High End |
Kerry Taylor Auctions – “Specialists in antique, vintage fashion and textiles.” |
Anderson & Sheppard |
Henry Poole |
Dege & Skinner |
Huntsman |
Gieves and Hawkes |
Timothy Everest |
Berluti |
John Lobb |
George Cleverley & Co. |
Edward Green |
Hilditch & Key |
Steven Hitchcock |
Turnball and Asser |
Thomas Pink |
Beverley Birks Couture Collection – “One of the world’s largest collections of haute couture.” |
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Blogs |
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Ask Andy About Clothes |
Bryanboy |
ContessaNally |
Counterfeit Chic – Susan Scafidi |
Heard on the Runway – Wall Street Journal |
On the Runway – New York Times |
Tavi Says: Fashion Dictates from a fourteen-year old |
Fashion Icons: Tavi Gevinson: New York Fashion Week With Tavi – Fashion Television |
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Business |
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CamalgOri – Milan |
Catwalking |
Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection – Search for textile, dress, designer name (Alix Stone) |
Centre for Fashion Enterprise – London. “London’s pioneering business incubator that supports and nurtures emerging fashion design talent.” |
Colette – 213 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. “Style design art food” |
Cosprop Ltd. – “One of the world’s leading costumiers to the film, theatre and television industries” founded in 1965 by John Bright, has an extensive stock of over 100,000 original, replica and reproduction costumes and accessories. |
Costume Gallery – “Online complete period fashion publications, including articles, images, catalogs, and books.” |
Chanel |
Costume Society of Great Britain |
Costumer’s Manifesto – Tara Maginnis |
Dellamoda |
Designers |
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Agnes B T Shirts |
Alice & Olivia – New York |
Hardy Amies |
Aminaka Wilmont – Marcus Wilmont and Maki Aminaka Löfvander |
Aquascutum |
Gustavo Arango |
Giorgio Armani |
Brian Atwood – Shoes |
Antonio Azzuolo |
Ann-Sofie Back |
Badgley Mischka |
Christopher Bailey – Burberry. See Technology and the Trenchcoat: Burberry Finds Its Future by Mining Its Past video interview by Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune / New York Times, November 11, 2010. |
Balenciaga |
Band of Outsiders |
Armand Basi |
Baum und Pferdgarten |
BCBG |
Belstaff |
Dirk Bikkembergs |
Graeme Black |
Blumarine |
Lie Sang Bong |
Bottega Veneta |
Marc Bouwer |
Anne Bowen |
Burberry |
Stephen Burrows |
Ally Capellinio |
Isabela Capeto |
Casch – Copenhagen |
Robert Cavalli |
Celine |
Chaiken |
Georges Chakra |
Chanel |
Coco Chanel Designs – Victoria & Albert Museum |
Igor Chapurin |
Cherry Chau |
Chloe |
Jimmy Choo |
Doo Ri Chung |
Franco Ciambella |
Claudia Ciuti |
Kenneth Cole |
Jasper Conran – London |
Christophe Coppens – Tokyo. “An innovative milliner, Coppens boasts an oeuvre of witty headwear that has gained him fame at home, where he counts members of Belgium’s royal family as clients, as well as further afield.” (“Mad as a Hatter, Charlotte Vaudrey, Frame Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006) |
André Courréges – Paris |
Emma Cook |
Zero Maria Cornejo |
Esteban Cortazar |
Costume National |
James Coviello |
Custo-Barcelona |
DSquared2 |
Daks – Giles Deacon |
Chloe Dao |
Oscar de la Renta |
Ben de Lisi – London |
Alessandro Dell’Acqua |
Diesel |
Collette Dinnigan – Australian designer |
Dior |
Dolce & Gabbana |
Duckie Brown |
Eleykishimoto Ellesse |
Engineered Garments – Daiki Suzuki’s menswear line. |
Erdem |
Erotokritos |
Etro |
Cesare Fabbri |
Nicole Farhi – London |
Fendi |
Alberta Ferretti |
Gianfranco Ferre |
Erin Fetherston |
Limi Feu |
Anne Fontaine |
Bruno Frisoni – Shoes. |
Jean Paul Gaultier |
Nicolas Ghesquiere – Designs for Balenciaga |
Elspeth Gibson |
Romeo Gigli |
Gina Shoes |
Marithe and Francois Girbaud |
Georgina Goodman |
Josh Goot |
Martin Grant |
Rogan Gregory – The goal of his Edun line “is to create beautiful clothing while fostering sustainable employment in developing areas of the world.” |
Louise Gray – London |
Gucci |
Anna Gulmann – Copenhagen |
Kevan Hall |
Douglas Hannant |
Anne Valérie Hash |
Julie Haus |
Heatherette |
Alexandre Herchovitch |
Hermes |
Carolina Herrara |
Allegra Hicks |
