Costuming and Fashion

After A Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles
After a Fashion tells how to make authentic historic reproductions and how to mend and alter vintage clothes. It covers medieval through Art Deco styles, for men and women. It guides costumers through each stage of a reproduction project--planning, designing, choosing materials, and constructing. Unlike dating/identification guides, it advises vintage clothing collectors on all aspects of collecting--buying, restoring, fitting, wearing, and storing.
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century: A Comprehensive Guide With 1,117 Illustrations
This book is an excellent reference for those who wish to study the fashion of English women's clothing in the nineteenth-century. Sumptuously illustrated, it also has helpful commentary about the clothing's details, including information about what influenced the design, materials used, the situation in which the garment would have been worn, and what type of person would have worn the garment. It is a wonderful reference for the costume designer or student of fashion.
Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900
Arranged by decades, the 272 photographs presented here show the clothing and hair-style details introduced during the last half of the 19th century for men, women, and children. The commentary by clothing historian Severa explores these details and also examines the material culture, expectations, and socioeconomic conditions that affected the clothing choices depicted. An amazingly detailed and thorough reference.
I See By Your Outfit: Historic Cowboy Gear of the Northern Plains
Reader Review: This is the real McCoy. The authors appear to know their subject well and have done their homework. I thank you for that because this is my first read on the subject of real cowboy clothing and I wanted facts. The detail was very good and in some cases too good as in the section on horse bits. What cowboys actually wore and why is fascinating. Don't get me wrong I enjoy the Hollywood costumes but it's nice to know the real story and this is it