Favorite sources in Ohio for your costuming needs.
Accessories | Museums |
Antique Stores | |
Costume Shops & Costumers | |
Fabric & Sewing | |
Flea Markets & Thrift Stores | |
Groups & Organizations | |
Military |
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. |
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. |
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. |
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 |
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." |
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 |
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. |
Name | Where | Contact | Comments |
Surplus World | Surplus World North: 2590 Morse Rd. Columbus Surplus World West: |
(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 |
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. |