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General Surveys & Articles
  1. Stefan's Florilegium: Clothing Index
  2. Stefan's Florilegium: Textile Arts Index
  3. Clothing and Hair Styles of the Bog People
  4. Clothing Bibliography
  5. Clothing - Frequently Asked Questions
  6. Costume Design Page
  7. The Costume Page
  8. Costume Resources - Bibliography
  9. Costuming: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
  10. Costumes: A Page For Lovers of History
  11. The Garb Glossary
  12. European Dark Ages Dress
  13. Gunnas to Houppelands
  14. Handsewing
  15. Historical Costume Bulletin Board
  16. Historical Costuming FAQ
  17. Historic Costume Research
  18. The History of Costume by Braun & Schneider
  19. Pattern Adaptation for Medieval Costuming
  20. Pennsic XXVI Costume Exposition
  21. Period and Styles of Costume
  22. St Valentine's Day XXV Costume Show
  23. Some Clothing of the Middle Ages
  24. A Theory of Costume
  25. The Timeline of Fashion
  26. The ULTIMATE Costuming Site
  27. A Word on Closures
  28. Working With Fur: Pseudo and Otherwise

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Costuming for Beginners
  1. Basic Medieval Costume
  2. Basic T-Tunic
  3. A Beginners Guide to Medieval Costume
  4. Costuming: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3
  5. The Do-It-Yourself Guide
  6. The Draper's Workshop
  7. Early Outfitters: Two Hour T-Tunic, Super Simple Shoes, Winter Cloak
  8. Easy SCA Garb: Easy Dress, Easy Great Kilt, Easy Pants, and Easy Tunic
  9. European Costume Patterns
  10. Garb Basics
  11. Garb Guide
  12. How to Make Fantasy/Medieval Clothes
  13. How to Make a Quick-and-Dirty T-Tunic
  14. Introduction to Garb
  15. Manly Men's Shirts, Pants, Doublets, and Hats
  16. Modern Patterns for Recreationist Use
  17. Practical Worksheet for Tunic Construction
  18. The Quick Costume Guide
  19. A Quick Reference Guide for Beginner/Cost Effective Garments
  20. Simple Clothes for the Simple Minded
  21. Simple Pants
  22. To Clothe Your Body
  23. Tunic and Pants
  24. We All Need Linen: An easy guide to shirt and smock
  25. What Do I Wear?
  26. What Should I Wear?
  27. What to Wear

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Early Periods
  1. Basic Romano-British Costume
  2. Researching Early Period Costume
  3. Reproduction of Anglian Dress
  4. Tube Dress/Peplos
    Early Medeival Embroiodery & Costumes

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Eleventh Century
  1. Clothes Patterns
  2. Eleventh Century Anglo Saxon Men's Garb
  3. 11th Century European Costume

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Twelfth Century
  1. The Bliaut: A New Perspective on Pattern and Cut
  2. Costume for a Twelfth Century Lady
  3. The Garb of Antiochene Poulaines
  4. A Study of 12th and 13th Century Clothing and More 12th and 13th Century Clothing and Accessories
  5. 12th Century European Costume

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Thirteenth Century
  1. A Brief Critical Look at Women's Thirteenth Century Dress
  2. Male Clothing and Knightly Armour of the 1250's
  3. Middle-Eastern Costuming of the 13th Century
  4. A Study of 12th and 13th Century Clothing and More 12th and 13th Century Clothing and Accessories
  5. 13th Century European Costume

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Fourteenth Century
  1. The Cotehardie Homepage
  2. Cotehardies: Cutting and Fitting the Grand Aissiette
  3. 14th Century European Costume
  4. Eibhlin's Hats of the 14th and 15th centuries
  5. The Houppelande C. 1355-1450
  6. Italian Parti-Colored Gown, c. 1360
  7. Lining a Kirtle the Easy Way
  8. Recreating 14th Century Braies
  9. Recreating a 14th Century 10-Gore Dress
  10. The Shoulderless Cotehardie
  11. Summary of Women's Cotehardies
  12. "T-Tunic" - The Period Way

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Fifteenth Century
  1. Cotehardies: Cutting and Fitting the Grand Aissiette
  2. Eibhlin's Hats of the 14th and 15th centuries
  3. Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Headdress: A Review of Literature
  4. La Couturie're Parisienne
  5. 15th Century European Costume
  6. Fifteenth Century Visual Sources and Costume Research: An Analysis
  7. Houppelande Construction
  8. The Houpelande Homepage
  9. The Houppelande C. 1355-1450
  10. A Late 15th Century Italian Chemise Pattern
  11. A Theory on Construction of the Houppelande

