I was looking around the web and found this one full of probably hundreds of Victorian Portraits and photographs from a British Professional Photographers' collection. There are some amazing photos for ideas and validations on costuming.
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~victorianphoto/
This is another one of my favorite sites for loads of costuming help. Free patterns, photos, fashion plates... it is a wealth of information.
http://marquise.de/en/index.html
And finally, I found this short history on Buttons (from the BBC) enlightening.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A23623616
I appreciate the work you do on the blog. I do go there and read through the articles. I love the vids from the NM museum.
ARNie
Owner and Designer of http://www.chezcrochet.com/
Encyclopedia of Tunisian Crochet
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/tunisiancrochet
Monday, March 21, 2011
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The NM Museum video that shows the various dresses is not so bad, although the tour guide does not tell the viewer about the costumes on display.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot of misinformation in the one about getting dressed in underclothing. I don't know if a "real" curator or historian approved the narration or not, but don't believe it without checking better references that either confirm or deny!
Robin G-C