INTERNET MEDIA COSTUME RESOURCE LIST

 

 

INTERNATIONAL COSTUMERS’ GUILD

 

http://www.costume.org (International Costumers Guild)

 

COSTUME-CON

 

http://www.costume-con.org

 

GENERAL RESOURCES

 

http://www.costumersguide.com  (The Costumer’s Guide to Movie Costumes – a good place to start)

http://www.costumersguide.com/links.shtml (check out the links)

http://www.alleycatscratch.com  (Cat Devereaux’s costume site – another good place to start)

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/movie/Costume_Links.htm (check out the links)

http://www.padawansguide.com/resources.shtml (not just Star Wars, lots of non Star Wars stuff as well)

http://demodecouture.com/cinema/upcoming.html  (Demode Costume in the Cinema)

http://www.costumepage.org

http://www.costumes.org  (The Costumer’s Manifesto)

http://www.millieux.com/costume  (The Costume Site)

http:// www.reddawn.net/costume (Dawn’s Costume Guide)

http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/costumes.htm (scroll down to “Fictional Characters” for the links to      

http://www.sistersola.com various media costume sites)

http://www.faerie-fingers.com (check out links)

http://home.clara.net/arianrhod/Aldebaran/DoItYourself/index.html  (The DIY Guide to LRP, check out links)

                                          

STAR WARS

 

http://www.theforce.net

http://boards.theforce.net/Board.aspx?brd=10019

http://thejediassembly.com/index.php (The Jedi Assembly)

http://www.padawansguide.com

http://www.jedi-academy.com (Obi-wan’s Jedi Academy)

http://www.angelfire.com/ar/kaljoren (Kal Joren’s Jedi Academy)

http://www.rebellegion.com (click on “costuming” at top of page)

http://echobaserebels.com (local area Rebel Legion Base)

http://www.501st.com

http://www.empirecitygarrison.com/index2.html (NYC & NY 501st)

http://www.501stner.com  (NYC & NJ 501st)

http://www.p082.

ezboard.com/bpropreplica

http://www.dewbackwing.com/main/bin

http://members.aol.com/corellianexports/main.html

http://www.richiesarmor.com

http://www.rpf.invisionzone.com  (Replica Prop Forum)

http://www.dagobahswamp.com (Guide to D.I.Y. Star Wars Projects)

http://www26.brinkster.com/leiacost

http://www.thedentedhelmet.com

http://bigyellowbox.tripod.com  (instructions for building lightsabers)

http://www.partsofsw.com/main.htm (identifies found items in Star Wars props)

http://starwars.fidm.edu/#fix  (FIDM’s on-line gallery for exhibit - Dressing a Galaxy: the Costumes of Star Wars)

http://www.mos.org/doc/1858  and http://www.starwars.com/community/event/museum/news20051026.html

(Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Exhibit of Costume and props)

 

THE LORD OF THE RINGS

 

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/lotr

http://www.movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/LOTR Costume

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_lotr.shtml

http://www.museumreplicas.com/WebStore

 

HARRY POTTER

 

http://www.groups.yahoo.com/group/MadameMalkins

http://www.costumebeginner.com/malkins/index.htm

 

KING KONG

 

http://www.alleycatscratch.com/movie/kong/2005.htm

http://www.outnow.ch/Media/Img/2005/KingKong/

 

ZORRO

 

http://www.geocities.com/threads_of_elena/

 

NARNIA

 

http://costumes.narniaweb.com/

 

PRINCESS BRIDE

 

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_princessbride.shtml

 

MOULIN ROUGE

 

http://forums.delphiforums.com/diamonddogs

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_mr.shtml

 

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA

 

http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/battlestargalacticacostumes

 

TROY

 

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/TroyCostumes/

 

MARIE ATTOINETTE

 

http://www.freewebs.com/dregae/index.htm

 

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY

 

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pescucci_costuming/

 

VAN HELSING

 

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/Pescucci_costuming/

 

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

 

http://www.noquartergiven.net

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/potccostuming

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_potc.shtml

 

