1. Centuries of Childhood (from the Kent State University Museum - provides a history of children's clothing from the last half of the 18th century through 1945)
2. Clothing and Costumes websites (general, locality specific, jewelry and accessories)
3. Costume History (prehistoric-2000s by period, e.g., ancient Greek, Italian Renaissance, 1920s, etc.)
4. Costume Institute - Metropolitan Museum of Art
5. Costume Page (museums, organizations, history, ethnic, theatrical, Halloween, accessories, supplies)
6. Costumer's Manifesto (accessories, supplies, patterns, underwear, ethnic, military, religious, history by period)
7. Costumes and Clothing (history of clothing and historic ethnic and regional dress from around the world)
8. Dictionary of Costume (a visual dictionary of fashion)
9. Ethnic Costume and Textile Links (traditional dress of the world)
10. Fashion Color Database - documents color names from 600 A.D. to the 1930s
11. Fashion-Era (illustrated fashion and costume history)
12. Footwear of the Middle Ages ("an ongoing examination of the history and development of footwear and shoemaking techniques up to the end of the sixteenth century)
13. Halloween Costumes for Kids in Wheelchairs
14. History of Costume - color plates of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century
15. Major Costume Websites
16. Picture Collection Online (U.S. History, Costumes, Indians, Slavery, NY City)
17. Textile Dictionary (find descriptions, characteristics, and typical uses of different types of fabrics)

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