Anya Hindmarch |
Lisa Ho |
Monique l’Huillier |
Joanne Hynes – Officially launched in October 2003. Joanne Hynes graduated in 2001 with an MA in Womenswear from London’s Central Saint Martins College. |
Iceberg |
Roksanda Ilincic |
Ashley Isham |
Marc Jacobs |
Peter Jensen – London |
Eun Jeong |
Jean-Claude Jitrois – Paris. |
Betsey Johnson |
Stephen Jones Millinery |
Wolfgang Joop, |
Kaliyana – Karina Ackert. |
Donna Karan |
Dice Kayek |
Kelly B Couture -“Organic cotton: cotton grown, processed, and produced without the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals.” |
Kenzo |
Calvin Klein |
Jean Paul Knott |
Sophia Kokosalaki |
Michael Kors |
Holly Kristen |
Atil Kutoglu |
Christian Louboutin |
Christian Lacroix |
Derek Lam |
Adrienne Landau |
Helmut Lang |
Lanvin |
Jens Laugesen – London |
Ralph Lauren |
Phillip Lim |
Linda Loudermilk |
Lutz & Patmos |
Todd Lynn |
Jenne Maag |
Stella McCartney |
Alexander McQueen |
Mads Norgaard – Copenhagen |
Malo |
Isabel Marant |
Catherine Malandrino |
LF Markey – Louise Markey |
Marni |
Hannah Marshall |
Joanna Mastroianni |
Toni Maticevski – Australian |
Meadham Kirchhoff – Edward Meadham and Benjamin Kirchhoff |
J. Mendel |
Carlos Miele |
Michael Michalsky – Berlin |
Nicole Miller |
Badgley Mischka |
Missoni |
Miu Miu |
Anna Molinari – Blufin, Blugirl, Blumarine |
Moncler |
Roland Mouret |
Munthe plus Simonsen – Copenhagen |
MySelf Kai Kuehne |
Hiromichi Nakano |
Richard Nicoll |
Charles Nolan |
Nolita |
Akiko Ogawa |
Dragana Ognjenovic |
Duro Olowu – London |
Rachel Pally |
Thakoon Panichgul |
Bruno Pieters |
Peter Pilotto |
Ports 1961 |
Zac Posen |
Paco Rabanne |
Paul & Joe – Paris |
Project Alabama |
Emilio Pucci |
Lilly Pulitzer |
Paco Rabanne |
Christopher Raeburn |
Rag & Bone – New York |
Tracy Reese |
Brian Reyes |
Zandra Rhodes |
Doo.Ri |
Clements Ribeiro |
John Ribbe |
Nina Ricci |
Stefano Ricci |
John Rocha |
Rochas |
David Rodriguez |
Narciso Rodriquez |
Christian Francis Roth – |
Cynthia Rowley |
Rachel Roy |
Sonia Rykiel |
Elie Saab |
Heikki Salonen |
Behnaz Sarafpour |
Yves Saint Laurent |
Jil Sander |
Rupert Sanderson Shoes |
Fausto Sarli |
Proenza Schouler – Lazaro Hernandez and Jack McCollough |
Danielle Scutt |
Jasmin Shokrian |
Sigerson Morrison |
Denis Simachev |
Raf Simons – Jil Sander |
Sinha-Stanic – |
Dominique Sirop |
Paul Smith |
Tim Soar – London |
Peter Som |
Anish N Soni |
Franck Sorbier |
Kate Spade |
Stefanel |
Olivier Strelli |
Gharani Strok |
Jill Stuart |
Anna Sui |
Elie Tahari |
Rebecca Taylor |
Alice Temperley |
Yeohlee Teng |
Thakoon |
ThreeasFour |
Nadya Toto |
Ellen Tracy |
Philip Treacy |
Trovata – |
Trussardi |
Carmen Marc Valvo |
Dries Van Noten |
Af Vandervorst – Belgium |
John Varvatos |
Versace |
Viktor & Rolf |
Roger Vivier |
Diane von Furstenberg |
Saeyoung Vu |
Louis Vuitton |
Amanda Wakeley |
Alexander Wang |
Vera Wang |
Vivienne Westwood |
Christian Wijnants |
Jason Wu Studio |
Yohji Yamamoto |
Yeohlee |
Gaspard Yurkievich |
Zaldy |
Pal Zileri |
Ronit Zilkha |
Designer’s Days |
Chantal Mora |
DolceVita: Fashion – Italian fashion |
fashion Resources |
Espace Textile |
FabricLink – “Web resource for fabrics and textiles.” |
Fairchild Books – Source for books and visuals for the fashion, apparel, textiles, and retail industries. |
Fashion Calendar – “ |
Fashiondex – the Apparel Industry Sourcing Site |
Fashion Net |
Fashion Television Channel |
FashionUnited – Fashion news |
Fashion Week Daily |
Festival Mode and Design – Montreal. Held in August |
Fabric Material |
abaca |
coir |
cotton |
flax |
hemp |
jute |
silk |
sisal |
wool |
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Forecasting |
The Future Laboratory – London. “recognised internationally for its innovative approach to trend forecasting, consumer insight and brand strategy.” |
Kurt Salmon Associates – Apparel consulting firm |
McCann Erickson – Ad agency. Tom Julian is director of trends. |
NPD Group – Market reserach firm located in Port Washington. Marshal Cohen is the chief industry analyst. |
Tobe Report – “International fashion and retail consulting service.” |
WGSN – Worth Global Style Network. “World’s leading online research, trend analysis and news service for the fashion and style industries.” |
From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and The Tirocchi Dressmakers Shop, 1915-1947 |
