Images

The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Collection is an endless source of ideas and inspiration for your next project.

A Dress a Day is a lively blog about dresses. There is a new dress featured, almost every day.

The Costume Society of America has a wealth of links to inspiring photographs and historical information.

The Museum at Fashion Instutite of Technology is an ever-changing parade of fabulousness.

A beautiful blog by Paco Peralta, worth a gander... You'll have to click the "translate" button for English, but the images alone are pretty self-explanatory.

Fabrics

Rosen and Chadick is a high quality, friendly New York City fabric store, with an extremely helpful and knowledgeable staff (a rarity, these days). If you know what you need, they can ship it to you. (Swatching available for a fee.)

Mary Jo's cloth store is a MOUNTAIN of fabric and notion choices in North Carolina, with quality e-commerce service, as well.

You can find stretch fabrics for costume, swimwear, dance and more at Spandex House. Located in Manhattan's garment district, they can ship whatever you need.

And why mess with perfection? This blog answers ALL of your fabric and notion sourcing questions easily.

Patterns

Patterns from the Past is a lovely e-commerce site, dedicated to selling vintage patterns for women, men and children.

The Vintage Pattern Lending Library is a fabulous e-commerce resource for finding rare, historical patterns.

Vogue Patterns is a great resource for fashionable, modern sewing patterns.

Folkwear Patterns is a great resource for costume, vintage, historical, or ethnic sewing patterns.

Oh, and you won't believe the beautiful vintage patterns offered at Lanetz Living.

Notions

KandiCorp is a great source for beads, crystals, and the tools to affix them.

MJ Trimming has a very large selection of buttons, ribbons, and so many other trims for projects.