Appendix A. A List of Selected Fashion Collection Websites

(URLs last verified on February 7, 1999)

1) Fashion collection websites with a regional emphasis:

• The Texas Fashion Collection at the University of North Texas http://www.art.unt.edu/tfc/
• Elegance After Dark, An online exhibit of the Louisiana State Museum http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/ead.htm
• "Portraits of Nevada: Clothing", University of Nevada, Reno http://www.unr.edu/sb204/theatre/clothtoc.html

2) Fashion collection websites representing major museum collections:

• The Museum of the City of New York Costume and Textiles Collection http://www.mcny.org/costume.htm
• Museum of Costume, Bath, England http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk/
• The Costume Institute (Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC) http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/department.asp?dep=8
• Smithsonian: Textiles and Quilts http://www.si.edu/resource/faq/nmah/textiles.htm

3) Fashion collection websites representing a particular kind of clothing:

• Texas First Ladies Gown Collection, Texas Woman's University http://www.twu.edu/twu/exhibits/firstladies/
• Athapaskan Women's Costumes and Ornaments http://www.civilization.ca/tresors/treasure/249eng.html
• Kyoto National Museum Court Costumes http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/tokuten/tokuchin/other97/denka97e.htm
• Collection Militaria -- Uniforms, German Historical Museum, Berlin http://www.dhm.de/ENGLISH/sammlungen/militaria/holding.html
• The Beverley Birks Couture Collection http://www.camrax.com/pages/birks0.htm
• Drama Costume Archive, University of Virginia Department of Drama http://cti.itc.virginia.edu/~ttspdram/projects.html

4) Websites that have images of fashion prints:

• Antique Fashion Prints http://www.victoriana.com/library/fplates.html
• Victorian Bridal Gowns from Harper's Bazar (C.1867-1884) http://www.victoriana.com/library/harpers/bride1.html

5) Commercial sites having images of historic and authentic reproduction of clothing which are for sale:

• Bittersweet Boutique - Vintage Clothing http://www.victoriana.com/library/harpers/bride1.html
• Vintageous, Inc http://www.vintageous.com/

6) Resource guide:

• The Costumer's Manifesto by Tara Maginnis http://www.costumes.org/

Links updated Jan. 14, 2003
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