George Grantham Bain Collection – “Photographic files of one of America’s earliest news picture agencies. The collection richly documents sports events, theater, celebrities, crime, strikes, disasters, political activities including the woman suffrage campaign, conventions and public celebrations. The photographs Bain produced and gathered for distribution through his news service were worldwide in their coverage, but there was a special emphasis on life in New York City. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1900s to the mid-1920s, but scattered images can be found as early as the 1860s and as late as the 1930s.” Fashion-related examples include: |
Trouser skirt, Paris |
Pantallon gown, Los Angeles (1911) |
Fridolyn Gimbel, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front |
Ice-skaters on ice in Tuxedo Park, New York |
Head and shoulders of model wearing “Chanticleer” hat of bird feathers (ca. 1912) |
Women’s fashions: Fall fashion, 1913 |
Women’s fashions: Paris fashion, May 1911: fur and plumed hat |
Women’s fashions: black faille gown by Lanvin (November 1915) |
Women’s fashions: Poiret check suit (1914) |
Fashions at Trouville (1913) |
At Rockaway Hunt Meet — fashion mannekins |
Glam |
Harper’s Bazar Magazine – “Online collection of 19th Century articles, illustrations, and Victorian fashions taken directly from the 19th Century magazine, Harper’s Bazar (C.1867-1900).” |
History of Costume – By Braun & Schneider – c.1861-1880 |
Infomat – “Fashion industry information services and search engine since 1996.” |
Intute: Fashion & Beauty – Searchable database of arts & humanities web sites has a sizable annotated section of fashion resources. |
Jessamyn’s Regency Costume Companion – David and Jessamyn Reeves-Brown. |
Kamkyl – Menswear designed by Yvonne and Douglas Mandel, Montreal |
Kyoto National Museum |
Online Database – Contains 2,000 of over 5,000 works owned by the museum, searchable by keyword or category. A search for kimono yields over 200 results, with images. A category search for textiles yields over 900 results. |
The Ladies: A Journal of the Court, Fashion and Society (1872) – Weekly London newspaper “offering scientifically precise fashion advice and demanding political rights for women”. Virginia H. Cope, University of Virginia English Department. |
LeRage.com |
Look On-Line – “Who, what, where, and why, of New York Fashion.” You can watch videos of fashion reports by Marilyn Kirschner and the hear interviews in the American Master of Fashion series (Ralph Rucci, Bill Cunningham, Elsa Klensch, Arthur Elgort). |
Lucire |
Madeleine Vionnet – “Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) is recognized as one of the greatest dressmaker of the twentieth century”. |
Libraries |
Leslie Russell (1943 – ) – Hairdresser. He talks about Barbara Hulanicki. |
Percy Savage (1926 – ) – Fashion PR and consultant |
Manny Silverman – Fashion consultant. Interviewed by Anna Dyke 29 July 2005. |
Lily Silberberg (1929 – ) – Pattern Cutter |
Harvard University Library Open Collections Program – Among the digitzed catalogs in the full-text collection are: |
Abercrombie & Fitch. 1913 styles – “Out-of-Door Clothes for Fastidious Women”. Digitized version of the 32 page 1913 catalog |
Allen, Brock & Smith, Inc. (1913) – Women’s shoes |
United Shirt and Collar Co. Catalogue of ladies’ collar and cuffs, chemisettes, cape and sailor collars [ca. 1900] – Troy, New York |
Warner Brothers (1894) – Corsets |
Jordan, Marsh and Company (1885) |
B. Altman & Co. (1879-1880) – Full-text of the following catalogues: No. 34 (fall and winter, 1879/1880), No. 54 (fall and winter, 1886/1887), No. 116 (spring and summer, 1917) and Nov. 1926 |
Bea McPherson, KSU Museum and Fashion School Papers, 1978-1988 |
Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman, Papers, 1825-1996 [1959-1994] |
Library of Congress Catalog – Use the following subject headings: |
Library of Congress Podcasts |
Library of Congress Webcasts |
For the Eyes of the Dear Leader: Fashion and Body Politics in North Korean Visual Arts – Lecture by Suk-Young Kim, 06/27/2007 (76 minutes) |
