Links

LINKS TO INTERSTING 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.

Links arranged by reciprocal exchange. Contact us for more info.

Other retailers that carry our patterns: 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
Enter Harmony
Zandwierde 42
1353 CE
Almere
The Netherlands
www.enterharmony.nl
Fantasy - Kleidung
Giessbergstrasse 25
34117 Kassel
Germany
www.fantasy-kleidung.de
Grannd Garb
295 Main Street
South River, NJ 08882
1(732) 390-0506
FAX 1(732) 390-1694
www.grannd.com
Lacis
3163 Adeline Street
Berkeley, CA 94703
tel: 1(510) 843-7178
fax: 1(510) 843-5018
www.lacis.com
Patterns of Time
2957 Whileway Circle East
Colorado Springs, CO 80917
1(719) 630-3565
www.patternsoftime.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/
Wes Terner's Outfitters
1426 S. Fairmont Loop
Coeur d'Alene, ID 83814
1(208) 667-6047
www.westernersoutfitter.com