Samiah s a store that features the works of this very talented designer, lovely brocade renaissance, vintage and pirate coats, as well as renaissance-like dresses. Totally customizable and in a wealth of sizes, tailored to fit you perfectly and enhance your figure. Also with a vintage "old" design that matches pirate and even renaissance but also your daily wear with a classic touch of edge a blend of gothic, romantic, victorian, renaissance and vintage... all mingled together in perfect harmony.
Above: The Winterfield cloak. You can custom order in a wealth of lovely brocade fabrics with renaissance motifs. Cloak yourself in mystery, this cloak is of epic beauty! Below you can see one of the brocade samples, you can do it in all sorts of historical brocade reproductions.
Speedy stitches is a costume store that features a high quality collection of costumes both for women and men. From one of the finest replica of Jedi robes I've seen to some cute Dorothy and Alice dresses, as well as pirate, and renaissance. All items are made with high quality fabrics and construction techniques so your costume will last!
Silks and Velvets is a store with a collection of fantasy, bridal, corsets and wedding and pirate gowns. Designed and custom crafted by costume maker Yosa Addiss which handle all the work from the selection of fabrics till the final result. With 12 years online the shop has an extensive gallery of custom works, and you can also surf among the catalogue of romantic, victorian, pirates, renaissance and ever cyber-geisha style. Below you can see a few examples of the quality of the garments you may find there. Enjoy!
Gypsy witch designs is a lovely site that features an unique collection of top hats, from burlesque, victorian, to gothic, Mad Hatter´s and even steampunk and pirate models. It has also some formal and wedding models for more (or less) traditional customers.. It has alsom some additional accesories like gloves fitting for example with the laced up steampunk inspired top hats. The gothic models are full of spiderweb and tulle with a very classy "widow" mood. And there are also some striped model that you would point out of My fair Lady movie. All of them are really lovely and worth a check!
Ravenswood leather is a wonderful site that features all sorts of costumes made of leather. Prices can look a bit high at the first sight, but we're talking about really fine quality. They also feature a section to teach you how to take care of the pieces you buy in the store. But it doesn't only feature the most amazing pirate (also ren and futuristic looking) coats for men (and women too) I've seen so far, there you can find all sorts of accesories from belts, to gauntlets, bracers and pirate hats to become a real pirate.They feature the pieces in several colors from plain and classic black to several shades of brown, green and even white.
edit: it seems this shop is no longer online
Faire Lady is a store that has bits of many items you might need for a Ren Fair, from Civil war versatile skirts, to cinchers, ren corsets and bodices, pirate coats and chemises, petal skirts, tribal dance turkish vests, veils tribal and belly dance wear. It also features several accesories as belts, vests, hoop skirts and even hats. Below you'll see a lovely pirate boned cincher:
I have quite a few garments from this lovely shop that I've used quite a lot in my performances. The Dark Angel is an international company that ships world wide exquisite fairytale clothing for women, men and children. It also keeps a regular "bargain or best offers" section which is reason alone to bookmark it. Beside the models listed they also have a couture line that you can ask about for special events like weddings or prom balls.