18th century blog

Eighteenth-Century European Dress at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. A few photos and a little bit of information.

L’Âge des Lumières
I posted a link earlier about this German 18th century society, but this seems to be their main website.

Fop fest
A recurring 18th century event in Canada that looks pretty fantastic!

Chenilles et papillons
French site with 18th century clothes. This site is so amazing. The photography is gorgeous and the outfits even more so. They don’t seem to be selling anything though.

EDIT: See the comment section for more information. Chenilles et papillons do take custom orders.

18thCenturyGowns.com
Historical costumes, mostly 18th century.

Southcoast historical associates
18th century costuming site with some really beautiful stuff.

Click the picture to go to a gallery with pictures from a French 18th century event. Found on this site.

Lasse Hallström’s Casanova is not fantastic, but it’s fun and charming and I liked it. Costume wise it’s pretty horrible, lots of outfits that look like cheap masquerade costumes and many ugly wigs. But there’s one exception and that’s Victoria, played by Natalie Dormer. Her outfits are beautiful and she was also by far my favourite character in this movie. I loved her. Some more pictures behind the cut.

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18th century silk dresses at Leeds museums collections.

Edit: This link no longer works, but you can still search the collection. You can find all 18th century clothing items here.

The Los Angeles county museum of art has a great collection of 18th century items to see online. They also have some great 18th century fashion drawings.

There is a great compiled list of extant 18th century women’s clothing from all over the net at this costuming site.

Asynchronous
Photo shoot with 18th century clothes. Click the slide show link at the bottom of the page to see the rest of the photos.

Suzi Clarke - Costumier
Historical and fantasy costumes, including some 18th century ones.

Nehelenia designs
Historical costumes, mostly 18th century.

EDIT: Has new address: http://www.historicalclothing.net