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Sixteenth Century
  1. Briana's Picture Page
  2. Choosing Lace for SCA Garb (1500-1600)
  3. Costumes for Manly Men
  4. Drafting a Basic Bodice Pattern
  5. Elizabethan Costumes by Master Godfrey de Shipbrook
  6. The Elizabethan Costuming Page (includes Bumrolls, Chemises, Corsets, Farthingales, and Petticoats)
  7. Elizabethan Upper Middle Class Dress
  8. Elizabethan Arts: Mistress Alisoun's Closet
  9. Elizabethan Costume Gallery: A Tour of 16th Century Costume
  10. The Elizabethan Practical Companion
  11. Elizabethan Women Index of Images
  12. English Renaissance Clothing
  13. English Sumptuary Law Chart
  14. A Fashionable Vocabulary: Clothing and Fabrics in the Elizabethan era
  15. 1590's Man's Elizabethan Court Costume
  16. Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Headdress: A Review of Literature
  17. How Much Is Enough?: Yardages Used in Late 16th Century Women's Clothing
  18. Le Poulet Gauche Clothing and Costume Picture Gallery
  19. Pattern for a 16th Century English Slouch Hat
  20. Patterns for 16th century Men's Costume from Germany
  21. Recommended Books: 16th and 17th Century Costume
  22. Renaissance Costume and Jewelry
  23. Renaissance Ladies' Fashion
  24. Renaissance Middle-Class Costume
  25. Renaissance Patterns for Men
  26. Renaissance Women's Headdress
  27. Short History And Construction of the Spanish Farthingale
  28. 16th Century Gentlemen's Fashion: A Guide for the Manly Adventurer
  29. Sumptuary Laws in Tudor England: Is Your Garb Legal?
  30. Tips for Planning a Historical Wardrobe
  31. Tudor Costume (1550's English Tudor court dress)
  32. Tudor Dress: Portfolio of Images
  33. Working Women's Dress in 16th Century Flanders

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Seventeenth Century
  1. Patterns for Civilian Clothes
  2. Early 17th Century Europe (1600-1630ce), Mid 17th Century Europe (1630 to 1665ce), and Late 17th Century Europe (1665 to 1700ce)
  3. Goodwife Pages for 17th Century Reenactors
  4. Jacobean Fashion Show
  5. Marquis de Kipár: Baroque Costumes
  6. Plymouth Colony Costume
  7. 17th Century Fashion Links

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Anglo-Saxon
  1. Anglo-Saxon Clothing and Appearance
  2. Anglo-Saxon Costume Links
  3. Anglo-Saxon Costumes
  4. Clothing and Appearance of the Early Christian Anglo-Saxons
  5. Clothing and Appearance of the Pagan Anglo-Saxons
  6. Eleventh Century Anglo Saxon Men's Garb
  7. 5th Century Anglian Dress

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Byzantine
  1. The Basics of Byzantine Dress c. 1000 A.D.
  2. Byzantine Clothing
  3. Byzantine Costume Links
  4. Early Christian and Byzantine Costume
  5. Reconstructions of Middle Byzantine Clothing

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Celtic - including Irish & Scottish
  1. The Belted Plaid
  2. Belted Plaid Demo
  3. A Brat, Veil, and Pouch
  4. A Brief Essay on Leinte
  5. Celtic Clothing
  6. Celtic Dress of the Sixteenth Century
  7. Celtic Garb for Men and Women
  8. Celtic/Scots Costume Links
  9. Clothing of the Ancient Celts
  10. Clothing in the Scottish Highlands, 1100 - 1700 CE
  11. Couched Cording on "Irish" Sleeves by Torquil McGillarrey
  12. Dress in Ancient Ireland
  13. Early Irish Costume
  14. The Evolution of the Kilt
  15. The Great Kilt War
  16. How to Wear the Belted Plaid
  17. How to Wrap and Wear a Great Kilt
  18. Ionar
  19. Ireland, ca. 5th - 10th c. CE
  20. The Kilt and the Tartan - What Is Period?
  21. Leine Pattern
  22. Leinte of early medieval Ireland
  23. Making the Irish Leine: Outline, Pictures, and Patterns
  24. Men's Highland Attire from the Middle Ages to the 18th century
  25. A Modern Approach to Making a "Great Kilt"
  26. The Plaid
  27. The Plaid by Sir Alastair Saunders
  28. The Quick and Dirty "Great Kilt"
  29. The Rogart Shirt
  30. The Saffron Shirt: Irish/Scots Léine
  31. 16th and 17th Century Quotes Concerning Scottish Men's and Women's Attire
  32. Some Ways to Wear an Erasaid
  33. Tartan History and Terminology
  34. Woman's Léine

