Period

The Costumebase - Access over 3500 pictures that depict period costume, fabrics and fashion accessories: paintings, prints, fashion plates, and photographs of extant items.
www.costumebase.org

Deliberately Concealed Garments Project - The Textile Conservation Centre at the University of Southampton explores the folk tradition of concealing clothing in the fabric of buildings. Includes a database of garment finds in the United Kingdom.
www.concealedgarments.org/

Fashion-Era - Pauline Weston Thomas and Guy Thomas place costume alongside the social history of an era, focusing on fashion from 1800. Includes undergarments, haute couture and British royal fashion.
www.fashion-era.com/

Historical Costumes by Bjarne Drews - Photographs of reproduction costumes, primarily from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Regency periods. Closeups of handmade lace and embroidery.
www.my-drewscostumes.dk/

Historical Events - Advice and critiques on historical costumes.
www.historical-costumes.net/

The Ladies Treasury of Costume and Fashion - An ezine of 19th and 20th century costume and needlework resources, offering articles on period dress and related social history, plus free patterns based on original ladies' books and magazines.
www.tudorlinks.com/treasury/index.html

The Well-Dressed Wench - Collection of costume-related links and resources for living history enthusiasts. Medieval and Renaissance, Colonial and American Revolution, and Civil War or Victorian eras.
www.midnightgarden.com/costume/

MSN Encarta: 5 Weird Fashion Trends - Article overview expounding on the current trends of pointy shoes, tanning, makeup, ponchos and capes, and visible underwear, with their origins in history. <small>(July, 2005)</small>
encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/CareerTraining/?article=weirdfashionmain