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Costume History
This site will help you understand more about the lives of your ancestors by studying their clothing.
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Costume History Lessons
Make costumes inspired by homeschool history lessons. Find patterns for time period costumes online and at the library for a hands-on history project.
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Fashions of the 1830s
Full-color illustrations of the fashions of the 1830s. The styles of the era were flamboyant and dramatic.
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A Brief History of Belly Dancing
As an art form belly dancing honours the goddess within all of us and celebrates the female body of all shapes and sizes.
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A New Fashion Exhibit at F.I.T.
A new fashion exhibit at NYC's Fashion Institute of Technology, "She's Like a Rainbow: Colors in Fashion" looks at symbols & meaning of color in fashion through the ages.
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Historical Re-Enactment and the Internet
The Internet has caused historical re-enactment to take great strides in becoming a truly global hobby. It has it's bad points, but also has caused great increases in knowledge in the movement.
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La Belle Epoque Museum Exhibit
The Vancouver Museum curates another dazzling show of historical costume for women.
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Paul Poiret, Modern Designer
Despite liberating women from corsets and injecting fun into fashion, Paul Poiret died poor & overshadowed by Chanel. A new exhibit at the Met rectifies matters.
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Fall Fashion Trends for 2007
From menswear to metallics to color, prints, fur & embellishment, fall fashion will be a lush & colorful affair with Costume History.
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Society for Creative Anachronism
Being a member of the Society For Creative Anachronism is the perfect place for lovers of folklore, and choosing your persona from the pages of the past is exciting!
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The Front is Right Here
While the Armed Forces were fighting in Europe and the Pacific the civilians - men, women and children - were fighting their own battle on the Homefront. They took on new jobs, did without, and waited for mail from their men on the front. Without them the outcome of WW II might have been different.
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