The Costumer's Manifesto: Plates from Racinet's Le Costume Historique

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Accessories
Book & Gift Store
Classes
Corsets & Underwear
Computers
Costumes 4 Sale
Costume e-Lists
Dance Costumes
Designs & Designers
Dolls
"Ethnic" Dress
Fashion Theory
Free eGroup
Free Stuff
Halloween
(Costume) History
How-To
Kinky Clothing
Major Sites
Military Uniforms
Movie Costumes
Museums
New Pages
Occupational & Occasion- Specific
Patterns
Questions?
Religious Dress
Theatre History
Travel for Costumers
Unite!
Vintage Clothing
Weddings
Weird Clothing

The Ancient World: Byzantium Plates from Racinet's Le Costume Historique
and "Le Ornament Polychrome"

Byzantine court and ecclesiastical dress

19th Century Eastern Orthodox Vestments showing lingering Byzantine style

Racinet's Historic Ornament in Full Color

Links:

Racinet's Chapters on Japan & China on CD from Direct Imagination. with photos and commentary on an notable Antique Asian costume collection
eBay Seller List: mary.t (sells Racinet plates)
Free web graphic suite based on Racinet
ebay Seller martin2001 (sells Racinet Plates)
Complete-Costume History- (The COMPLETE Racinet plates on costume history in print form)

The Costumer's Manifesto is proudly hosted by William Baker.

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