How and Where To Study Fashion History From Home? Online and (Mostly) Free Sources For Beginners

here are all the links and sources! PRIMARY SOURCES - BOOKS Archive.org examples: ⚬ History of Feminine Fashion (1920s) https://archive.org/details/cu3192405... ⚬ History of Hats: https://archive.org/details/ModeInHat... ⚬ Dame Fashion: https://archive.org/details/damefashi... Books.google.com examples: ⚬ https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks... Public libraries examples: ⚬ NY Public Library: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/s... FASHION PLATES ⚬ Wellesley’s guide to fashion plates sources: http://libguides.wellesley.edu/fashion ⚬ Met Museum https://www.metmuseum.org/art/librari... ⚬ Gallica.fr https://gallica.bnf.fr/services/engin... ⚬ University of Washington https://content.lib.washington.edu/co... ORIGINAL GARMENTS ⚬ FIT’s guide to online costume collections: http://www.fitnyc.edu/museum/about/li... ⚬ FIT’s collection: http://fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu/ ⚬ V&A Museum: https://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/fas... ⚬ Met Museum: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection ⚬ National Museums Scotland https://www.nms.ac.uk/explore-our-col... ⚬ Kyoto Costume Institute: https://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/ I also suggest having a look at auction houses and browse their past auctions! ONLINE COURSES/GROUPS ⚬ Foundations Revealed http://foundationsrevealed.com/ ⚬ The Historical Sew Fortnightly (used to be a sewing challenge, now it’s mostly support sewing group)   / historicalsewfortnightly   ⚬ Elizabethan Costume   / 29374273995   ACADEMIC RESEARCH ⚬ Academia.edu ⚬ Association of Dress Historians Journal https://dresshistorians.org/journal/ DOCUMENTARIES ⚬ A Stitch in Time ⚬ Lucy Worsley documentaries ⚬ Helen Castor documentaries FASHION HISTORY BLOGS ⚬The Dreamstress http://thedreamstress.com/ ⚬ Modern Mantua Maker https://themodernmantuamaker.wordpres... ⚬ Before the Automobile http://augustintytar.blogspot.com/ ⚬ American Duchess http://blog.americanduchess.com/ ⚬ Madame Isis’ Toilette http://madameisistoilette.blogspot.com/ ⚬ Beauty for Ashes http://beauty4ashes7.blogspot.com/ ⚬ Couture Courtesan http://couturecourtesan.blogspot.com/ ⚬ Dressed in Time http://dressedintime.blogspot.com/ (Lots of these blogs have reading lists with more delicious blogs to follow!) PODCASTS ⚬ Dressed https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-dr... ⚬ American Duchess   / americanduchess   ⚬ Historical Sewing https://historicalsewing.com/podcast INSTAGRAM @before_the_automobile @couturecourtesan @modermantuamaker @rococoatelier @magdalena_regina @vestidor_anacronico @virtouscourtesan @laurietavan @corsets_and_crinolines @shoeicons @amberbutchart @theschoolofhistoricaldress1 @walking_through_history ____________________ My Instagram: https://bit.ly/2Qo9rrI My nudes: https://bit.ly/2Dvakv0 My merch: https://bit.ly/2CCq5jE