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94704
1(510) 845-6106
www.stonemountainfabric.com
Vena Cava Design (Corset Components)
PO BOX 3597
Poole
Dorset
BH14 9ZL
United Kingdom
http://www.venacavadesign.co.uk/
Victorian Elegance
Zandwierde 42
1353 CE Almere
Netherlands
www.victorianelegance.com
Wes Terner's Outfitters
1426 S. Fairmont Loop
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
1(208) 667-6047
www.westernersoutfitter.com