Watsonline – Catalog of the libraries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, including the The Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library, “one of the world’s foremost fashion libraries. Its collection includes approximately 30,000 noncirculating monographs, rare books, and periodicals, as well as design archives, sketchbooks, photographs, drawings, prints, and extensive files of clippings pertaining to the history and study of the arts of adornment throughout the world. The library maintains 50 current fashion periodical subscriptions, including a wide range of international magazines and scholarly journals.” |
Worldcat |
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Magazines |
Firstview – Fashion publication with tens of thousands of photos of the latest collections (portions of the site are for subscribers only) |
Fashionlines |
Allure |
Another Magazine |
Collezioni |
Condé Nast Publications |
Costume |
Daily News Record (DNR) – Fairchild Publications men’s fashion magazine |
Elle |
Elle – French version |
Esquire: Style |
Glamour |
Glamour – Italian version |
Hint Fashion Magazine |
i-D Magazine |
Jane |
Lucire |
Lucky |
Magazine Clin d’Oeil |
Marie Claire |
New Yorker Magazine – Provides full-text access to selected articles including: |
The Next Generation of Fashion – “On Saturday, October 4th [2008], Judith Thurman hosted a panel with Louise Markey, Makoto Takada, and Joeri Van Yper. Here is a full-length video of the panel.” |
The Shoot: How Mert and Marcus make everyone look magnificent (Letter from Ibiza) by Nick Paumgarten, September 27, 2004, about the photographers Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. |
Paper |
Seventeen |
Style |
Vogue |
Vogue Paris |
Vogue UK |
W Magazine |
World Style – Fashion magazine |
Medici Archive Project: History of Costume and Textiles – Johns Hopkins University |
Men Style – Condé Nast |
Metrofashion |
Milieux: the Costume Site – Lauren Podolak’s collection of “”online costuming sources for historical, science fiction & fantasy costumers.” |
MiniMidiMaxi: Canadian Fashion Stage |
Moda Online – Italian fashion |
Model Agencies |
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Boss Models |
Elite Model Management |
Ford Models |
DNA Model Management |
IMG Models |
Major Model Management |
Marilyn Agency |
New York Model Management |
Next Models |
Next Models USA |
Trump Model Management |
Wilhelmina Models |
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Museums |
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Les Arts Décoratifs – Paris |
Brooklyn Museum of Art |
Ethnology Collection: |
mittens |
Belts |
dresses |
shawls |
purses |
hats |
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum |
National Design Awards |
Costume Museum of Canada |
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Design Musuem – London |
Matthew Williamson: 10 Years in Fashion |
Tim Walker: Pictures |
Manolo Blahnik exhibit |
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Fashion Museum – Bath (UK) |
Style and Status: Imperial Costumes from Ottoman Turkey |
Gathering the Jewels / Casglu’r Tlysau – “Over 20,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, libraries and record offices in Wales.” Fashion-related images include: |
Fashion plate from ‘Weldon’s Ladies’ Journal, Portfolio of Fashions’, c. 1935 |
Fashion plate from ‘Coming Fashions’, March 1930 |
Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute – New York |
Collection Connection – “About 70 percent of the collection in an electronic collection registration system. Digital photographs were made of about 60 percent of the collection.” |
Library – Has an online catalog |
Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs |
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Musée des Tissus et des Arts décoratifs de Lyon |
Robe “Delphos” Ã tunique courte – Venise, Mariano Fortuny, vers 1920-1930 |
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Ceinture à décor floral – Iran |
Madame Charles-Pierre Pécoul (1784) – Jacques-Louis David. “Les détails de la robe en satin, ornée de fines dentelles, sont transcrits avec minutie.” |
Museum of Costume – Bath, U.K. |
Museum of Modern Art – New York |
Contemporary Japanese Textiles: Structure and Surface – November 12, 1998-January 26, 1999. |
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National Museum of American History – Division of Home and Community Life |
