Eighteenth Century Costumes

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Wear a wig like a gentleman. The 18th century peruke blonde wig emulates old fashioned powered wigs and includes a ribbon tie.

This inventive and lucid book sheds new light on topics as diverse as crime, authority, and retailing in eighteenth-century Britain, and makes a major contribution to broader debates around consumerism, popular culture, and material life. The material lives of ordinary English men and women were transformed in the years following the restoration of Charles II in 1660. Tea and sugar, the fruits of British mercantile and colonial expansion, altered their diets. Pendulum clocks and Staffordshire po... [Read More]

Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI holds one of the world's most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide. With an emphasis on Western women's clothing, the KCI has amassed a wi... [Read More]

Robe a la francaise 18TH Marie Antoinette Colonial Georgian Cosplay Dress Gown

The Galerie des Modes has been called the "most beautiful collection in existence on the fashions of the eighteenth century." Published over a 10-year period, from 1778 to 1787, its plates were elegantly drawn, accurately engraved, and exquisitely hand colored by the most celebrated fashion artists of the era. This monument to costume illustration was reproduced by Emile Lévy in Paris between 1911 and 1914. Here are 64 of the finest plates from the Lévy edition, reproduced faithfully from the ... [Read More]

Book by Cunnington, C. Willett

Size information: S:Height65-67"Chest34-36"Waist28-30"Hips35-37" M:Height68-69"Chest38-40"Waist32-34"Hips38-40" L:Height69-71"Chest42-44"Waist36-38"Hips41-43" XL:Height71-73"Chest46-48"Waist40-42"Hips44-46" XXL:Height73-74"Chest50-52"Waist44-46"Hips48-50" We can tailor made costume base on your measuements if those sizes couldn't fit you well,remember to send us your height/chest/waist/hips measurements.

Portraits and drawings of the eighteenth-century nobility and middle class show examples of hats, hair styles, clothing, and accessories then popular

Beth Gilgun brings the mid to late 1700s to life with her entertaining and informative "letters" to a friend on the frontier. Great for reenactors, teachers, historic interpreters, and theatrical costumers. As an accomplished seamstress and goodwife, Gilgun shares with her "friend" information on clothing for men, women and children, as well as other topics of daily life in Colonial America. Included are clear, concise instructions for constructing reproduction 18th century garments, from choosi... [Read More]