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YouTube playlist →
Click here for a playlist of many fashion history related clips, including interviews with the iconic Diana Vreeland discussing Marie Antoinette, Madame de Pomadour and much more.
Ancient Models (1955)
A kooky tour of the Museum of Costume in Kent - real people model historical costumes.
Have a look around the British Pathe website - plenty of old newsreel and film footage for costume research.
V&A online fashion chronology →
See a visual chronology of fashion from the 17th to 20th century through images of garments in the V&A archives.
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/c/chronology-of-fashion/
Fashion Plates →
The University of Washington has this great resource - online gallery of fashion plates from 19th century and early 20th century
http://content.lib.washington.edu/costumehistweb/