Hispanic Designers |
Men’s Clothing and Accessories: Selected References |
Nederlands Textielmuseum – Dutch Textile Museum, Tilburg |
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Royal Ontario Museum |
Au Courant: Contemporary Canadian Fashion Designer Files |
San Diego Museum of Art |
Dragon Robes of China’s Last Dynasty |
National Museums of Scotland |
– Has a database of “images, audio clips, video clips and 3D environments.” Search for such terms as European Costume, Dress, woman’s, tartan, Scottish Crafts Collection, Jersey, knitted, Fashion plates, etc. |
Victoria & Albert Museum – London |
Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories |
Fashion Reading Lists. |
1960s Fashion and Textiles |
3D Fashion |
Names |
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Hilary Alexander – London Telegraph |
Bridget Foley – Executive editor of WWD. See See 100 Years of WWD Q & A with Bridget Foley, in Eric Wilson’s blog, On the Runway, New York Times, November 1, 2010. “In Hollywood, everyone is so afraid of being trashed. Everyone dresses not for the biggest event one can imagine, but for a mass television audience. That may be good for the houses to have their brands radiate across the globe, but I don’t think it’s really good for fashion. I am dying for someone to show up on a red carpet in one of Raf Simons’s T-shirts and skirts with a peplum. I mean, how gorgeous?” |
Michael Roberts – Fashion and style director, Vanity Fair |
Carine Roitfeld – Editor, French Vogue. See The Anti-Anna |
Guy Trebay – New York Times |
Anna Wintour – Editor, Vogue. See Just Asking: Anna Wintour: A Tastemaker in a Changing Time, an onterview by Rachel Dodes with Anna Wintour, Wall Street Journal, February 14, 2009. “I don’t think anyone is going to want to look overly flashy, overly glitzy, too Dubai, whatever you want to call it. I just don’t think that’s the moment. But I do feel an emphasis on quality and longevity and things that really last.” |
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National Textile Center University Research Consortium – Auburn, Clemson, Cornell, Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Philadelphia University, University of California at Davis, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth |
Natural Fibers Research and Information Center – Offers several searchable databases. |
Rethinking Fashion: Fast Life, Slow Fashion: A New Theory of Fashion |
Rethinking Fashion: Challenges and Solutions in Sustainability – November 5, 2007 |
Rethinking Fashion: The Corporate Conscience – October 23, 2007. |
Net-a-Porter – Fashion website founded by Natalie Massenet in 2000 sells more than 50 luxury brands. |
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News |
Apparel News |
Business of Fashion |
Esquire: Style |
Financial Times: Fashion |
Cyberpresse (Canada) |
Paris Match |
Nouvel Observateur |
Libération |
Le Parisien |
Paris Soir |
l’Express |
Le Figaro |
Le Point |
Reuters France |
Courrier International |
Radio Paris |
Radio France (RFI) |
France 2 |
TV5 |
TF1. |
International Herald Tribune: Style & Design – Look for articles by Suzy Menkes |
New York Times |
New York Times Fashion & Style |
New York Times Style Magazine |
Fashion Shows |
Times Topics: Fashion and Apparel |
Wall Street Journal – More and more of the WSJ articles are now available free to non-subscribers. Below is a selection of recent free fashion-related articles: |
The Boomer Balancing Act: Retailers say new looks for middle-age women are both youthful and mature by Teri Agins, Wall Street Journal, November 3-4, 2007. |
“Does This Shirt Make Me Look Too American?” – By Ray A. Smith, Wall Street Journal, August 18-19, 2007. “For men shopping for dress shirts, it can also mean squeezing into a tighter fit. British shirts are cut closer to the body: A “classic fit” Charles Tyrwhitt shirt fits the way an American brand’s “slim fit” shirt would. British shirts tend to have spread collars, compared to the long, pointy versions on many American shirts. They also come in less conservative colors, with unusual shades like orange and pistachio, and bold patterns of checks and plaids that can seem loud by American office standards.” |
Washington Post: Style |
World Global Style Network |
Organizations |
