Polimoda Library staff has compiled a list of free online fashion resources for our students. From Vogue Italia's archive to the MET's digital collection, discover our curated list of virtual libraries, magazines, collections, databases and more to keep you busy and take advantage of this time spent at home.
REFERENCE
GENERAL RESOURCES
- Getty Museum Virtual Library
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum collection online
- Hathi Trust digital library: partnership of academic and research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world
- MET:ย Digital Collection;ย Met Publications
- Picular: color generator using Google’s image searchย
- CC Search: to discover openly licensed and public domain works
ONLINE COSTUME COLLECTIONS
- Chicago History Museum digital Collection
- Columbia College Chicago: Fashion Study Collection
- John Bright collection
- Manchester Art Gallery Costume Collection
- Philadelphia Museum of Art Costume and Textiles Department
- The Drexel Digital Museum Project: Historic Costume Collection
- The Henry Art Galleryโs Costume and Textile Collection
- The Valentine Richmond History Center Costume & Textiles Collection
- University of Alberta, Clothing and Textiles digital Collection
FASHION RESOURCES
- Europeana Fashion
- Fashion channel: The best videos, the most exclusive moments of the international runway since 1982 until now, of the most representative fashion weeks of the worldย
- Fashion in Google arts and culture
- Fashion in the British library
- FirstView.com: runaway database 1995-2019ย
- M2M Channel: Made To Measure (M2M) is the network that brings you the best feature films, documentaries, TV shows, and short videos about fashion, style, art, & culture – all for free
MAGAZINES
COLLECTIONS
- Fashion United
- Lyst insights
- Theindustry.fashion: (founded by Lauretta Roberts, a former editor of Drapers and director of WGSN, and Antony Hawman, a former director of Birchbox and My-wardrobe.com and a publishing manager of Drapers)
- Vogue Business
DIGITIZED
- Adam, la revue de l’homme, 1924-1948
- Album du Figaro, 1942-1943, 1948-1949
- Another Manย (last issue free to download; registration required)
- Arpel, Ars Sutoriaโฆ (read online the last issue)
- Art Goรปt Beautรฉ, 1920-1934
- Dazedย (last issue free to download; registration required)
- Excelsior Modes, 1931-1937
- Fashionย (read online the last issue)
- Harperโs Bazaar 1867-1900
- La Mode par Fried, 1918-1919
- Les Idรฉes nouvelles de la mode, 1922-1929
- Mode du Jour, 1938-1949
- Modes et Maniรจres d’aujourdโhui, 1912-1920
- Pour Elle, 1940-1941
- Purpleย (text since 2006 available)
- Silhouettes, 1940-1945
- Trรจs Parisien, 1920-1935
- Vogue Italia Archive: this vast wealth of material is available to all, free of charge, till June 2020. To enjoy it, just go toย http://archivio.vogue.it/ย , click on Subscribers and select the Full Archive option. Once youโve registered your account by entering the promotional code VARCHIVE4YOU, youโll have full access to the archive and to Vogue Portfolio, where you can carry out unlimited searches and print high-resolution images.
- Vogue Paris 1920-1940
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required.ย Create yourย Open Libraryย and then borrow books.
- A.L.T.ย byย Andre Leon Talley, April 8, 2003, Villard
- Blow by Blowย byย Detmar Blow, 2011, HarperCollins
- D.V.ย byย Diana Vreeland, 1984, Knopf
- Diana Vreelandย byย Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, Feb 18, 2013, Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Front Row: Anna Wintourย byย Jerry Oppenheimer, January 27, 2005, St. Martin’s Press
- In and out of Vogueย byย Grace Mirabella, 1995, Doubleday
FASHION AND CLOTHING AND DRESS HISTORY
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required
- 20,000 years of fashionย byย Boucher, Franรงois,ย 1967, H. N. Abrams
- A History Of Costume With Over 600 Illustrations And Patternsย byย Carl Kohler, 1963, Dover Publications
- A survey of historic costumeย byย Phyllis G. Tortora,ย Keith Eubank, 1989, Fairchild Publications
- Against fashionย byย Radu Stern, 2004, MIT Press
- American Fashionย byย Sarah Tomerlin Lee, 1975, Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co
- An elegant artย byย Los Angeles County Museum of Art.,ย 1983, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, H.N. Abrams
- AngloManiaย byย Andrew Bolton,ย Harold Koda, January 20, 2007, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Art deco fashion, byย Suzanne Lussier, 2003, Bulfinch Press
- Best dressedย byย Dilys Blum, 1997, Philadelphia Museum of Art
- California fashion designers, 1987, Peregrine Smith Books
- Cubism and fashionย byย Martin, Richard,ย 1998, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by H.N. Abrams
- Decades of beauty.ย byย Kate Mulvey,ย Melissa Richards,ย 1998, Checkmark Books, an imprint of Facts On File, Inc.
