Ohio Costuming Resources

 

Favorite sources in Ohio for your costuming needs.

Accessories Museums
Antique Stores
Costume Shops & Costumers
Fabric & Sewing
Flea Markets & Thrift Stores
Groups & Organizations
Military

Accessories

Name Where Contact Comments
Smoke & Fire Trading Co. 27 North River Road
Waterville
419 878-8535
800-766-5334
Fax: 419 878-3653
store@smoke-fire.com 
"Colonial, Scottish, and Medieval Clothing, Patterns, Books, Historic Camp Gear, & Period Accoutrements"
Yankee Trader 463 North High St.
Columbus
614/228-1322 Plain paper parasols, hats, wigs, tiaras, fans, costume accessories, party supplies, and so much more!  A wonderful place!
Ohio Village 1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus
Phone:
614-297-2300 Museum
614-297-2659 Group Tours
Fax: 614-297-2628
Caps, jewelry, belts, and so much more.   Some of it made on-site by local craftspeople.  A great place -- and inexpensive!
The Ribbonry 119 Louisiana Ave.
Perrysburg
Phone: 419-872-0073
Fax: 419-872-0073
info@ribbonry.com
Expensive but pretty ribbons.
Miss Kimberleigh's Sutlery PO Box 2574
Whitehouse
Phone: (419) 877-5832 Civil War items.  From uniforms and civilian wear to leather goods and tents.

Antique Stores

Name Where Contact Comments
Clintonville Antiques 3244 North High St.
Columbus
614/262-0676 A wonderful, tiny store stuffed full of all manner of wonderful junk.  A great place to find buttons.
Stitches In Time 6 East Main Street
Plymouth
(419) 687-2061 "Purveyors of fine Vintage Clothing and Accessories from the periods 1850-1970."  All I can say is "wow."  Check it out.

Costume Shops & Costumers

Name Where Contact Comments
Costume Specialists 3764 E Broad St
Columbus
(614) 237-6300 Basic costume props
Costume Holiday House Fremont, Columbus, Toledo, North Olmstead (see website for exact locations) 888-348-6616 Basic costume props, big selection
Yankee Trader 463 North High St.
Columbus
614/228-1322 Plain paper parasols, hats, wigs, tiaras, fans, costume accessories, party supplies, and so much more!  A wonderful place!
Haunted Forest Couture Columbus   Columbus, Ohio costumer Valerie Meachum Kessler.

Fabric & Sewing

Name Where Contact Comments
The Ribbonry 119 Louisiana Ave.
Perrysburg
Phone: 419-872-0073
Fax: 419-872-0073
info@ribbonry.com
Expensive but pretty ribbons.
Smoke & Fire Trading Co. 27 North River Road
Waterville
419 878-8535
800-766-5334
Fax: 419 878-3653
store@smoke-fire.com 
"Colonial, Scottish, and Medieval Clothing, Patterns, Books, Historic Camp Gear, & Period Accoutrements"
Royal India 3504 N High Street
Columbus
(614)784-1234 Saris & silk, along with Indian groceries
Rocking Horse Farm Patterns PO Box 608-I
North Jackson
rockinghf@nlc.net "We carry over 90 vintage and historical clothing patterns from medieval to 1950. Some patterns are taken directly from vintage patterns, but most are researched from original outfits and/or period paintings."  A company with a bad reputation, but it's recently been bought by an Ohio company.  The two women are completely re-vamping the pattern line, fixing problems and developing new patterns.   Check 'em out!
Sewing Central Columbus 1-888-262-3946 Patterns, fabric, and now corset supplies!
Hancock Fabrics 1920 Henderson Rd
Columbus

34 Westerville Sq 
Westerville

Columbus: (614) 451-0065 

Westerville: (614) 899-1320 

Great discounted fabric, including linens and silk.   Also check out their flatfold home decorator fabrics.
Jerry's Fabric Center 37 S 3rd St
Newark, OH 43055
(740) 349-7195 Ginny says: "an AMAZING button selection. They also have nice suitings, have some nice bargains on bulk bias tape."

Flea Markets & Thrift Stores

Name Where Contact Comments
Trader's World 601 Union Road
Monroe
513-424-5708 Between Cincinnati and Dayton, Ohio
Exit 29 on East Side of I-75 - Take Exit 29
Volunteers of America Thrift Shops Various.  See link. Various.  See link. Look hard, but you'll probably find something good!
Ohio Thrift Various.  See link. Various.  See link. Valerie likes the one on Sullivant Ave. for ethnic clothes, and Jessica likes the Cleveland Ave. one for 1970's prom dresses and Edwardian-type blouses.
Village Thrift 3500 Cleveland Ave
Columbus, OH 43224
(614) 261-0891 Military uniforms.  Also frequently has fabric (near the

Groups & Organizations

Name Where Contact Comments
Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance Wyoming Fine Arts Center
322 Wyoming Avenue
Wyoming (Cincinnati)
Website "The Cincinnati Ohio based Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. The FCA creates and maintains a thriving vintage dance community which provides opportunities for dancers at all levels to enjoy the magic of authentic historic dance and other related traditions. We share our love of dance through classes, performances, and the re-creation of elegant evenings of dancing in period settings."
Society for Creative Anacronism Worldwide Website "The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) is an international organization dedicated to researching and recreating pre-17th-century European history."  Use the "Locating a SCA group near you" link to do just that.

Military

Name Where Contact Comments
Surplus World Surplus World North:
2590 Morse Rd.
Columbus

Surplus World West:
4200 West Broad St.
Columbus

(888) 202-5959
North: 614-475-1111
West: 614-351-1211
Fax: (614) 475-7194
Expensive!
General Surplus Outfitters Third St. & Patterson Blvd
Dayton
(937) 228-2579
info@gsoutfitters.com
 

Museums

Name Where Contact Comments
Kent State University Museum Rockwell Hall
Kent State University
Kent
Phone: (330) 672-3450
Fax: (330) 672-3218
E-mail: museum@kent.edu
"The Museum contains important collections of costume and decorative arts.  Its nine galleries feature changing exhibitions of work by many of the world's great artists and designers.  ... the Museum provides students with first hand experience with historic and contemporary fashions, as well as costumes representing many of the world's cultures"
Historic Costume and Textiles Collection Campbell Hall
1787 Neil Avenue
The Ohio State University
Columbus
E-mail: costume@osu.edu
Phone: (614) 292-3090
Fax: (614) 688-8133
"The collection contains men's women's and children's clothing and accessory items dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, but within those parameters, also includes various sub-collections."
Ohio Village 1982 Velma Ave.
Columbus
Phone:
614-297-2300 Museum
614-297-2659 Group Tours
Fax: 614-297-2628
Caps, jewelry, belts, and so much more.   Some of it made on-site by local craftspeople.  A great place -- and inexpensive!  Plus, don't miss the museum.

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