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L’Association Nationale pour le Développement des Arts de la Mode (ANDAM) – French Culture Ministry association formed to support and promote young designers by providing grants to help them launching their own labels. |
Association pour le developpement des arts de la mode |
British Fashion Council – “Owns and organises London Fashion Week and the British Fashion Awards.” |
Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana – Governing trade group for Italian fashion and organizer of Milan Fashion Week. |
Costume Designers Guild |
Council of Fashion Designers, Tokyo |
Flanders Fashion Institute |
Moda In – “Established in 1984 by the Italian Textile Association and the Italian Federation of Various Textiles and Hat Manufacturers to promote Italian and European textiles throughout the world.” |
La Mode Française – 3,000-page on-line directory published monthly in French and English listing every name, address and event in fashion (labels, companies, museums, trade shows, etc). |
National Retail Federation |
National Textile Association |
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Paris Music Hall Collection – Costume designs and curtain designs for the music halls of Paris from 1920-1938 owned by the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia. |
Paris Voice |
Peclers Paris – Agence de style internationale. |
Photo Paris Mode |
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Photographers |
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Bill Cunningham – New York Times photographer known for On the Street candids |
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Life Photo Archive – Hosted by Google. Some examples of searches: |
Hermes Dresses – Photographs by Gordon Parks |
Boots Fashion – Photographs by Paul Schutzer |
Dior – Photographs by Nina Leen. |
French Fashion Models |
Chanel Look |
British Fashions |
Shoes Fashions |
Eisenstaedt Fashions |
Here are some striking images: |
Staley-Wise Gallery – “Established in 1981 in Soho, the Staley-Wise Gallery opened with an exhibition of Horst photographs and continues to show the work of masters of fashion photography.” |
Victoria & Albert Images |
Amy Arbus |
Richard Avedon |
Bill Cunningham – New York Times photographer known for On the Street candids |
Louise Dahl-Wolfe (1895-1989) – See the Louise Dahl-Wolfe Collection Finding Aid at the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona. |
Patrick Demarchelier |
John French (1906-1966) – There are hundreds of his photographs in Victoria & Albert: Images |
Greg Kadel |
Peter Lindbergh |
Mario Testino |
Deborah Turbeville |
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Reference |
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From Concept to Consumer – By Gini Stephens Prings, Prentice Hall, 1999, 6th edition. Fashion, the clothing trade and fashion merchandising. “Domestic shoe production has declined so that there are only 379 manufacturers operating 461 plants in the United Slates with employment at approximately 48,200. The small amount of domestic shoe production left primarily of men’s shoes, is done in New England and the Midwest. These firms include better classic men’s shoes such as Johnston & Murphy, Allen-Edmonds, Cole-Haan, and Alden and moderate shoe lines such as Florsheim, Bass, Dexter, and Bostonians. In the future, it seems that weaker firms will continue to close while stronger ones will consolidate plants, invest in new technology to narrow the gap between foreign and U.S. labor costs.” |
Vocabulary of Basic Terms for Cataloguing Costume – ICOM International Committee for the Museums and Collections of Costume. |
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Schools |
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Academy of Art University – San Francisco |
Académie des arts et du design / Academy of Arts and Design – Montreal |
Bunka Fashion College – Tokyo |
Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design – London |
Domus Academy – Milan |
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising (FIDM) – Los Angeles, San Franciso, San Diego and Orange County |
Fashion Institute of Technology – New York |
Fashion School at Kent State University |
Institut Français de la Mode (IFM) – Paris |
Istituto Marangoni – Milan |
