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

Most of this day will be spent at the Victoria and Albert Museum  where a huge permanent exhibit Dress covers English clothing from about 1600 to the present in such a stunning quality of displays most costume people have to take a break after the first hour in it due to visual overload. You may take non-flash photos in this exhibit! Happily, the V&A is England's premier decorative art museum, and so also has Medieval tapestries, the largest collection of Elizabethan portrait miniatures extant, and hall upon hall of furniture, ironwork, textiles, tiles, etc. Their bookstore alone is worth about two hours. William Morris fans will also find that the V&A has an entire room decorated by Morris in the Medieval style, including all the hangings, panels and furniture. People who O.D. on the V&A by midday can spend the afternoon hours alternatively, by going with Tara to The Old Bookshop, 36 Gordon Road (Books & Ephemera on Costume, Fashion, Lace, Embroidery, Textiles & Social History) after lunch. Evening free.

Sorry, but all the V&A Photos have been removed at the request of the Manager of the Picture Library of  the V&A 

You can see what we saw in the following books: