

Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Uploaded Search and browse the wardrobe accounts of Queen Elizabeth

Lizapalooza: the Elizabethan Costume Blog by Drea Leed

Queen Elizabeth's Influence on Elizabethan Dress

Designing the Perfect Gown: From Idea to Reality

Working Woman's Dress in 16th Century Flanders

A Workingwoman's Dress Revisited

Elizabethan Make-up 101

A Tudor Lady's Ensemble of 1545

Men's Hose in the 16th Century (Google Translation; original French Here)

Foolish Clothing Depictions of Jesters and Fools in Medieval and Renaissance Art

Evolution of French Women's Dress in the 16th Century (Google translation; original french Here)

Secondhand Clothing in Elizabethan London

Elizabethan Outerwear: Coats, Cassocks and Loose gowns

Working Women's Clothes in 1580s London

Elizabethan Cassocks

The Painted Face Renaissance Makeup Recipes & Techniques

From Fighting to Feasting: Garb for Rapier Combat

An Overview of Tudor Fashion, 1500-1550



Elizabethan Underpinnings for Women (PDF) Corsets, farthingales, smocks, bumrolls and more

Corsets/Pairs of Bodies

A Concise History of the Elizabethan Corset

Corset-Making Materials:Fabric, boning, and more

How to Make your Own Corset Pattern

Custom Corset Pattern Generator - Enter your measurements, and generate a custom-fitted corset pattern!

How to Make an Elizabethan Corset - Step-by-Step instructions on sewing your own bodies

Wearing and Caring for your Corset

The Effigy Corset: A New Look at Elizabethan Corsetry

Bodies: 16th Cntury English Support Garments (PDF)

Italian Renaissance Stays

Bodies, Stays and Corsets: A look at women's supportive garments in the 16th century by Mode Historique (pdf)

Elizabethan Bodies: A Short Article

Extant Stays of the 17th Century

Making an Elizabethan Corset by Tammie Dupuis

1580s Florentine Unboned Stays

Boning Materials for 16th c. Corsetry by Sempstress

Making an Effigy Corset and Corded Petticoat From Medioevale Cibo Lotta

The Effigy Bodies--Reconstructing History Style

Making a Corded Effigy Corset

Making a Curved-Front Corset by Sempstress

Farthingales (Hoopskirts) and Bumrolls

The Spanish Farthingale History, materials, patterns and construction information

Making Juan Alcega's 1589 Farthingale

El Verdugado - Spanish language page about the Spanish Farthingale c. 1500 in Spain.

How to Reproduce the Alcega Farthingale Pattern

How to make a gored Spanish Farthingale

Recreating the Alcega Farthingale for Modern Bodies

Making a Saya Verdugada (Spanish Farthingale-gown) by the Spanish Seamstress

Making A Spanish Farthingale by Tammie Dupuis

Making A Corded Farthingale by Sempstress

Elizabethan Bumrolls



Fashions of the 16th Century: Extant Items, portraits and reproductions of 16th c. dress on Pinterest



Extant Garments: Photos of Actual 16th Century Clothing

A Collection of Photographs of Extant Renaissance Garments

Embroidered jackets for 16th and 17th century ladies

Extant Scandinavian and Russian 16th and 17th c. Garments from Mateusz Stawowy

Extant Garments from the Vasa Graves: 16th c. Swedish Royal Fashion

Extant knitted items of the 16th and 17th centuries

Embroidered Gloves, doublets and more at the Royal Armoury in Sweden

White silk knit stockings from 1548 in the museum at Dresden

Knitting Instructions for Johan III's 16th century stockings

Mary of Hapsburg's Hungarian Gown, 1520

Extant 16th c. Italian Garments

The Dungiven Costume: a 16th century anglo-irish men's outfit

The Kilcannon Costume: a 16th century Irish Kern's CLothes

V&A Costume & Textiles Tour 16th & 17th c. clothing at the V&A

Elizabethan Costume at the Bath Costume Museum

16th C. Clothing at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum at La Couturiere Parisienne

16th c. embroidered leather jerkin at elizabethan-portraits.com

Modern Reproductions

Recreations of 16th Century Doublets and Lace by Mathew Gnagy

Recreations of Flemish Workingwomen's Dress

Penthisilea, Queene of the Amazones: a 16th century Masque Costume

Top-Quality Reproductions Historic Gowns (Pinterest)

My best red petticoat: Dress Diary of a petticoat by Lia Thornegge

Elizabethan Clothing Pictures made by Laura Mellin.