Kent State University School of Fashion Design and Merchandising |
London College of Fashion |
Otis College of Art and Design – Los Angeles |
Parsons the New School for Design – New York |
Polimoda – Florence |
Rhode Island School of Design – Providence, Rhode Island |
Royal Academy of Fine Arts – Antwerp |
Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah, Georgia |
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Shows |
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British Vogue Fashion Shows |
Dublin Fashion Week |
ENK International Trade Shows – The Fashion Coterie show is held in September. |
Fashion Footwear Association of New York – December. |
Fashion Shows – New York Magazine |
Festival Mode and Design – Montreal in August. (Place Ville Marie). |
International Shoe Fair – Düsseldorf. |
London Fashion Week – Organized by the British Fashion Council. |
Men’s Apparel Guild In California (MAGIC) |
Mercedes Benz Fashion Week |
MICAM – International shoe fair held in March and September in Milan. |
New York Magazine: Fashion Shows |
New York Times: Fashion Shows |
Pitti Immagine uomo – Men’s wear trade show held each January in Florence |
Premiere Vision Preview: New York |
Style.com: Fashion Shows – You can view collections. |
World Shoe Association Show – February in Las Vegas. |
ShopVogue |
Amber Collection |
Damson Collection |
Stardoll – Dress up virtual paper dolls. Choose from hundreds of personalities including: |
Penelope Cruz |
Natalie Portman |
Avril Lavigne |
Cher |
Style.com (Italia) |
StyleSight |
Telegraph: Fashion |
Textile World |
Texture Library |
3D Body Scanner – “Cornell researchers are using a body scanner to study the complex problems of clothing design and fit.” |
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Universities |
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Drexel Historic Costume Collection – Searchable database of archival data and detailed graphics for the physical collections housed in the Nesbitt College of Design Arts and the Drexel Museum, Drexel University, Philadelphia. |
Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research (HCTAR) |
Tirocchi Dressmakers Project – Based on the Rhode Island School of Design Museum exhbition From Paris to Providence: Fashion, Art, and The Tirocchi Dressmakers Shop, 1915-1947. |
Twentieth Century Design: Ethnic Influences – By Belinda T. Orzada, apparel designer and Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Studies at the University of Delaware. |
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Vintage |
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Allan and Suzi |
Elle W Collection – 864 Lexington Ave., New York, NY |
Encore Resale – 1132 Madison Ave., New York City (212 879-2850) |
Fashiondig |
INA – New York. Four locations: Soho:101 Thompson St. (212.941.4757); Nolita: 21 Prince St. Between Mott and Elizabeth (212.334.9048); Uptown: 208 E 73 St. Between 2nd and 3rd (212.249.0014); and Soho Men: 262 Mott St. Between Prince and Houston (212.334.2210). |
Kerry Taylor Auctions – quot;Specialists in antique, vintage fashion and textiles.quot; |
Michael’s: the Consignment Shop for Women – 1041 Madison Ave., New York City (212-737-7273) |
RustyZipper |
VintageVixen |
Visual Arts Data Service – Based at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, it provides access to image databases from the London College of Fashion, the Design Council Archive and several other collections. |
Vogue TV – “Exclusive fashion videos of catwalk shows, designer parties and front row experts.” Expert views from such fashion notables as Harriet Quick, Anna Bromilow, Alexandra Shulman, Lucinda Chambers, Liz Thody, Vanessa Gillingham. |
Wall Street Journal: Fashion Video |
When the Girls Came Out to Play: The Birth of American Sportswear by Patricia Campbell Warner, professor, theater, UMASS Amherst, February 15, 2007. |
Wire Image: Fashion |
Woolmark Company |
Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African American Identity – Smithsonian Institution. "Kente is made by the Asante and Ewe peoples and is the best known of all African textiles." |
YouTube – Search by designer name and Spring or Fall, for example Marni Spring Summer 2007 |
ZooZoom Fashion Magazine |
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