Background
This section represents only a small number of the costume and fashion books in the library. You can find books on costume and fashion (print and eBooks) in the below call number ranges with the browse tool (choose LC Call Number from the pulldown menu):
- GT 500 - GT 2346 – Fashion; social aspects of clothing
- PN 2067 - PN 2068 & PN 2085 - PN 2091 – Costumes for performance, stage design & lighting
- TT 490 - TT 820 – Dressmaking; tailoring; technical considerations, needlework
Auguste RacinetCall Number: Reference GT510 .R3313 2003
Clothing Through American HistoryCall Number: GT607 .S73 2011
The Costume Designer's HandbookCall Number: TT507 .I46 1992
Encyclopedia of World Dress and FashionCall Number: Reference GT507 .E54 2010
Speciality Books
This section represents only a small number of the specialty costume and fashion books in the library.
The CorsetCall Number: GT2075 .S74 2004
Textiles: The Whole StoryCall Number: GT525 .G67 2014
Tim Gunn's Fashion BibleCall Number: TT507 .G863 2012
The Tudor TailorCall Number: TT504.6.G7 M55 2006
Digging Deeper in the Library Catalog
Digging Deeeper in Databases
- ARTstor This link opens in a new windowDigital image library offering searchable collections of images and descriptive information including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, and more, encompassing many time periods and world cultures.
Note: First time, off-campus users accessing via OpenAthens will be required to create a personal account - Berg Fashion Library This link opens in a new windowColor images, academic eBooks, museum directory, exhibition archive, reference works, and teaching resources relating to the world of dress and fashion.
- Illustrated London News Historical Archive, 1842-2003 This link opens in a new windowDigitized full run of the world's most iconic illustrated newspaper from 1842-2003.
- Grove Art Online This link opens in a new windowEncyclopedia covering art and artists worldwide in all fields of the visual arts.
Digging Deeper in Websites
- American Memory This link opens in a new windowOnline collection of written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music documenting the American experience.
- Cabinet Card GalleryVictorian cabinet card photographs.
- Elizabethan Costume PageExtensive page of patterns, styles, and details of Elizabethan costume.
- Global Performing Arts ConsortiumDigital images related to the performing arts from around the world. Search results are unpredictable. Take the Video Introduction to get started.
- MetPublicationsFive decades of publications by The Metropolitan Museum of Art on art history available as free downloads.
- Metropolitan Museum of Art – The Costume InstituteImages from the Met collections. Search by artist, maker, culture, object type, geographical location, and time period.
- Museum of the City of New YorkThousands of historical photographs from life in NYC, including theatres, theatrical productions, and ephemera.
- National Gallery LondonPaintings searchable by artist and century.
- National Portrait Gallery UKPortraits of famous British men and women.
- New York Public Library Digital Collections This link opens in a new windowDigitized items from the New York Public Library, this is a living database with new materials added every day, featuring prints, photographs, maps, manuscripts, streaming video, and more
- Ringling CollectionPhotographs of 19th Century actors and actresses.
- Victoria and Albert MuseumUse More Search Options to explore the V&A's vast collections, including costume, architecture, and decorative arts. Berg Fashion Library contains the V&A's clothing collection.
- Web Gallery of ArtContains art from a broad range of periods, including portraits and architecture.