Impressive Reproductions (Pinterest)

Top-Notch recreations by Cateny (Including Anne of Austria Spanish Saya)

Reproduction Spanish Gowns

Dress Diaries by Centuries Sewing

Lady Drea's Wardrobe Unlock'd Photos of Elizabethan clothing

Reproduction Anne of Austria gown

16th C Tuscan Camicia (from the Florence Diaries)

Italian Camicia with Pomegranates and Bees (from the Florence Diaries)

Katerina's Florentine Guardaroba (Wardrobe)

Reproductions of Extant Elizabethan Clothing by Laura Mellin

Reproductions of German Landsknecht Dress

Flemish Dress Reconstructed (by Maniacal Medievalist)

New! Reproduction Elizabethan Costumes at the Globe Theatre

Jessamyn's Dress Diaries

The Italian Showcase:Examples of 16th century Italian Dress

Reconstruction of a 1520 Florentine Gown

Reconstruction of a 1525 German "Cranach" Gown

Reconstruction of a 1585 German Maid's Dress

Ninya Mikhaila's Reproduction Elizabethan Dress A huge gallery of highest-quality reproductions

To Dress a Queen: A Dress Diary by Karen Bergquist

Dress Diaries and Costume Gallery by Sempstress

Costume Closet from La Mode Historique

Elizabethan Costume Gallery by Karen Bergquist

16th century Costumes of the Basingstoke Early Dance group

Janet Arnold's Reproduction Doublets at elizabethan-portraits.com

Guy's Nobleman's Outfit

Seamstrix's Elizabethan Costume Gallery

Photos of the Tudor Group Re-enactors

Briana's Picture Page Elizabethan and Tudor Creations

Tudor and Elizabethan Dress Diaries by Clare Wodehourse

Melanie Schuessler's Elizabethan Costumes Photos of several exquisite gowns

Costume Flicks: Movies showing Tudor/Elizabethan Dress

Photos of Tudor and Elizabethan Costumes by Lynn McMasters

Costumes for the Stage Production Elizabeth the Queen





Online Patterns

Custom Corset Pattern Generator - create an Elizabethan corset pattern

The Smock Pattern Generator. Drafts a custom-fitted Elizabethan smock

A 16th c. German Pattern Book: The Leonfeldner Schnittbuch, 1590

Draping a 16th Century Bodice Pattern

The Tailor's Masterpiece-Book:Alcega's Patterns and Garments made from them

Deciphering Juan de Alcega's Tailor's Pattern Book of 1589

Understanding Alcega's Tailor's Patterns

Scaling up Historical Patterns video tutorial

Basic Pattern Drafting by Tammie Dupuis

Patterns for 16th c German Dress

Drafting a basic Body Block and Sleeve

Dawn's Costume Guide - Patterns for Elizabethan costume & accessories

Drafting the Spanish Doublet (PDF)

Drafting a custom-fitted Elizabethan Bodice Pattern

Tudor Bases Pattern (A Tudor Man's pleated skirt)

Dawn's Pattern for Fitted Breeches

Doublet Patterns by Tempus Peregrinator

Resizing Historic Patterns

Commercial Patterns

Reconstructing History Patterns

Margo Anderson's Historic Costume Patterns (Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe & more)

Review: The Elizabethan Lady's Wardrobe pattern collection

Tudor Tailor Costume Patterns

Mantua Maker Historic Patterns

Patterns of Time pattern reseller

Sewing Central Pattern Reseller

Patterns for Elizabethan Hats and Headwear by Lynn McMasters

Review: Commercial Renaissance Costume Patterns available from Simplicity, Burda, Butterick and McCalls.







The Elizabethan Seam: Sewing by Hand

New! Making a Kirtle: An excellent step-by-step guide for making a 16th c. kirtle using authentic construction techniques.

Fashion Figures to Trace for designing costumes

Cartridge Pleating 101

A Demo on Cartridge Pleating by Tammie Dupuis

Renaissance Tailoring Made Easy: Period Sewing Techniques, by Tammie Dupuis

Renaissance Pleating Techniques

A Short Tutorial on Cartridge Pleating

Constructing a 16th Century Flemish Outfit

Making a Gathered Kirtle





Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Uploaded Search and browse the wardrobe accounts of Queen Elizabeth

Tudor and Elizabethan Clothing Inventories Searchable! Includes inventories of the Earl of Pembroke, Mary Queen of Scots and a number of Probate Inventories

Wardrobe Inventories of Mary Queen of Scots and King James V of Scotland (PDF, 14.4 mb)

The Trevelyon Miscellany (1611)

