Fashion on the Web  Revised 7/12/07

Prepared and revised by Christina Kennedy, Adjunct Instructor, Reference Department
 

Current Fashion Information

Designer Information & Catwalk Highlights

Digital Librarian: Fashion
http://www.digital-librarian.com/fashion.html
An alphabetized compendium of hundreds of links relating to all aspects of fashion.  International in scope.

Dmoz Open Directory Project    
http://Dmoz.org/Arts/Design/Fashion/Magazines_and_E-zines
Human-edited directory of the Web’s top Arts, Design, Fashion Magazines and E-zines

Fashion 4-11
http://www.fashion-411.com
Fashion Trends, Magazines & Shopping Guides

Fashion Live
http://www.fashionlive.com
A compilation of links related to Fashion and Fashion Designers

Fashion Showroom
http://www.fashionshowroom.com
A Fashion Showroom from Fashion Syndicate Press which includes may sample photos.

Fashion Network
http://fernet.tripod.com/index2.html 
Includes Fashion House Sketches, in addition to Theatre and Feature Films Sketches.  Additionally there is Fashion news and also job and career information.

Fashion Windows
http://www.fashionwindows.com
Fashion, Visual Merchandising and Mannequins

Glam.com
http://www.glam.com
A vertical portal offering articles, user forums and merchandise

Infomat – Fashion Industry Information Services
http://www.infomat.com
Who’s Who information, Career Information and Fashion Calendar
Also has fashion and color forecasting information

Style.com
http://www.style.com
The Online Home of Vogue & W

ZoomLookBook.com
http://www.zoomlookbook.com/SIA
Photo coverage of runway shows with ability to zoom in on details

FASHION & COLOR FORECASTING

The Style Council [tsc]
http://stylecouncil.com
Color and fabric trend forecasting for men's women's and childrenswear

Trendzine – Fashion Information
http://www.fashioninformation.com
On-line Forecast, Trend Reporting & News Service
 

Geographic Fashion Information

New York & American Fashion Information

Fashion Center New York City
http://www.fashioncenter.com 
The Fashion Center BID promotes New York City’s Apparel Industry

Seventh on Sixth
http://www.olympusfashionweek.com/fall2004/img_fashion
7th on Sixth was created in 1993 to organize, centralize and modernize the American Collections and provides a platform for American designers to become players in the global fashion business.

European & International Fashion Information

British Vogue Fashion Shows
http://www.vogue.co.uk/Shows/
Photos from the fashion shows of major designers in London, Paris, Milan and New York.  Includes news updates and photos from key collections of women's RTW and menswear, from current shows back to A/W 2001/2002.  Choose by season, category, designer.

CFA: Contemporary Fashion Archive
www.contemporaryfashion.net/index.php/none/none/0/uk/home.html
International project for contemporary design information

Fashion Planet
http://www.fashion-planet.com
Fashion Images from all over the world, especially New York and Bangkok

First View
http://www.firstview.com
International Fashion magazine with Fashion Show Photos from around the world
Note: Fashion from the past year as well as clothing currently in stores may be viewed at no charge.  A subscription is required to view next year's collections or the archive of past years.

Made in Italy
http://www.Made-in-Italy.com
Italian Fashion, Food, Wine,  Shopping, and Travel

Fashion Group International
http://www.fgi.org 
Organization of Fashion, Apparel, Accessories, Beauty and Home Industries Professionals

Milan Fashion Shows
http://www.milanfashionshows.com/
Images from Milan Fashion Shows

Moda Italia
http://www.modaitalia.net
Italian Fashion

Mode a Paris
http://www.modeaparis.com/va
Paris Fashion

Historic Fashion Information

Costume & fashion History

Bissonnette on Costume
http://dept.kent.edu/museum/costume 
A Visual Dictionary of Fashion, Kent State University Museum. You can search this site by using a Geographic Search, a Time Search, or a Subject Search.

The Costume Page
http://www.costumepage.org
Links related to the study of Costume and Costume History

The Costumer's Manifesto
http://www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm
Links related to Western Costume History, by period.  With links to Patterns, Specialty and Ethnic costumes, and more.

Fashion - Era
http://www.fashion-era.com 
Fashion – Era contains images of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Textiles and Social History

Footwear of the Middle Ages
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM
An ongoing examination of the history and development of Footwear and Shoemaking Techniques up to the end of the sixteenth century

History of Fashion & Costume
http://designerhistory.com
Compendium of fashion history.  Includes models, illustrators, hat and shoe designers, and fashion houses. 

Museum & Private Costume Collections

Beverly Birks Couture Collection
http://www.beverleybirks.com 
Images from the Beverly Birks Couture Collection including Haute Couture, Hats, Handbags, Boots, Shoes and early 19th Century collection of Fashion Prints

Cornell University Costume and Textile Collection
http://www.human.cornell.edu/che/fsad/cctc.cfm
View highlights of the collection or search their entire catalog

Museum of Costume – Bath and North East Somerset
http://www.museumofcostume.co.uk
The Assembly Rooms and Museum of Costume, Bath England

New York Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/department.asp?dep=8
Selections from the permanent collection

Victoria and Museum, Fashion, Jewellery & Accessories Collections
http://www.VAM.AC.UK/collections/fashion/index.html
The collection covers fashionable dress from the 17th century to the present day, with the emphasis on progressive and influential designs from the major fashion centers of Europe.

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