History
The Museum of Leathercraft: is internationally acknowledged as having one of the finest collections of leather artifacts in the world. Founded in 1946 by John Waterer and Claude Spiers, the museum now has over 5000 leather objects, examples of ingenuity, creativity and superb craftsmanship that serve to show the importance of leather as a raw material across the centuries.
The History of Footwear - Foot Sex by Cameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA this is great source if you are looking to understand why people like feet. The site is exhaustive in it depth and he also has a great page on the history of shoes and boots. It really is a must read.
Footbinding The Cultural Body: Alterations from the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
The History of Foot Torture by Cameron Kippen, Curtin University of Technology, Perth WA again
Bastinado on wikipedia.
The Honourable Cordwainers' Company
Colors of Leather a library of patches of leather clubs.
The Antique Corset Gallery Take a guided tour through the last 250 years of corsetry and undersupports. Discover the fascinating ways in which our ancestors managed to achieve those fashionable figures. The Antique Corset Gallery has arrived, allowing you to view in detail those rare and unique items which were previously kept well covered up.
La Couturiere Parisieanne writting on the history of women fashion.
Elizabethan Costume This is a listing of the main elements of Elizabethan dress. (By the term "Elizabethan", It means the dress worn by the English during Queen Elizabeth's reign, or approximately 1550-1600.
Corsets History in the modern age
Georges Bataille developed base materialism during the late 1920s and early 1930s as an attempt to break with mainstream materialism. He wrote about how Fetishs lends to ones erotic nature.
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