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21/6/2010

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RESOURCES

Useful sources of inspiration for anyone thinking of coming to the festival in costume 

If you are coming as one of the characters from a novel by Dickens it may be worth taking a look at the 'characters' page in David Perdue's Charles Dickens page

COSTUME INSPIRATION

The Costume Store
Based in Lewes, selling all sorts of theatrical props and costume supplies. A good source of gloves and parasols. (the small parasol ison board the 'Kingswear Castle' designed for a child, but works well as an adult fashion parasol if you extend the stick)

The Great Pattern Review
Part of a San Fransisco Bay Costume site, a source of inspiration and well worth exploring. Unfortunately it hasn't been updated since 2008, but it is still very useful.

Habithat
UK based source of European and American re-enactors patterns. The link takes you to the 'historical patterns' page, where you can click on '19th Century' and 'Victorian'. This is the easy way to buy patterns from the US and at the same time save on postage!

Madame's Mercantile
A small American company specialising in Victorian Accessories, and the only place we have found that sells reproduction chatelaines at an affordable price  The website doesn't currently handle international orders, but they were happy to take an order by email and sort out the postage.

Maple Drive
Ladies lace gloves - avert your gaze from the rest of the shop!

Sew Essential
Useful UK supplier of patterns and haberdashery

Vena Cava
Design Corset and Costume Component Site based in Poole,  with an increasing range of useful and uncommon patterns - also look at the parasols in the 'accessories' section.

Classic Chaps of Rye
Worth dropping in if you are looking for men's costumes and within reach of Rye - a small shop with an eclectic collection of Victorian to 1950's men's clothing.

Lavolta Press
We have been contacted by this American company selling books on historic costuming and vintage clothing. The site looks interesting - let us know your experience if you use them.

 

If you have found a useful site, or if you are a supplier and you would like is to link to your site,contact us