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Locating Fashion Design information at LATTC Library.
See the suggested Subject Headings below for searching books; E-books; Research Databases for journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; and internet sites.
Subject Headings
Batik
Children's costume
Clothing and dress
Clothing trade
Costume
Dressmaking
Dressmaking materials
Dyes and dyeing--Textile fibers
Fashion
Fashion design
Fashion designers
Fashion drawing
Fashion history
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Felt work
Hand weaving
Lace and lace making
Needlework
Resist-dyed textiles
Textile crafts
Textile design
Textile fabrics
Textile fabrics--Classification
Textile industry
Textile printing
Wedding Costume
Wool fabrics
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Print Periodicals
American Fabrics |
Glamour |
| Bride's |
Harper's Bazaar |
| California Apparel News |
M (formerly Men's Wear) |
| Cosmopolitan |
Mademoiselle |
| Elegance |
L'Officiel |
| Elle |
Screen Printing |
| Esquire |
Vogue |
| Essence |
Vogue Patterns |
| Femme |
W |
| Fiber Arts |
Women's Wear Daily |
| GQ |
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Research Databases
Find journal, magazine, and newspaper articles; research reports; image sources; primary documents; specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, and more.
Academic OneFile
Full-text articles from scholarly ( peer-reviewed) journals and reference sources.
General OneFile
Full-text articles from magazines, journals and news sources.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Multi-subject virtual reference sources including multi-volume encyclopedias, dictionaries, and specialized reference sources.
General Reference Center Gold
Fashion magazines, journals, reference sources, and multimedia materials including pod casts.
Pop Culture Collection
Magazine, journal, news articles and multimedia materials on topics related to social sciences and the arts.
Vocations, Careers and Technical Education Collection
This collection provides content from general career guides to highly specialized industry journals.
Select Reference Books
| TITLE
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Call Number |
| The complete fashion sourcebook. |
REF 391.00904 Pea |
| The complete history of costume and fashion : from ancient Egypt to the present day. |
REF 391.009 Cos |
| The Fairchild dictionary of fashion. |
REF 391.003 Cal |
| Nineteenth-century fashion in detail. |
REF 391.009 Joh |
| Racinet : an illustrated history of European costume : period styles and accessories. |
REF 391.0094 Rac |
Select Reserve Books
| TITLE |
Call Number |
| Hollywood and history : costume design in film. |
791.43026 Hol |
| The London look: fashion from street to catwalk. |
391.009421 Bre |
| National Geographic fashion. |
779.9391 New |
| Sample : 100 fashion designers, 10 curators : cuttings from contemporary fashion. |
746.92 Sam |
| Vintage weddings : resource and guidebook, 1910s-1950s. |
395.22 Tur |
Select Circulating Books
| TITLE |
Call Number |
| Case studies in merchandising apparel and soft goods. |
380.1 Gra |
| Christian Dior : the early years, 1947-1957. |
746.92092 Ret |
| Dress and identity. |
391 Dre |
Select E-books
| TITLE |
Call Number |
| Arts and Humanities Through the Eras [electronic resource]. |
Electronic Book |
| Contemporary fashion [electronic resource]. |
Electronic Book |
Select Internet Sites
Bissonnette on Costume: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume/
This site invites you to "enter the world of fashion and witness the change in silhouettes, accessories, lingerie and hairstyles from the 18th to the 20th century." It features annotated photographs of fashions, with an emphasis on female dress from Europe and the United States. Also includes information about male and children's fashions, and costumes of India, Greece, Japan, Turkey, China, and central Asia. Browsable. From a curator at the Kent State University Museum.
The History of Costume http://www.siue.edu/COSTUMES/history.html
"For students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers." Contains images from a book of 500 full-color plates showing "historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century." Note: "The original book was published in German, so at times, the English translation [of the captions] is confusing." Maintained by a theater professor at the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
The Costume Gallery http://www.costumegallery.com/
Browse the extensive collection of photos, research Viking footwear and medieval dress, study a guide to textiles, and participate in bulletin board discussions here. All facets of costume and its history from textiles through hairstyles are covered at this site, with commercial links to suppliers and designers.
Fashion-Era http://www.fashion-era.com/
Over one hundred "content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume, Clothing, Textiles and Social History." Searchable, and browsable by major category, such as body adornment, royal fashion, undergarments, Victorian fashion, image and wardrobe planning, fashion design tutorials and tips, and more. From a fashion and textiles instructor.
fashion net: The Online FashionGuide http://www.fashion.net/
A collection of links related to fashion and the fashion industry. Topics include designers, shopping, fashion magazines, and art. Also contains tips on getting a job in the fashion industry, and job listings. Searchable.
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