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Historical Clothing

  • Arnold, J. (2002). Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen’s Dresses and Their Construction c. 1660-1860. MacMillan.
  • Arnold, J. (2014). Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen’s dresses and their construction c. 1860-1940. MacMillan.
  • Arnold, J. (2014). Patterns of Fashion 3: The cut and construction of clothes for men and women c.1560-1620. MacMillan.
  • Bradfield, N. (2009). Costume in Detail, 1730-1930.
  • Costume & Fashion Press. Crowfoot, E., Pritchard, F., & Staniland, K. (2006). Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 (New edition). Boydell Press.
  • Crowfoot, E., Pritchard, F., & Staniland, K. (2006). Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450 (New edition). Boydell Press.
  • Grimble, F. (Ed.). (2004). Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 1. Lavolta Press.
  • Grimble, F. (Ed.). (2004). Fashions of the Gilded Age, Volume 2. Lavolta Press.
  • Johnson, C., Malcolm-Davies, J., Mikhaila, N., & Perry, M. (2016). The queen’s servants: Gentlewomen’s dress at the accession of Henry VIII : a Tudor tailor case study. Fat Goose Press.
  • Jorgensen, L. B. (1992). North European Textiles until AD. 1000 (1st edition). Aarhus University Press.
  • Mikhaila, N., Malcolm-Davies, J., & Johnson, C. (2009). The king’s servants: Men’s dress at the accession of Henry VIII. Fat Goose Press.
  • Montgomery, F. M. (1970). Printed textiles: English and American cottons and linens 1700-1850 (1st edition). Viking Press.
  • Owen-Crocker, G. R., & Owen-Crocker, G. (2010). Dress in Anglo-Saxon England (Revised and enlarged ed edition). Boydell Press.
  • Thursfield, S. (2001). The medieval tailor’s assistant: Common garments 1100-1480. Crowood Press.

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