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German
  1. German Gown - 1503
  2. German Women's Costume
  3. The Handbook of German Dress
  4. Kleidung im Mittelalter (German)
  5. Landsknecht.com
  6. Landsknechts and Costume
  7. Landsknecht, 1535
  8. Patterns for 16th century Men's Costume from Germany
  9. The Real Landsknecht Homepage
  10. Das Schloß von Ravensburg
  11. Women's Costume in Bohemia and Saxony - 1490 to 1580

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Indian
  1. How To Wear A Sari
  2. Indian Saris
  3. The Sari: In All Its Incarnations
  4. The Sari in Fashion: Five Thousand Years

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Italian
  1. Early Italian and High Renaissance Costume
  2. How To Make Italian Ribbon Coifs
  3. Italian Renaissance Dress
  4. Italian Renaissance: 1420-1520
  5. Italian Renaissance Gown Construction
  6. Italian Renaissance Portraits for Costume Study
  7. A Late 15th Century Italian Chemise Pattern
  8. Mid-Italian Renaissance Female Costume
  9. Portrait of a Lady with a Puppy (1530)
  10. Renaissance Costumes
  11. "Sleeve Lorraine"

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Japanese
  1. About Kimono
  2. Introduction to Japanese Garb, or Recognizing the Well-Dressed Samurai
  3. Japanese Costume Links
  4. Japanese Garb Patterns
  5. Japanese Mons
  6. The Juni-hitoe
  7. Lady Fujiwara's Wardrobe Unlock'd

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Korean
  1. Korean Traditional Dress

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Middle Eastern
  1. Costume Guidelines (16th century Turkish)
  2. Costumes for Various Styles of Oriental Dance
  3. Egyptian horseman's outfit, 6th century
  4. Costume for A 15th Century Ghwazee Wedding Dance
  5. Harem Pants
  6. How to Hijab: Your Guide to the Islamic Dress Code
  7. Islamic Clothing, Jewelry, and Make-Up
  8. Islamic Clothing - Free Patterns
  9. Medieval Middle Eastern Garb: Basic Garments Throughout the East with Pictures and Patterns
  10. Middle Eastern Costume Links
  11. Middle-Eastern Costuming of the 13th Century
  12. Notes on Islamic Clothing
  13. Oriental Costumes: Their Designs and Colors
  14. Palace Attire and Garments: The Costumes of the Sultans
  15. Seljuk and Ottoman Periods: Women's Clothing
  16. Seljuk Female Costume Patterns and Seljuk Male Costume Patterns
  17. The Ottoman Khilafa
  18. Ottoman Empire History
  19. The Islamic World of 1600: the Ottoman Empire
  20. Istanbul-Ottoman Period: "Treasure of Istanbul" book
  21. Ottoman Sarajevo
  22. Living History search tool: organizations: 1100 to 1500
  23. The Topkapi Palace Museum

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Mongolian
  1. Buryat Traditional Clothing
  2. Mongolian Arms, Armor and Garb
  3. Narantsetseg's Mongolian Pages: Mongolian Dress, Mongolian Hats, and Bibliography

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Russian
  1. Patterns and Instructions for Medieval Russian Costumes
  2. Rus Male Costume
  3. Russian Costume Links
  4. Russian Costuming: Medieval and Otherwise
  5. Russian Garb: Basic Overview, The Quick and Dirty Way

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Spanish
  1. Clothing of the Jews in Medieval Spain
  2. Spain, the Early Years: Costume of the Visigoths, Mozarabes, and the Northern Christian Kingdoms

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Viking
  1. An Archaeological Guide to Viking Men's Clothing
  2. Bibliography of Sources for the Construction of Viking Garments
  3. Book Review: The Viking
  4. "But That's How They Look in the Book!": Viking Women's Garb in Art and Archaeology
  5. Norse Costume Bibliography
  6. A Quick and Dirty Look at Viking Women's Garb in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
  7. Reconstructed 10th Century Danish Apron Dress
  8. Rus Trader Costume
  9. Tunic and Pants
  10. The Viking Apron-Dress and The Viking Apron-Dress: A New Reconstruction
  11. Viking Costume Links
  12. Viking Embroidery
  13. Viking Garb Class Notes
  14. Viking Resources for the Re-enactor
  15. Viking Tunic Construction
  16. What did Viking women wear?
  17. The Viking & Dark Ages Links Page

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Bodices & Corsets
  1. Custom Corset Pattern Generator
  2. Drafting a Basic Bodice Pattern
  3. How to Fit a Bodice

