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Accessorizing Period Costume With Hankies
In this age of disposable tissues we don’t often think about handkerchiefs, but they were a necessity and a fashion staple until about the 1960s. Add authenticity to period costumes with a strategically placed vintage hanky.

Feedsack is Back
Homemakers in early 20th-century North America recycled cotton commodity bags into all manner of household items. Learn why this humble textile is making a comeback.

How to Start a Vintage Glove Collection
Vintage gloves add authenticity to a period costume. Available at flea markets and thrift stores, they are a fun and inexpensive way to build a colorful textile and/or vintage fashion collection.

Shoe Collecting
Shoes: the scent of leather, the click of a stiletto on hardwood, the slippery coolth of a satin bedroom slipper; no other item of apparel is so closely related to the senses. Explore the world of shoe collecting and find out why some women own more pairs than they could wear in a year.

The Language of Lingerie
Neathies, underlinens, fripperies, and more...Do you speak the language of lingerie?

The Mobile Millinery Museum & Costume Archive [offsite link]
A travelling costume museum representing 200 years of fashion history. Four books document major portions of the museum´s bridal, lingerie, millinery and shoe collections. Each is written and photographed by Bella Online´s Costuming Editor, Norma Shephard.

Vintage Lingerie Collectibles
Have you ever wondered what our foremothers wore under their Victorian bustle gowns? Find out why vintage costume collectors and textile enthusiasts are scouring flea markets and antiques malls in search of Granny's girdles and other vintage lingerie.

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