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"A Central Location on the Web for Fashion and Costume since 1996." Owner: Penny E. Dunlap Ladnier Chesterfield, Virginia, USA You may tour through the 14 areas of The Costume Gallery Websites. We have over 40,000 web pages, 85,000 images, and two databases. Our websites vastly covers the history of the fashion / costume / textile industries. Many thanks to over 65 million visitors to The Costume Gallery Websites since June 1996. Currently, our visitors are representing 140 countries per month. 1996 - 2010 CELEBRATING 14 YEARS ON THE WEB!!!

COSTUME RESEARCH LIBRARY: _______________ Library includes the following websites: Costume Research Library Fashion Designers of Their Time Costume Encyclopedia Costume & Fashion Slideshows Fashion Color Database PastHairstyles.com 1st Communion Dress History AntiqueBrides.com Costume Dictionary Hats Off! Hat History Children's Fashion History A Year in Fashion Online complete period fashion publications, including articles, images, catalogs, and books. Search historic fashions by given decades and specific years. Click below view the Table of Contents for specific years: REGENCY ERA FASHIONS  1804  1807  1812  1814  1828 VICTORIAN ROMANTIC FASHIONS  1838  1841  1847  1849 VICTORIAN CRINOLINE / HOOP FASHIONS  1856  1857  1862  1863  1864  1865  1867  1868 VICTORIAN BUSTLE ERA FASHIONS  1870  1872  1877  1880  1882  1886  1889 GIBSON GIRL ERA FASHIONS  1893  1894  1895  1896  1897  1899  1901 EDWARDIAN FASHIONS  1902  1908 1910s FASHIONS  1910  1911  1912  1918 1920s FASHIONS  1920  1921  1922  1923 LIBRARY BOOKS ONLINE:  1911 Sewing Manual  19th Century French Peasants  1880s: Handbook of German Dress  1868: Corsets & Crinoline Fashion History  1911: Women & Labor  1922: Color Harmony & Dress  Hairdressers' Manuals 1899 1911  Etiquette Books 1814 1877 1882 1921 ***************************  IN THE LIBRARY  A Brush with History: Vintage Hairstyles  History of Hairstyles *************************** Costume Kingdom offers high quality Halloween Costumes for kids. Our top sellers include Pet Costumes the best seasonal Christmas Costumes as well as Plus Size Halloween Costumes and a great selection of Halloween Costumes for Couples.

The Costume Research Library is dedicated to our online articles and resources. Over 5,000 webpages of period fashion articles, catalogs, books, photographs, and countless images to access. To subscribe to our online Library click HERE. To see a listing of the Years in Fashion that we have on this site, look to your left. COSTUME RESEARCH LIBRARY SUBSCRIPTION PRICES Prices reflect the exact price charged for specific subscription duration. You will only be billed for the price shown below. We do not automatically renew subscribers. 3 months: sale price $18 6 months: sale price $34 12 months: sale price $55 Library Subscribers have access to 13 of 14 of The Costume Gallery Websites. The Costume Classroom is not included. Click HERE to pay for an individual library subscription! To obtain a group subscription email here for a group quote. **************************************************** Fashion & Costume History Slideshows 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos Our Latest Costume Slideshows are below: Costume Fashion Show Halloween, Costume & Party Trade Show 2009 75 costumes with video and 200 high-resolution photos Lingerie Fashion Show Halloween, Costume & Party Trade Show 2009 45 fashions with video & 134 photos Balticon: May 2009 35 sets of costumes with 144 Photos Costume Con: May 2009 260 photos!!! Showgirls' Costumes Backstage Tour 260 photos!!! **************************************************************************** The Costume Classroom is a place to take online classes for sewing costume and costume history. 2010 SEMESTER REGISTRATION IS OPEN!!! Classes are self-paced and taken completely online. 2010 CLASSES SUMMER SEMESTER 2010: Classes opens: June 7, 2010 Ends: August 31, 2010 Last day to enter class: July 31, 2010 FALL SEMESTER 2010: Classes opens: Sept. 7, 2010 Ends: Dec. 31, 2010 Last day to enter class: Nov. 30, 2010  Costume Analysis of Four Films Set in 1912-1914  Elizabethan Glove Making: Make your own pair of gloves  19th Century Parasols: Their History, Construction, and Restoration  Making a Late 18th Century Wardrobe: Caraco Jacket  Making a Late 18th Century Wardrobe: Ladies Strapless Stays  Making a Late 18th Century Wardrobe: Pet-en-l'air or Robe à la Française **************************************************************************** FASHION FOTODATE Service where you send us your old family photos via email and we date them according to the fashions worn in them. Great for the genealogist!!!!! **************************************************************************** Product Palace has businesses that provide products and services related to the costume. **************************************************************************** Designer's Hall contains Websites owned by costume designers. **************************************************************************** The Courtyard is a place to have fun with costume.

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All contents of the websites associated with The Costume Gallery Website are protected by copyright laws. Questions??? contact: HERE The Costume Gallery Websites, © 1996-2010: The Costume Gallery | Costume Research Library | Costume Classroom | Hat Off! Hat History Fashion Designers of Their Time | Costume Encyclopedia | Costume Slideshows Fashion Color Database | Costume, Fashion & Textile Dictionary | pasthairstyles.com AntiqueBrides.com | 1st Communion Dress History | Hats Off! Hat History | Children's Fashion History THE COSTUME GALLERY WEBSITES ARE HOSTED BY: