Suppliers
These are all U.K. based, like me, making
it easier for me to contact or visit them. I have bought
from, or had dealings with, every one of them.
MacCulloch
and Wallis - fabric, millinery, corsetry supplies and haberdashery
- online store. Keep an eye on the site as there are constant updates - men's trouser waist banding now in stock, plus some lovely Regency type cottons, and some very, very expensive printed linens, perfect for 18th century gowns
Borovick's
- fabric and some haberdashery supplies
M Perkins - brocade
and church fabrics and orphrey braids
Whaleys
- a wide range of natural and synthetic fabrics, including corset fabrics
James
Hare Silks - a company with wonderful silk taffetas.
I only use their mail order service
The Cloth House - 47 and 98 Berwick Street, London W1F
0QJ Tel/fax 020 7287 1555 - two shops, one with linen/wool/cotton
type fabric, the other with everything else!
The Silk Society - 44 Berwick Street London W1F 8SE
Tel 020 7287 1881 - as it suggests, mainly silk
fabrics
The Berwick Street Cloth Shop - 14 Berwick Street London
W1F 0PP 020 7287 2881 - another silk and luxury fabric
shop
Broadwick Silks -Broadwick Silks 9-11 Broadwick Street
London W1F 0DB 020 7734 3320 - mainly silk fabrics
Textile King - 81, Berwick Street, W1V 3PF Tel 020 7437
7372 - wool, cotton and linen, mainly for men's tailoring
Soho Silks - 22 D'Arblay Street, London
W1F 8EG 020 7434 3305 - silk and other luxury fabrics
Joel and Son Fabrics - 73-85 Church Street, London NW 8 Tel 020 7724 6895 - hundreds of fabrics of all kinds, and great customer service. However, their fabrics can be very, very expensive
Bernie the Bolt - Bernard Hunt, Rectory Farmhouse, Cambridge Road, Godmanchester PE29 2BP 01480 453390 berniethebolt3@aol.com vast range of linen,
linen mix, wool and wool mix fabrics - some specially dyed for re-enactors. Contact for samples. Full mail order service - no shop
Rai Trimmings - Unit 4 9-12 St. Annes Court
London W1F 0BB 020 7437 2696 - mainly tailoring supplies,
linings etc. but also fabrics (This may no longer be there - I need to check)
Kleins - haberdashery
and craft supplies, and some corsetry supplies
Barnett Lawson
- huge range of braids, ribbons, buttons, feathers and
trimmings
Little
Trimmings - small scale trimmings and lace, and a
very helpful lady
Catherine
Delaney - superb milliner
Annie the Pedlar
- jewellery and Tudor/medieval artifacts, and baskets,
among other treasures
Pewter Replicas
- Tudor/medieval jewllery and other pewter artifacts
Gina B. - beautiful
replicas of braid, purses, belts etc., mainly medieval and
Tudor
The
Buckle Shop - an online source of buckles, mostly
modern
Derek Easton
- wigs - supplies wigs for most of my customers
D.M. Buttons
- covered buttons and stitched buttonholes and eyelets,
a real timesaver. Also some ready made buttons, and some haberdashery
F. Ciment (Pleating) Ltd. - 18a Station Close, Potters
Bar, Herts. EN6 1TL Tel. 01707 661 311 - commercial pleaters
Silvan Ltd. 4 Forge Place, New Road, Elstree, Herts WD6 3EB Phone 020 8236 9500 Fax 020 8236 9501 silvanltd@aol.com - exquisite lace
and trimmings - contact for samples
Anello and Davide
- shoes, boots, all kinds of footwear, but I hear they are now very expensive
Freeds
- mainly dancewear, shoes, tights ets.