Kostüme und Sittenbilder des 16. Jahrhunderts

Kostüme der Männer und Frauen in Augsburg und Nürnberg, Deutschland, Europa, Orient und Afrika (German Costume Book, 1575-1600)

Cristoph Weiditz's Trachtenbuch (1506)

The Image of Ireland pictures of 16th c. Irish dress

European and Oriental Costume (c. 1600)

I Segreti per Colori:Renaissance Dye Recipes

Cennini's Libro dell'Arte Recipes for glue, starch, and information on pigments & dyeing

Lucas de Heere's Book of Fashions,1570

The Leonfeldner Schnittbuch, a German tailor's pattern book of 1590

Tailor's pattern books in the Czech Lands in the 16th-18th centuries

Five 16th & 17th century Tailors Books webbed by Tammie Dupuis

New Year's Gifts given to Queen Elizabeth

Holinshed's Chronicles: "Of our apparall and attire"

The Milanese Tailor's Handbook pictures and patterns for 1570s Italian dress

Habitus praecipuorum populorum Weigel's 1577 book on the dress of all people

Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws

Le Pompe: A Bobbin Lace Pattern Book from 1559

Les Singvliers et Novveaux Povrtraicts: A 16th century Lace-making Pattern Book

New Modelbuch, 1594, by inciolo. Reticella Lace Patterns.

Stubbes on Fashion: Excerpts from the 1583 Anatomie of Abuses

Mary Tudor's Wardrobe Accounts--Searcheable

Jost Amman's Frauentrachtenbuch a book of 1570s German womens fashions

Books on Elizabethan Costume: An annotated list of sources

Braun & Schneider's HISTORY OF COSTUME (a 19th Century book--not completely accurate)



French Hoods: History, Pictures & Construction

How to make a French Hood

Reconstructing the French Hood: An In-depth Analysis (PDF)

16th Century Snoods, Hairnets & Cauls History, Pictures & Construction

The Tudor Gable Hood: History, Pictures and Construction

16th and 17th century knitted items (mostly caps and hats)

How to Make a Gable Hood

Elizabethan Coifs - photographs, information, coify links, and instructions on making your own

How to Wear the Elizabethan Coif

Patterns for Embroidered Coifs and Nightcaps by Extreme Patterns

Elizabethan and early jacobean embroidered coifs

Printed Blackwork Coif Pattern on fabric on Spoonflower

Making an Elizabethan Coif ( Pragmatic Costumer)

16th century Hairstyles (Google Translation; original french Here)

Two Elizabethan hairstyles

Elizabethan Hairstyles 1560-1600

Renaissance Hair Taping

A Crowning Glory: Hairstyles and Headwear in 16th c Venice

Spanish Hats for Men (PDF)

Knitting the Spanish Boneto (PDF)

Knitting Pattern for a Barett or Flat Cap

The Schlappe German Hat: Burgher and Landsknecht Styles

16th century German Hats and Headwear

German Goldhaube Cap: Pattern and Instructions

How to make a Men's Elizabethan Hat

Making Elizabethan Hats by Sempstress

Straw Hats in Medieval and Renaissance Works of Art

Making Elizabethan Flat Caps and Tall Hats

Photos of Modern Recreations of Period Hats

How to Make a Tudor Flat Cap - Pattern & Instructions



Elizabethan Dyes and Fabric Colors

The Dye WoorkesMedieval & Renaissance dyeing recipes & manuscripts.

Color in Lowerclass Elizabethan Clothing

Colors Used in Elizabethan Dress

Wearing Black:Re-enactment Myths and Realities

Definitions of Early Modern Colours

I Segreti per Colori:Renaissance Dye Recipes

Sixteenth Century Italian Color Glossary

Medieval Leather Dyeing



Fabric Stamping, Punching and Pinking using Leatherworking Tools

Garb 4 Guys: Leather Jerkin Pinking and Slashing

A Dozen Doublets for the Design Deficient from Extreme Costuming

Intro to Elizabethan Embroidery

Embroidered jackets for 16th and 17th century ladies

17th century Embroidery at the Royal Armoury in Sweden

Notes on Embroidery in England during the Tudor and Stuart periods I(PDF)

Elizabethan and early jacobean embroidered coifs

Elizabethan Embroidery Embroideries in the V&A Collection. (PDF, 5.9Mb)

Elizabethan Embroidery Video Tutorials (Youtube)

Stumpwork, Old and New

The Embroidery Stitch Dictionary

A History of Medieval and Renaissance Quilting by Lisa Evans

Mary Stuart's Embroideries

Fabric Printing In The Renaissance

16th Century Beadwork From the Medieval Beadwork Page

16th Century Embellishments: 21st century strategies for achieving the 16th century "Look"

