Film

Film costuming and clothing history in general are a great way to start learning and appreciating history--both historical events, people, cultures, languages and raiment. In the cinema, clothing design is something really fun and unique. I love to scroll through the thousands of photos at FilmCostumes and the very interesting images of RecycledMovieCostumes, and of course the great, well-known Non-WesternHistoricalFashion.

Also I love FripperiesandFobs, FashioninHistory, FashionsfromHistory, the excellent OldRags and of course many auction houses--one with great photos is WhitakerAuctionCo.

There's ClothesonFilm and VintageFilmPropsandCostumes. PeriodWardrobe is a neat look at homemade historical costumes. The FIDM Museum of couture and textiles has a great blog of both photos and information.

Another great place to look through pictures is PeriodMovieCaps. For all areas of the world, there's a very long list of links at FilmCostume.

The painting below is British Frederick Goodall's [1822-1904] "A Dream of Paradise".