The
Garter - the directory that supports costuming - a
softback book full of useful addresses of suppliers of all
sorts
Sally Pointer - supplier of historic soap, pomanders, lucets, other artifacts and booklets, mainly medieval, and made to measure knitted silk stockings
Quartermasterie - 173 Ware Road, Hertford SG13 7EQ Tel/fax 01992 553162 E-mail quartermastrie@tesco.net - Ian and Suzanne, specialists in replica historical artifacts, silk, socks, all kinds of goods
House of De Clifford - 114 Coleridge Road, Weston-super-Mare, BS23 3UV E-mail mail@houseofdeclifford.co.uk - suppliers of fur pelts, hides and antlers. These lovely people supply ethically produced goods and stock a wonderful range of fur.
Mace and Nairn -
PO Box 5626 Northampton
NN7 2BF Tel 01604 864 869 Fax 01604 864 924 -wonderful embroidery supplies
Wimbledon Sewing Machines - 292-312 Balham High Road London SW17 7AA Sewing machines new and old, crafts, fabric and haberdashery. I buy machines here, and have them serviced, all with a smile
Scorch Pyrography Not costume related, but Tracey makes wonderful artifacts and accessories - I recently bought a plaque to celebrate my son's wedding
And one American company
Hyena, 5419, Hollywood Blvd, Suite C#167, Hollywood, CA 90027, U.S.A. The most wonderful silks and faux silk, and the most helpful lady who runs it!
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Useful Resources
Many of these are based in the U.S.
My
fashion plate site - unfinished
Karen Augusta
- Original Garments, for sale and in archives
Fashion
Plate Site - University Site, Washington, mainly
19th century
Demode
- Original Garments, sources for study. This address has now changed to
http://www.demodecouture.com/
Vintage
Textile - Another site full of beautiful original
garments
Fashion Eras
- Useful fashion and costume pages, well illustrated
Antique
Dress - Another wonderful site full of original
garments for sale!
My
Gracious Silence - a collection of rare books with pictures
of clothed women, lace etc, from all over the then known
world
The following British museums have
costume collections which I recommend
Victoria
and Albert Museum, London
Museum of Costume,
Bath
Gallery
of Costume, Platt Hall, Manchester
Museum of London
- nothing specific on costume on the web site
Royal
Dress Collection, Kensington Palace. London
The Wallace
Collection - nothing specific on costume but my "Pompadour"
dress was made for this museum
Also museums from abroad
Musee
des Tissus Lyons, France
Musee
de la Mode et du Costume, Paris, France - site is
in French - click on Collections for costume
Los Angeles County Museum
of Art
The
Costume Institute
Bibliography
These are the books I use most often
Ellen Andersen
- a series of books on Danish costume, beautifully illustrated
with patterns, now unfortunately out of print
Janet Arnold
- "Patterns of Fashion"
series, 3 books, from 1660-1930
Nancy Bradfield
- "Costume in Detail" from c. 1700-1930
Jean Hunnisett
- "Period Costume for Stage and
Screen" series - 5 books from Medieval to 1910, later for outer garments
Norah Waugh
"Cut of Women's Clothes",
"Cut of Men's Clothes" from 1600-1930 and "Corsets and Crinolines"
R.I. Davis -
"Men's 17th and 18th Century Costume, Cut and Fashion",
"Men's Garments 1830-1900"
Francois Boucher
- "A
History of Costume in the West"
James Laver
- "Costume and Fashion"
"Costume Close-up",
"Eighteenth Century Clothing" and "What Clothes Reveal" (Linda Baumgarten) "Fitting
and Proper" (Sharon Ann
Burnston) and "Historic
Costume in Detail" (17th and 18th century) (Avril
Hart and Susan North) are also on my shelves. ("19th Century Costume in Detail" is a new addition.)
R.D. Franks - online
costume book shop. Also there is a shop in London's West End
Personal Links
These are people or companies who have costumes of
mine on their site
Ellis Pike
- a picture of the Prince Regent
plus others to come, and of a medieval robe
Covent Garden Minuet
Company - pictures
of many of the company in costumes I made
Isle of Wight
Pearl - apparently no longer live
Danse Ecosse - a group in Inverness, who had a set of 6 "Mary Queen of Scots" period dresses made. Some of my previous costumes also worn by members of the group
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