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refseek.com

www.worldcat.org/

link.springer.com

http://bioline.org.br/

repec.org

science.gov

so, ways to get around this:

turn off AI results. they're literally nonsense to us

don't use pinterest because the sources/provenance is often hard to trace

a standard internet search can be okay, but museum collections are the top tier (list of collections below this list)

instead of broad terms like victorian, regency, tudor, renaissance etc. try using the decade you're looking for. if you're not sure of what decade it is but have a vague image in your head, look on the fashion history timeline and just jump around until you find it. but even changing to e.g. 19th century will give better results than victorian

including terms like womenswear/menswear, daywear, formal wear, evening wear, court dress should increase the value of your search too

including "fashion plates" in your search can give you a nice impression of the intended silhouettes of the era. some of these might be a little stylised but will show you what was considered in vogue

for pre-fashion plate eras or things like makeup and styling, you'll have to look at portraiture or manuscripts. these are harder to actually find what you're looking for, but searching museum collections and limiting results to specific date ranges will be your friend

when looking at art, do bear in mind sometimes artists would paint fabric extra flow-y to show off their skills. it might not have been exactly like that in terms of fabric weight or drape. so, a pinch of salt required!

if you find something on image search where the provenance is dubious, reverse image search and you might find a source! i've been able to trace random pinterest images to real sources, but this does take a lot of time and effort and is often not worth the headache

some online resources and museum collections:

fashion history timeline is an invaluable resource if you're trying to get a feel for everything and should be your first port of call. it'll also link to good examples

the met has a vast number of extant examples of clothing, as well as fashion plates

costume institute fashion plates is a subcollection of the met for fashion plates (1800s-1922)

v&a also has many extant garments, fashion plates, and incredible articles on clothing and aesthetics. read the details of the objects because they'll often reveal a lot about the piece

lacma is good for C19th-20th pieces

nypl digital collection for photographs

national portrait gallery or similar for portraiture, or literally any museum in your country that has historical art

national museums scotland can be useful situationally but might be oddly specific

stout style history is a great collection for finding image references for fat people wearing historical clothes. survival bias of a lot of museum pieces tends towards smaller clothing that couldn't be repurposed, but this aims to counter that. it's not sortable, but is still a really nice resource

wikimedia commons is surprisingly handy! and the images, if you should need to link/repost them, are public domain

auction websites sound like a funny one to recommend. some won't have mannequins and some will. just look up historical garment auctions and you'll find some!

Spin the wheel 3 times to find out what your fic is about! Put in the tags which fic tags you get!

go into Pinterest if you have it and search up “top”, “bottoms”, “shoes” and “accessory”. grab the first one of each and the first three accessories!

Here is mine 😁

I'm a true gothic girl lol 🖤🖤🖤 I love gothic fashion ✨✨✨

OK THIS IS SO PRETTY LIKE GUVE ME ALREADY

(this was actually the first option for shoes but we are ignoring that okay I refuse this option)

OMG I LOVE THESE

tags!

Would totally wear this

10/10 I’ll wear that!

I would give all of my allowances for an outfit such as this~ 🎶💀

I happen to have that butterfly cameo, actually.

i'm not sure if i like this outfit to be honest, but it is practical enough to work in a lab so i'll give it a pass.

i ended up ignoring the first results in some searches as they were not authentic posts. this tag game proved my hatred for pinterest ads once again.

@oyalivvs @waverly-kils @yeuseraph @ice-siren and open tags.

100% would wear this!!! Lwk didn't expect to get sm swag

@thatchaoticbookworm @c1ty-0f-angels @livbbyy @aubzzzzz09 @ramblingsfromthytruly @hystericfawn @blurryleftvision (if u don't wanna be tagged dm me!)

Holy

Holy shit I need a moment- THIS IS STUNNING AND I WOULD TOTALLY STYLE MYSELF LIKE THIS (though maybe the jeans need some work hjkjjkjh)

USE THIS TEMPLATE AND FILL IT IN W CHARACTERS!!

I did two :]

Yes there are a few repeated characters but I forgot I already had one

and yes i included icarus of greco-roman mythology, him and Neil are the most me characters on here

just just look for me in Yamato.. he's literally me...

my kins and fixations all in one place lmao, also I just realized i refer to myself as the "black cat" of the duo but all my kins are the opposite of that 🧍🏻‍♀️(except suo & dazai ofc)

Do you catch my drift or do you ca

THANKS FOR THE TAGGGGGGG

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Moots get over here

@hueysamo @anjalfc @the-jovial-jester @qatarsprint2023 @hmxoxomadferit

YAAYYY IVE BEEN TAGGED!!!! my cat Picrew is kinda based of me and britpop fashion :D

@xd3ardiaryxx @vio-demon @pickledkittycat @keely-456 @manicallyydepressedpsychopath @moonlit-moss-blanket @jinxsmandalorianmalewife @star-girl34 @the-ivoryyx @r3d-h4ir3d-r4gd0ll-333 @little-bean-dude @supercutsceo @percabethmatters @seaweedbrain12 @thexie-and-stars @abductedhiko @shattered-starry-pages @mmira-d @number1wifemisser @larattey+ tags open <3

@league-of-viktoriansthank u for the tag yippie<3

@st4rry-l4vender-sk1es and @ongangstashit plsplsplsdothisaaaaaaaaa

here's mine hehehhe

i made two cause they're so cute ^^ (and I'm not a decisive person)

I forgot how much I loved picrews 😭😭😭

THANK YOU FOR THE TAG AAAAAAAAA

Spin the wheel to find out in which way your Magic begins to gradually transform your body?

https://wheelofnames.com/dng-wgq