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Theatre costume resources

Blanche Payne Costume Photograph and Drawing Collection
Photographic prints, pattern drawings, watercolor paintings, and postcards that former UW faculty-member Blanche Payne collected or created on her research trips to the former Yugoslavia and various other countries during 1930 and 1936-1937.
All Sewn Up: Millinery, Dressmaking, Clothing, and Costume
From millinery to dressmaking, this excellent digital collection from the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections group brings together a myriad of books from the early 20th century on the world of such matters, along with forays into costume design.
Stage Costumes at the Victoria and Albert Museum
This site offers an excellent online exhibit from the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. The exhibit highlights stage costume designers, costume makers, and the costumes themselves.
Harper's Bazaar
Harper's Bazaar is an American women's fashion magazine, first published in 1867. This open access database contains scans of all issues published between November 1867 – December 1900, with very few gaps.
Costume Collection at the Musem of the Fashion Institute of America
The Museum’s permanent collection now encompasses some 50,000 garments and accessories from the 18th century to the present. Important designers such as Adrian, Balenciaga, Chanel, and Dior are represented. The collecting policy of the Museum focuses on aesthetically and historically significant “directional” clothing, accessories, textiles and visual materials, with emphasis on contemporary avant-garde fashion
Textiles and costumes at the Henry Art Gallery
The Henry Art Gallery’s Costume and Textile Collection provides a resource for studying the construction and design of fiber-based objects, their relationship to other art forms, and their historical and cultural role in the societies that produced them.

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