This is the Garb Index - Welcome!
Conceived when I was first involved in recreating historical garb, and found I had no idea what those nice ladies on the mailing lists were talking about, I figured there were other people in the same boat, and I decided to write up some descriptions from what I had learnt.
This site is not supposed to be definitive of anything, but is intended to give introductory descriptions and point the reader off to the authoritative descriptions.
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This is a non-profit site: it doesnt sell anything, nor do I have any particular bias in recommending one supplier over another. How unbiased the site is, is one possible cause of its recurring popularity. Nonetheless, the site has costs, so I make some small attempt for it to be self-supporting through various affiliate links.
- We link to books on Amazon as part of their Associates program. If you were to click one of our links and buy a book as a result, we would get some small amount as commision.
- We are part of the Google Adsense program - deep in the depths of the site some of the pages have Goodle text-ads (hopefully) unobtrusively placed. If Google's algorithms are working properly then they ought to be relevant, too.
- We do a little begging - on the content pages we have a Paypal donation link. Someone actually made a donation once! (That was so sweet! Thank you!:)
- We've joined a couple of affiliate programs - fabric shops will contribute (generally) 8% of purchases you make by clicking through from the Garb Index. Any purchases you make in this fashion are most appreciated. We have attempted to make it clear where it is an affiliate link.
These payments are used to offset costs; they are my sole connection to anything linked on The GarbIndex, and they dont influence my decision to include or not include anything.
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I make no claims for the accuracy or correctness of anything I have included on this site - its up to you to verify anything you find. I try to correct or remove broken links, but they will get ahead of me. In the meantime, make sure you use the link in the top left of every page to bookmark the site or page, and you'll never lose track of what I hope is a wonderful reference!
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