Today our The Costume Gallery Websites 15th Anniversary. Hard to believe that we have been online that long. I started the online Research Library as a college student. This was also my first year on h-costume. I hope some of those members from then are still on h-costume. If so, many, many thanks for all your support while I was building my first website. In 1996, there were only a handful of costume related websites. After having trouble finding sites to research, I started the online Library and purchasing old costume history publications to put on the website. I rarely give my own opinion on the sites' content. I save my opinions for Facebook. My goal all these years with the websites is to present the resources for others to research.
To celebrate our anniversary, we are opening up free access to the public for 13 of 14 websites. The Costume Classroom is only open to our students. Please let your friends know about our free access. Our Anniversary free access will end Friday night, 10 PM, East Coast U.S. time. Passwords and details are below. Passwords for all The Costume Gallery Websites except the Costume Classroom: Login: cg2003 Password: ksp264adb OUR WEBSITES: The Costume Gallery's main website: http://www.costumegallery.com ____________________________________ The Costume Gallery Research Library: http://www.costumelibrary.com ____________________________________ The Costume, Fashion, & Textile Dictionary http://www.costumegallery.com/Library/Dictionary/dictionary.pdf ____________________________________ Costume Encyclopedia: http://www.costumeencyclopedia.com Over 770 entries and 407 images of costume descriptions and definitions. ____________________________________ Fashion Color Database: http://www.fcdatabase.com Over 2100 entries of color names and their trends, definitions, or usage. The passwords for the FCD: ksp264adb. Do not use the login ***cg2003*** like for the Library. ____________________________________ Library's Slideshows: http://www.costumeslideshows.com 25 slideshows with 1,852 photos. ____________________________________ Designers of Their Time: http://www.pastdesigners.com 85 fashion designers and 479 images. The passwords are the same as for the Library. ____________________________________ Wedding Fashion History: http://www.antiquebrides.com ____________________________________ Hairstyle History: http://www.pasthairstyles.com ____________________________________ Children's Clothing History: http://www.pastkidsclothes.com ____________________________________ Sunday's Best Clothes: 1st Communion & Confirmation Antique Photos: http://www.communionhistory.com ____________________________________ Hats Off!!! Hat History: http://www.pasthats.com ____________________________________ Online Costume Ball: http://www.onlinecostumeball.com ____________________________________ Penny Ladnier, owner The Costume Gallery Websites www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, costume, and textile history _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
