Fashion and History

                                                   
Locate books in the online catalog
Power (Advanced Search) - fashion and history   fashion designers

Browsing the shelves - look in
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Use the database Masterfile Premier (ebsco) to locate magazine articles on fashion
Use the database Historical Newspapers  -  (Proquest) to locate New York Times newspapers articles on fashion from 1865 - 1997
Use the database NewsBank - to locate newspaper articles on fashion from newspapers throughout the United States including the New York Times and Philadelphia Inquirer

Web Resources

Fashion Eras - has over  300 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History
Costumer's Manifesto - fashions are arranged by decade
Fashion Past and Present - scroll down for links to fashion sites
Vogue Online - read the fashion shows and fashion notes
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - use this to site to learn about how to open your own fashion company
Fabrics - this is your complete source for everything textiles

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