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Renaissance Clothing from the University of Michigan at Dearborn

1700s fashion from Colonial Williamsburg

Fashion Timeline select a decade from 1800 to present day to learn more about the fashions of each decade

Early 1900s Fashion from the University of Vermont

History of Fashion 1900-1970 from the Victoria and Albert Museum of Art and Design

History of Fashion from 1720 to 1982 from the BBC

Fashion from 1800 to modern day from fashion-era.com

We Wear Culture Google Arts & Culture interactive website focusing on fashion icons, designers, and other fashion industry information

Fashion History from Business of Fashion with biographies of 11 prominent designers

Elsa Schiaparelli biography from The Met

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel biography from The Met

Chanel timeline from Inside Chanel

American Film Institute top 100 films of all time (many feature influential fashion)