Recreative Reflections image: The Millinery Shop, Edgar Degas. (Photo: Picturenow/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
Encyclopedias image: Judy Dench playing Queen Elizabeth I in the film "Shakespeare in Love". (photo: Miramax/Laurie Sparham via Getty Images)
Contextual Articles image: Dr. Alexandra Palmer, a PHD and costume historian works on several dresses in a backroom at the Royal Ontario Museum. (Photo: Bernard Weil/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
Books image: Old chromolithograph illustration of 16th century costumes - stock photo, digitally restored (photo: mikroman6 via Getty Images)
Museum Objects collections image: Image courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum Theatre and Performance Archives
Garment Study Videos: Still taken from ‘1840s Wool Dress Restyled, circa 1868-1870’ video by Karin Bohleke
Timeline: Costume through the Ages graphic - images left to right:
Survey of Historic Costume, 7th Edition; RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY
Survey of Historic Costume, 7th Edition; National Gallery of Art, Widener Collection
Louis XIV dans Le Ballet de la nuit, Public Domain