Reference Databases
- Bloomsbury Fashion Central: Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new windowOnline portal which offers fully cross-searchable access to an expanding range of Berg content collections – including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, images.
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowIncludes reference sources on fashion, costume, marketing and more.
- Daily Life Through History This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia of cultures from historical times to the present. Covers multiple cultures and geographies.
Other Reference
Fashion, 150 Years: Couturiers, Designers, Labels by Call Number: GT596 .S4413 2010Publication Date: 2010
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Publication Date: 2005A survey of clothing, costume and fashion. Coverage includes the origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras.
Fashion, Costume, and Culture : Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages by Publication Date: 2004Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses.
In an Influential Fashion : an Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-and Twentieth-Century Fashion Designers and Retailers who Transformed Dress by Call Number: TT505.A1 I5 2002Publication Date: 2002Profiles fashion designers and retailers from many countries who have had the most impact on American dress and culture from the late 19th century to the year 2000.
Dictionaries
World of Art: The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Designers by Publication Date: 1998