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Chemises
  1. Chemise
  2. Chemise of 13,000 Pearls
  3. How to Make an Elizabethan Chemise
  4. A Late 15th Century Italian Chemise Pattern
  5. Making an Easy Elizabethan Chemise

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Cloaks
  1. An Archaeological Guide to Viking Men's Clothing
  2. The Bocksten Bog Man's Cloak (Sweden, ca. 1350)
  3. A Brat, Veil, and Pouch
  4. Byzantine Dress: Cloaks
  5. Cloak Site
  6. Renaissance Patterns for Men
  7. Sknurmantel
  8. Viking Embroidery (Mammen cloak)

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Codpieces
  1. A Briefe History of the Codpiece
  2. A Brief History of That Most Delectable of Subjects: Codpieces
  3. Codpiece International
  4. Modesty to Majesty: The Development of the Codpiece

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Farthingales
  1. The Farthingale Page
  2. Easy Elizabethan Spanish Farthingale
  3. History of the Farthingale
  4. Making a Period Farthingale
  5. Materials Needed for a Farthingale
  6. Short History And Construction of the Spanish Farthingale
  7. The Thirty-Minute Farthingale

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Gloves & Mittens
  1. aGloves in Period
  2. bHow to Make a Pair of Gloves, One Pair at a Time

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Hats, Hoods, & Headwear
  1. Attifet with Silk Veil
  2. Blackwork Embroidery c. 15th-16th Century Coif
  3. A Brat, Veil, and Pouch
  4. Cap of Maintenance
  5. Cavalier Hat
  6. Chaperons and How to Make Them
  7. Circlet, 14th Century
  8. Les coiffures masculines and les coiffures féminines in medieval France (French)
  9. The Cowl
  10. Easy Men's Hats from 1300-1500
  11. Eibhlin's Hats of the 14th and 15th centuries
  12. Elizabethan Man's Italian Bonnet and another Elizabethan Man's Italian Bonnet
  13. The Elizabethan Practical Companion: Blackwork Gallery
  14. Elizabethan Style French Hood
  15. Embroidered Man's Hat England, c. 1600
  16. English 1500's Man's High Hat
  17. English 1500's Man's Pleated High Hat
  18. English 1500's Man's Tall Hat and another English 1500's Man's Tall Hat
  19. English Gable Hood
  20. An English Hood: Step-By-Step Instructions
  21. Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Century Headdress: A Review of Literature
  22. French Hoods: Their History and Development
  23. German 1500's Nobleman's Hat and 1500's German Noble Man's Hat
  24. Hats
  25. Headdresses
  26. Headwear and Hoods, Chaperons and Liripipes of the Middle Ages
  27. Headwear in Period
  28. Hood Making Guide
  29. How to be a HOOD-lum: Medieval Hoods
  30. How to Make a "Dead Chicken Hat" or Chaperon
  31. How to Make a Coif
  32. How to Make a Hood
  33. How To Make Italian Ribbon Coifs
  34. How to Make a Muffin Cap
  35. Italian Renaissance Headress and a close-up
  36. Landsknecht Hats and Headdresses
  37. Medieval Male's Outfit
  38. Medieval Women's Headdress and Costume
  39. Muffin Hat Pattern
  40. Pattern for a 16th Century English Slouch Hat
  41. Quick'n'Easy Cauls for 1400s Headresses
  42. References to Straw Hats in the 17th Century
  43. Renaissance Women's Headdress
  44. Reticulated Headdress
  45. Short-Crowned Brimless Hat and another Short-Crowned Brimless Hat
  46. Straw Hats
  47. A Survey of Elizabethan Coifs
  48. Tudor Flat Cap
  49. Tudor French Hood
  50. Veil and Shaped Cauls, 15th Century
  51. Women's Roll Hats

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Hose, Socks, & Stockings
  1. A Brief History of Hosiery
  2. Hand Knit Hose
  3. Hose Patterns
  4. Hose of the Middle Ages
  5. Hosiery Manufacture in the Middle Ages
  6. Knitting Period Stockings
  7. Nalebinding
  8. Patterns for 16th century Men's Costume from Germany

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Petticoats & Skirts
  1. Elizabethan Petticoats
  2. Recipe for a Corded Petticoat
  3. A Simple Gathered Skirt

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Stomachers
  1. Origin of the Stomacher

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Ruffs
  1. A Brief History of Ruffs
  2. Constructing an Elizabethan Ruff
  3. Constructing Elizabethan Ruffs

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Mailing Lists
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New Links
  1. Rachael Greenberg's costuming page

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