Fashion
Research Topics
Topics and Search Terms
- Customs, costumes and folklore
- Fashion, Fashion Design, Fashion Illustration...
- Clothing and dress
Search Tip: Check the Oversize Stacks!Don't forget to check the Oversize shelves in the library with the same classifications. Many art, fashion and design books are very large size and are shelved separately with the same classification numbers.
Library Subscription Databases
Use this database to find historical context.
Search tips:
Research Topic => "historical events".
Search for "1970s Popular Culture"
A comprehensive research database. Search thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and more in many subject areas: education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news.
Search tips:
Search “(your decade) fashion” for general results
Search “1970s designers” or “Coco Chanel” for specific results
Use advanced features to search for a specific magazine (e.g. Vogue) and search within that title.
Other Libraries
Alameda County Public Library
Requires AC Library Card Barcode/Pin
Life Magazine Archive, 1936-
People Magazine Archive, 1974-
Vanity Fair Magazine Archive, 1913-1936, 1983-2015
Library of Congress
Fashion Industry Research Guide
Subject headings, keywords, magazines, trade literature and more.
Books / eBooks
Use the curated collection of books...
Websites and other resources
General
Flores, et. al. What people were wearing the year you were born: Let's embark on a 120-year fashion journey, shall we? Marie Claire. May 8, 2020. [magazine website link].
Fashion History Timeline. Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT). State University of New York, NY. [link]
An open access resource with a searchable database. Includes global fashion history. Use the Time Period menu to search for a century and decade. Use the Searchable Database to find ... Use the Zotero citations to find a rich, curated bibliography of secondary sources.
--. 100 years of fashion: women's fashion then and now. LA POLO [blog link].
Brief summaries with pictures of each of the decades.
Firchau, R J. 100 plus years of men's fashion: a lot has changed in the last century. The GentleManual.Ties.com. August 8, 2022. [magazine website link].
Brief summaries with some pictures of each of the decades.