1. Forecasting & Trends
2. Designers
3. Costume & Fashion History
4. Textiles Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
5. Journal Articles: Where to Find Them
6. Fashion Magazines in Jackson Library
7. Where the Books Are
Contemporary Fashion, 2nd ed. (Gale Virtual Reference Library)
Reference TT 505 A1 C66 2002
Provides histories, commentaries, and bibliographies on designers and designing houses from around the world.
Who's Who in Fashion
Reference TT 505 A1 S74 2004
Covers 300 designers. Includes lots of pictures, some in color.
Fashion Guide: International Designer Directory
Reference TT 495 F370 1995
Arranged by country. Provides analysis of major fashion houses. Also covers department stores, associations, and the fashion press.
St. James Fashion Encyclopedia: A Survey of Style from 1945 to the Present
Reference TT 505 A1 S7 1997
Covers 200 designers from around the world.
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
Reference GT 507 O53 1998
Covers designers active since 1840. Lots of illustrations, many in color.
Historical Dictionary of the Fashion Industry
Reference TT 494 S84 2008
Covers designers, innovations, events, and companies.
For other books
Fashion.net
"Your Guide to Fashion on the Net." Includes a directory of designers and many designer biographies.
Open Directory: Designers
Provides links to hundreds of designers.
Fashion Era
"Looks at women's costume and fashion history and analyses the mood of an era." Has a few illustrations. Written by a teacher with a degree in Dress, Textiles and Design from the UK.
History of Costume, an 1880 Costume Book
Covers ancient times through the 19th century. Provides 125 plates of illustrations.
Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes
Reference GT 510 R3313 1988
Covers the ancient world through the 1880's. Features full-page, color illustrations.
20,000 Years of Fashion: the History of Costume and Personal Adornment
Reference GT 510 B6713 1987
Covers the ancient world through the 1970's. Uses period paintings and sculpture as illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Clothing & Fashion
Reference GT 507.E53 2005 (3 volumes)
Provides 640 essays, from "Academic Dress" to "Zoran." Emphasizes history and cultural aspects.
A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
Reference TT 503 P49 1999
Covers over 10,000 terms, from "aal" to "Zula cloth," and 950 illustrations.
Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion
Reference TT 503 C34 2003
Covers more than 15,000 terms, from "abalone" to "Zuni snake eye ring." Also has an appendix on designers.
Costume Language: A Dictionary of Dress Terms
Reference GT 507.D38 1994
Covers 1000's of terms from the history of clothing and fashion, from "Aal" to "Zipper."
For other books
Textiles Terms and Definitions
Reference TS 1309.T47 2002
11th edition. From "abaca fibre" to "zoll." Includes some illustrations.
Encyclopedia of Textiles
Reference TS 1309.J47 1992
Covers the types of textiles, production methods, technical terms, and key individuals. Includes large pictures (some in color) of weaves and textile types.
Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles
Reference TS 1309.F34 1996
14,000 terms, from "AACA" to "Zyex."
For others, browse the reference collection between TS 1309-1767.
Need to find articles on a specific topic? Try these databases. For details, see the CARS Databases.
Glamour
Current issues in the Jackson Reading Room
Older issues (1981-) in the basement at TT 500 G46
Harper's Bazaar
Current issues in the Jackson Reading Room
Older issues (1934-) in the basement at TT 500 H3
Vogue
Current issues in the Jackson Reading Room
Older issues (1937-) in the basement at TT 500 V7
McCall's/Rosie (no longer published)
In the basement at TT 500 M2 (1957-2001)
DNR: Defining Men's Fashion
Current and previous year in the Jackson Reading Room
WWD: the Magazine
Current issues in the Jackson Reading Room
Open Directory: Fashion Magazines
Links to over 100 magazines and e-zines.
Costumes (of particular places and times); history of clothing and fashion; social aspects of clothing
GT 500-2370 (7th floor)
See also the oversized books: ff GT 500-2370
Costumes as art
NK 4700-4890 (4th floor)
See also the oversized books: ff NK 4700-4890
Textiles as folk art; quilts; embroidery; lace
NK 8800-9505.5 (4th floor)
See also the oversized books: ff NK 8800-9505.5
Textile and fiber industries; manufacturing and engineering aspects of textiles
TS 1300-1865 (basement)
See also the oversized books: ff TS 1300-1865
Fashion; clothing design
TT 490-695 (basement)
See also the oversized books: ff TT 490-695
Decorative textile crafts; needlework; sewing
TT 697-926 (basement)
See also the oversized books: ff TT 697-926