Basics of Elizabethan Costume Detailing

Elizabethan Applique: Late 16th Century "Slips"

Lace

Choosing Lace for 16th Century Clothing

A Brief History of Lace in the 1500s

Neues Modelbuch: Various flowers and other patterns (1650). For filet lace or blackwork

The Lace Trade in 16th c. Bohemia

Making Bobbin Lace

Le Pompe: A Bobbin Lace Pattern Book from 1559

Le Pompe: A Study of Sixteenth-Century Bobbin Lace Technique (PDF)

A new interpretation of Certain Bobbin Lace Patterns in Le Pompe, 1559 (PDF)

Early Bobbin Lace Resources

The Italian Needlework Site: Reticello, trapunto and other italian needlework techniques

Notes on Early Dutch Lace (PDF)

New Modelbuch, 1594, by inciolo. Reticella Lace Patterns.

Les Singvliers Et Novveaux Povrtraicts: A 16th century Lace-making Pattern Book

Blackwork

Ensamplario Atlantio: 220+ fillwork patterns for blackwork embroidery by the generous Kim Salazar

Schön Neues Modelbuch, counted-stitch patterns from 1597 by Johan siebmacher.

Blackwork embroidery booklet (PDF)

A blackwork embroidery primer

Elizabethan Embroidery & Blackwork Resources

Blackwork in Period Portraits and Pictures

Bronwen's Blackwork Library Hundreds of blackwork patterns from Italian, English & German sources

How to do Holbein/Double Running Stitch A Beginning Blackwork Tutorial

A Blackwork Pattern for Jane Seymour's Cuff

Blackwork Embroidery Archive



The Tudor Costume Page: Recreating Costumes for Kentwell



Costumes.org 16th c. Links

The Renaissance Tailor Recreating 16th and 17th century clothing

A beautiful site set up by Tammie L. Dupuis, with how-tos on making several Elizabethan garments, 16th century Tailor's pattern books, and much 16th century costume research.

Historic Costumes by Saragrace

A number of lovely German & Flemish outfits and articles on making them

La Mode Historique: Research, Costuming and Stories from the Dark Side

Sarah Goodman's dress diaries, costume articles and other Elizabethan costume resources.

Elizabethan Costumes for Manly Men

The Auld Garb Monger's instructional site for make-it-yourself Elizabethan menswear.

A Festive Attyre: Renaissance & Elizabethan Costuming

Jen Thompson's wonderful collection of Elizabethan Costume research, resources and photos.

Sempstress.org--Elizabethan Costuming

Missa's useful collection of articles on patterning and dressmaking, a number of dress diaries, and useful tools (including Dial-a-Dress!)

Costumes by Lynn McMasters

Photos of many beautiful Elizabethan Gowns, articles on 16th c. Decoration, hat patterns, and more.

Seamstrix--Period Costumes for a Modern World

Karen Bergquist's Gallery of Elizabethan Costumes and dress diaries

Dawn's Costume Guide

Dawn's site has articles on how to make everything from Bodices to doublets, a review of patterns, and lots of great info for do-it-yourself Elizabethan costumers.

The Elizabethan Practical Companion

Karen Larsdatter's website of 16th century inventories and blackwork/embroidery resources

Realm of Venus

Bella Lucia's vast and inspirational site on 16th c. Venetian clothing: portraits and paintings, articles on Venetian clothing, and a gallery of gowns.

My Lady's Wardrobe

Bess Chilver's site on her wardrobe, reenactments and other Elizabethan costume projects



Irish/Scottish

The Shinrone Gown: An Irish Dress from the Elizabethan Age

The Dungiven Costume: a 16th century anglo-irish men's outfit

The Kilcannon Costume: a 16th century Irish Kern's CLothes

An Leine Crioch: Making the Irish Leine in the 16th Century

Making the Irish Leine

Celtic Costume of the 16th Century (Scottish & Irish)

The Image of Ireland pictures of 16th c. Irish dress

Descriptions and Depictions of Historical Scottish Clothing



Dutch

16th C Dutch Costume

Clothing of the Low Countries, 15th-16th Century (Pinterest)

Dutch Renaissance Clothing: A Glossary



Still not satisfied? If you're curious about other aspects of Elizabethan life and culture, visit Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge. You can find out more about Queen Elizabeth I at The Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth, and learn about the King Henry VIII, his wives and other Tudors at The Tudor History Site.