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

The Costumer's Manifesto is written by Tara Maginnis, and proudly hosted by William Baker.

THE MANIFESTO IS MUTATING! IT IS TURNING INTO A WIKI THAT CAN BECOME THE HIVE MIND OF ALL COSTUMERS, FINALLY LIVING UP TO IT'S SLOGAN: "COSTUMERS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!" YOU CAN HELP IN THIS PROCESS BY MOVING PAGES TO THE NEW SITE AT THECOSTUMERSMANIFESTO.COM, HELPING TO EDIT THE PAGES THAT ARE THERE ALREADY, AND ADDING YOUR OWN ORIGINAL INPUT.

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

Traditional Dress: 19th Century Russia

Plates from Racinet's Le Costume Historique
and "Le Ornament Polychrome"

Complete-Costume History- (The COMPLETE Racinet plates on costume history in print form)

Russian Folk Costumes Paper Dolls

designs from Russian metal/enamelwork

detail

Paperback: Racinet's Full Color Pictorial History of Western Costume

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)

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

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