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Fashion & Interior Merchandising
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Costume History
- The Costume Page
Index of links for making, wearing and history of costume. Access to reference resources, costume museums, theatrical costume sources and related organizations. Provides links to many Internet sites that feature ethnic and folk costumes from all regions of the world. (Julie Zetterberg)
- The Costume Ring
Provides links to over 100 sites dedicated to costume, including historic fashion, traditional and folk dress, and theater and film costume.
- La Couturiere Parisienne: Costume and Fashion
Site includes sections providing information on ethnic costume, as well as an illustrated history of costume from 1400-1939, timelines, patterns.
- Greek Costume Through the Centuries
Informative text with illustrations tracing the history and evolution of Greek costume, from the Minoan period through the late 19th century. (Anna Mavromatis)
- History of Costume
Plates with brief identification, from the c. 1861-1880 publication by Braun & Schneider. (C. Otis Sweezey, Southern Illinois Univ.)
- The New York Public Library Picture Collection Online
A searchable collection of over 30,000 digitized images from the collection of the New York Public Library. Images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923; organized into 28 broad categories. Particularly useful for research in fashion and history.
- Timeline of Costume History
Great examples of costumes through the ages. (Tara Maginnis, University of Alaska)
- Traditional Dress, Ethnic Costumes and Textiles of the World
(The Costumer's Manifesto)
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Fashion
- American Apparel Manufacturers Association
Provides statistics, industry news, organizational activities, list of publications.
- The Fashion Center, New York City
A guide to the business of fashion in NYC, including a Fashion District map, industry links, calendar of events.
- Fashion Designers in the Yahoo Directory
- FIT Library Guide: Fashion on the Web
Guide to internet resources covering current and historic fashion information and information by geographic region.(Fashion Institute of Technology)
- Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design
Includes links to fashion, design and schools and provides an online textile dictionary and a fashion glossary.
- NPR: Fashion Week
Series of reports behind the scenes of Fashion Week in NYC. Includes audio files and links to related stories and sites.(National Public Radio)
- Open Directory: Designers
- Solemate:The Century in Shoes
Decade-by-decade history of women's fashion shoes in the 20th Century. Video clips and advertisements are included for each decade. (The Marketing Store)
- Style.com: Fashion Shows, Runway Reviews
Features reviews and digital images for each season. Highlights from New York, London, Paris and Milan. (CondeNast)
- Women's Wear Daily
An industry standard. Website provides some content of print edition. Much of the content is available only through subscription. MHC maintains a current print subscription with a 3 month backfile.
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Interior Design
- American Decorative Arts
20th-century modern design (1925-1975).
- Design Site
A web site for architecture and design related information, products and services.
- Home Furnishing
Information about furniture and furnishings. Buying tips, constrution, interior decorating, furniture care and repair. Links to related sites.
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Textiles
- Cotton Incorporated
- Emerging Textiles
Textile and clothing trade information.
- Fabriclink
Resources for fabrics, apparel, home furnishings; the characteristics, history, care, and production of fibers. Includes dictionary, product information.
- Fibersource
Features include Fiberworld Classroom with history, uses, products, care and maintenance, and manufacturing; and FiberLinks with categories including science and technology, trade and professional organizations, government resources, and educational institutions.(American Fiber Manufacturerers Association and Fiber Economics Bureau)
- Google Directory: Arts > Crafts > Textiles
- Google Directory: Business > Textiles & Nonwovens
- How Products are Made
Electronic counterpart of 7-volume print set published by Gale (1994-2002). Search or browse; articles includes background, diagrams, raw materials, manufacturing process, future of the product and a bibliography. (Gale)
- Textile Dictionary
Subdivided into cotton, standard worsted and wool, standard silk and silk imitation, specialty, plant, manmade and miscellaneous fibers. (Internet Centre for Canadian Fashion and Design)
- Textile Source
Textile companies, design, trade publications, bibliography, links.
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