 

EVERAFTER

http://www.everaftercostumes.com

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/everaftercostume

 

STAR TREK

 

http://www.startrek.com (official site)

http://www.startrekuniformguide.com

http://store.roddenberry.com (patterns)

http://www.intergalactictrading.com (patterns, uniform pins, make-up)

http://starland.com (patterns, communicators, uniform pins)

http://www.qidar.com (q’Idar, the Klingon Costume Goddess)

http://catalyst.klingonarmadainternational.org

http://www.klingon.org/guilds.htm

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/klingoncostumes

 

FIREFLY

 

http://www.browncoats.com (links to many Firefly sites)

http://www.fashionablybrown.com

http://www.propstore.com/product (photos of Firefly costumes for sale)

http://www.costumersguide.com/cr_firefly.shtml

 

 

Dr WHO

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PrydonAcademy

http://www.gallifreyone.com/

http://www.shillpages.com/dw/dwia.htm (Dr. Who Image Archive)

 

 

ANIME / COSPLAY

 

http://www.anipike.com

http://www.cosplay.com

http://www.cosworx.com  (store for cosplay.com - wigs, makeup, shoes)

http://www.nyx.net/~wsantoso/cosplay.html  (The Cosplay/AnimeCostuming & Masquerade Links Page)

http://www.cosplaylab.com

http://www.geocities.com/sporkiechan (good common sense advice for masquerades)

http://nyc-anime.com (directory of anime links)

http://fansview.com  (Kevin Lillard’s photos of cosplayers)

http://www.pettingzoowigs.com/wigs.html  (Katie Bair’s Petting Zoo&Wig Design - wig supplies & tutorials)

http://www.awma.com  (Asian World of Martial Arts)

http://amethyst-angel.com/armormaking.html  (Armor & Propmaking for the Fiberglass-phobic)

http://www.bioweapons.com/HowTo.htm  (How to make Guyver style hard suit)

http://www2.kumc.edu/itc/staff/rknight/Samurai.htm (Samurai, Ninja & Medieval Japan Site)

 

PICTURES

 

http://www.imdb.com (Internet Movie Database)

http://www.rottentomatoes.com

http://www.comingsoon.net

http://www.monstersandcritics.com

http://outnow.ch/media/img/  (Swiss site – lots of hi-res promo photos)


OTHER RESOURCES

 

PATTERNS

 

http://www.gbacg.org (historical pattern reviews)

http://www.folkwear.com  (patterns)

http://www.amazondrygoods.com (go to site to order General, Pattern, or Shoe catalogs)

 

MILITARY STUFF

 

http://www.sportsmansguide.com (military surplus, good for boots)

http://www.majorsurplusnsurvival.com (military surplus stuff)

http://www.outinstyle.com (military stuff)

 

PROP BUILDING

 

http://www.studiocreations.com/how to (costume & prop building)

http://www.movieprop.com/howtobuild.htm (links to how to build replica props sites)

http://www.spatcave.com (FX make-up, props and costumes)

http://masterreplicas.com

http://onlinemetals.com

 

MAKEUP AND WIGS

 

http://www.acewigs.com/shop/wigs/Lacey (carry Lacey Costume Wigs and Wigged Out Wigs)

http://www.amphigory.com (wigs, makeup, pale makeup foundations for goth/vampire)

http://www.makeup411.com  (find out what the pros recommend and use)

 

FABRIC, FABRIC DYES, SEWING SUPPLIES

 

http://www.dharmatrading.com  (fiber art supplies-dyes, silk, cotton, linen, clothing blanks for dyeing)

http://www.thaisilks.com

http://www.mjtrim.com (trim, buttons, buckles, charms)

http://www.newarkdress.com  (Newark Dressmaker Supply-sewing supplies)

http://www.clotilde.com (Clotilde-sewing supplies)

 

LEATHER AND LEATHER TOOLS/SUPPLIES

 

http://www.tandyleather.com  (leather, tools, hardware-buckles, rivets, studs, patterns)