History of Fashion: Find Background Information

A list of historical period films, sorted by era

"One-stop Site for Costume Information & Images"--from website.

"890 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History"--from website.

The Vintage Fashion Guild's Fashion timeline, from 1800 to 1990.

Written in the late 19th century, this text illustrates dress from the ancient Egyptians up through folk dress in the late 19th century.

Historical art images from medieval times through the 1950s.

Costume history links, arranged by era.

A collection of fashion history links, arranged by time period.

A list of museums with costume/textile collections, curated by FIT Libraries.

"The Fashion History Timeline is an open-access source for fashion history knowledge, featuring objects and artworks from over a hundred museums and libraries that span the globe"--from website.

Plates from 1780-1880.

French magazine for ladies, issues between 1806-1832

From UW, a collection of fashion plates spanning 1806-1915.

Sample issues from the American magazine, 1831-1878.

Issues from 1848-1889.

Photographs from the LIFE Magazine photo archive, 1860s-1970s.

Issues from 1862-1882.

issues from 1870-1904.

Sample issues from 1885-1922.

Issues from French Vogue, 1920-1940