All of these books have either come highly recommended or have been bought and loved to pieces. Sometimes literally, oops. 

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The Tudor Tailor by Jane Malcolm-Davies and Ninya Mikhaila

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They also have an Etsy shop where you can buy this and other books in the series, plus individual patterns and lots and lots of fabric and notions.

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American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking, The: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox

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American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Beauty, The: 40 Projects for Period-Accurate Hairstyles, Makeup and Accessories by Lauren Stowell and Abby Cox

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Textiles and Clothing, c.1150-1450: Medieval Finds from Excavations in London by Elisabeth Crowfoot, Frances Pritchard, Kay Staniland

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Historic Costumes and How to Make Them by Mary Fernald and Eileen Shenton

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Creating Historical Clothes: Pattern Cutting from Tudor to Victorian Times, By Elizabeth Friendship

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The Medieval Tailor’s Assistant: Common Garments 1100-1480, Sarah Thursfield

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CLOTHES OF THE COMMON PEOPLE: Volume 35 (Clothes of the Common People in Elizabethan and Early Stuart England: A Users Manual), by Stuart Peachey and Morley Gilly

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More to come as I read my TBR (to be read) pile!