Here you can find my favourite shops and resources if you’re into historical dressmaking and tailoring!
Please bear in mind that I’m from austria and so you’ll find recommondations for european/austrian shops but you’ll also find international companys.
*Companys friends recommended but I personally never bought from!
| Sewing Patterns | ||
| Black Snail Patterns Download/Paper 18th-19th century | Redthreaded Download patterns, corset kits Stays and corsets 18th-19th century | Truly Victorian Download/Paper 19th-20th century |
| Sewing Materials | ||
| Vena Cava Design Corset materials and fabrics British shop | Sartor Beautifulk fabrics and corset materials Czech Republic | Whaleys Bradford* Fabric and corset fabrics including buckram, bobinet, mesh British Shop |
| Textil Müller Austrian fabric shop, NO online shop extremely cheap fabrics | Craftise Habadashery, fabrics and all kind of beautiful things (The cotton muslin is a dream!) Etsy shop with great and fast customer service | |
| Accessoires | ||
| Allures D’antan Beautifully crafted shoes, made in france 18th century | American Duchess Beautiful shoes from the USA, 18th – 20th century (Also shipping from europe now) | La Rose Passementarie European shop for shoes from American Duchess! Has also patterns and haberdashery |
| Elkes Federnshop Feathers of all kinds german shop | HandDyedSilk* silk ribbons suitable for ribbon embroidery | Orniello Historical jewelry and accessoires, made in austria |
Here is a list for you with my favourite resources which helped me a lot when I was starting historical dressmaking and tailoring and also my favouite bloggers, youtubers, and so on!
| Resources | ||
| La Couturière Parisienne Great resource with information and patterns! 17th – 20th century | top be updated |