Images: Fashion and Costumes

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General Fashion and Costumes

G. Barbier. Bathing
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UW Libraries
Special Collections

Costumes and Textiles at the Henry Art Gallery
Images from the Costume and Textile Study Center and the School of Drama's historic costume collection that are now at the Henry Art Gallery.
Costume Institute (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Costumes and accessories spanning five continents and as many centuries.
Digital Dress Collection
The Digital Dress Collection at Wayne State University contains images of clothing worn during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Fashion Plate Collection from UW Libraries
Illustrations from the leading French, British, American, and other continental fashion journals of the 19th century and early 20th century
Milieux: The Costume Site
Online Sources for Historical and Fantasy costumes