How I Do My Costume Research: A Beginning Costumer's Guide to Research

Doing your own costume research is key to making the historical costume of you dreams. But research can be a big undertaking. How do you even know where to start? Herein, I walk through my own historical costuming research process and include some of my favorite (and least favorite) sources. Sources: Wikipedia Entry on Tea Gowns: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_gown The Dreamstress: https://thedreamstress.com/2012/06/terminology-what-is-a-tea-gown/ World of Fashion 1881: https://archive.org/details/TheWorldOfFashion1881/page/n83/mode/2up?q=tea+gown Delineator: https://archive.org/details/delineator44olou/page/n129/mode/2up?q=tea+gown+pattern Laughing Moon Pattern: https://www.laughingmoonmercantile.com/product-page/pattern-140 Instagram: 21stCVictorian Music and Sound Effects from Epidemic Sound. Timestamps: 0:00 Beginning 1:33 Google and Wikipedia 3:58 Primary Sources 4:36 Digital Archives 6:00 Making Your Own 7:30 Figuring Out the Details 10:07 Museums 11:21 Academic Journals 12:30 Bibliographies 13:14 When to Stop 15:16 The Bunnies!