The history of fashion has always been at the heart of Eternal Goddess, if you’ve been here a long time then you’ll know it’s one of our favourite topics! As the conversations of eco-fashion and sustainability have developed amongst fashion watchers, the interest in fashion history has also grown. Fashion lovers and history lovers alike have joined forces to educate themselves about the past of our clothing, and where is this mainly taking place? YouTube of course! YouTube is considered its own search engine with around 122 million daily active users, making it the perfect platform to learn from others. Educators and teachers in all arrays of niches gather on YouTube to create a community of like-minded individuals, and the fashion history set is no different!

If you’re looking to learn more about the history of fashion, here is a comprehensive list of some incredibly YouTubers and content creators that you should be watching and following.

Bernadette Banner

With 1.2 million subscribers at the time of writing, Bernadette is the most well-known fashion history and sewing content creator on the platform, and for good reason. Her aesthetic setups and videography style make Bernadettes videos perfect for relaxing. Whether your interest is in sewing or history (or both!), there is something for you!

Karolina Zebrowska

Polish YouTube Karolina Zebrowska became popular on the platform for her commentary on vintage fashion and period drama costumes. Her content these days varies between sewing, educational, skit and commentary. Always comical, our ‘meme mom’ makes great viewing.

Morgan Donner

Morgan is a self-taught maker of historical garments based in the USA, creating instructional and vlog content, taking you with her on her journeys of sewing. From a Lisa Frank dress, if it was made in the 1590s to creating a Viking hat, Morgan’s adventures are always fascinating.

Not Your Mommas History

Cheyney McKnight is a content creator and historian acting as an advocate for historical interpreters of colour at historical sites in America. Educating about the daily lives of black women in history, Not Your Mommas History is the perfect spot to widen your scope of education on historical WOC.

V. Birchwood

Vasi is a daily wearer of historical clothing, proving through her content that you can in fact wear these fashions every day! With a primary focus in the 1740s-1890s, Vasi shows you how she hand sews her garments, creating her own slow fashion, historical wardrobe.

Cathy Hay

Looking to learn about fashion history but also have a pep talk? While sewing and creating stunning garments Cathy speaks about creativity and sensitivity in the calmest of ways. She is also the founder of Foundations Revealed an excellent online resource for learning about sewing and historical garments.

Loepsie

Historical beauty more up your alley? Dutchwoman Lucy is the perfect person to teach you about all sorts from vintage hair sets to authentic Victorian makeup looks. She also has content about sewing and vintage style.

Crows Eye Production

Going viral often, Crows Eye Productions create high-quality videos showing you how people from times gone by would have gotten ready in the morning. From getting dressed in the 7th century Britain to Queen Victoria in 1848, their content is always sublime.

Rachel Maksy

Rachel is another YouTuber you may have already stumbled upon, and it’s no surprise why. With content on cosplaying, vintage style, sewing and the odd vlog here and there, there is literally something for everyone on Rachel’s YouTube channel!

Angela Clayton

Angela is a hobbyist seamstress and historical costume maker. Making vlog content taking you through her creations, Angela’s videos are calm and collected, making for perfect evening viewing to unwind.

Mina Le

Mina is the girl to go for all your movie-related fashion interests. Having blown up due to her series rating Disney princesses fashion choices, Mina now creates commentary content on fashion history and film and tv.

Pinsent Tailoring

Zack is the place to go for all things men’s historical fashion knowledge. As a historical tailor and daily wearer of historical clothing, Zack is a wealth of knowledge on everything from fabric to silhouette to sewing technique.