Hi Kimiko! > The time frames I am looking at are 1450-1500 Italy, and various aspects of the
> Victorian/Civil War era, in case folks have book suggestions for those. If you’re interested in Civil War day wear, I gotta recommend _Who Wore What?: Women’s Wear 1861-1865_ by Juanita Leisch http://www.amazon.com/Who-Wore-What-Womens-1861-1865/dp/0939631814/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1292258190&sr=1-1 It’s a study of dress in carte de viste For 1450-1500 the best books in English (imo) are sadly long out-of-print and unconscionably expensive: _Renaissance Dress in Italy 1400-1500_ by Jacqueline Herald _Dress in Italian Painting 1460-1500_ by Elizabeth Birbari On the more attainable side there is: _Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo’s Ginevra de’ Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women_ edited by David Alan Brown. http://www.amazon.com/Virtue-Beauty-Leonardos-Renaissance-Portraits/dp/0691114560/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1292258884&sr=1-12-spell This is mostly an art book (with beautiful pictures from your period of interest) but there is one chapter dealing directly with clothing. _The Dress of the Venetians, 1495-1525_ by Stella Mary Newton. This is very much an academic text book with few pictures (rather like Maria Howard’s _Rich Apparel_ ) I haven’t found it all that useful for my Italian costuming, but it is an interesting read. Enjoy! -sunny _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