- Decades of fashionย byย Harriet Worsley,ย 2000, Kรถnemann, Hulton Getty Picture Collection Ltd.
- Encyclopedia of clothing and fashionย byย Valerie Steele,ย 2005, Charles Scribner’s Sons
- Fashion and eroticismย byย Valerie Steele, 1985, Oxford University Press
- Fashionย byย Michael Batterberry, 1982, Greenwich House
- Fashion dolls, byย Maree Tarnowska, 1986, Hobby House Press
- Fashions of a Decade, byย Valerie Cumming,ย September 1992, Facts on File
- Fifty years of fashionย byย Valerie Steele, 1997, Yale University Press
- Four hundred years of fashionย byย Victoria and Albert Museum,ย Madeleine Ginsburg,ย Avril Hart,ย Valerie Mendes, 1992, Victoria and Albert Museum
- Inventive Paris clothes, 1909-1939ย byย Penn, Irving,ย 1977, Viking Press
- Made in Britainย byย Catherine McDermott, 2002, Mitchell Beazley
- Material manย byย Giannino Malossi, 2000, H.N. Abrams
- Medieval Clothing and Costumesย byย Margaret Scott, September 2003, Rosen Publishing Group
- New York Fashionย byย Sonnet Stanfill, April 1, 2007, Victoria & Albert Museum
- Paris fashionย byย Valerie Steele,ย 1988
- Paris-New Yorkย byย Museum of the City of New York, 2008, Monacelli Press
- Seductionย byย Caroline Cox, October 24, 2006, Collins Design
- Seeing through clothes.ย byย Anne Hollander,ย 1980, Avon Books
- Slaves to fashionย byย Monica L. Miller,ย 2009, Duke University Press
- Style surfingย byย Ted Polhemus, 1996, Thames and Hudson
- The Beautiful Fallย byย Alicia Drake,ย September 6, 2007, Back Bay Books
- The golden age of styleย byย Robinson, Julian, 1976, Orbis Pub.
- The historical encyclopedia of costumeย byย Auguste Racinet, 1988, Facts on File
- The historical modeย byย Martin, Richard, 1989, Rizzoli
- The killer detailย byย Francลois Armanet,ย 2013
- The London fashion bookย byย Andrew Tucker, 1998, Rizzoli
- The mechanical smileย byย Caroline Evans, 2013
- The seventeenth century.ย Byย Valerie Cumming,ย 1984, Drama Book Publishers
- The St. James Fashion Encyclopediaย byย Martin, Richard,ย September 1996, Visible Ink Press
- The Worldwide History of Dressย byย Patricia R. Anawalt, November 30, 2007, Thames & Hudson
- Vogue history of 20th century fashion, byย Jane Mulvagh, 1988, Viking
FASHION EXHIBITIONS
ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
- Over 400 Fashion exhibition
- Rei Kawakubo Comme des garรงons: art of the in-between, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 4 maggio-4 settembre 2017
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required
- Artwearย byย Melissa Leventon, May 2005, Thames & Hudson
- Extreme Beautyย byย Harold Koda, December 1, 2001, Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Manus x machinaย byย Andrew Bolton, 2016
- Skin and Bonesย byย Brooke Hodge, September 2006, Museum of Contemporary Art
- Superheroesย byย Andrew Bolton.ย 2008, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University Press
- The supermodern wardrobeย byย Andrew Bolton.ย 2002, V&A, distributed by Harry N. Abrams
FASHION DESIGNERS
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required
- Abboud:ย Threadsย byย Joseph Abboud,ย Ellen Stern, 2004, HarperCollins
- Amies:ย Still hereย byย Hardy Amies, 1984, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
- Beene:ย Beauty and the Beeneย byย Laura Jacobs, 1999, Abrams
- Berardi:ย Antonio Berardi: Sex and Sensibility (Cutting Edge (New York, N.Y. : Watson-Guptill).)ย byย Tamsin Blanchard, November 1999, Watson-Guptill Publications
- Capucci:ย Roberto Capucciย byย Dilys Blum, 2011, Philadelphia Museum of Art, In association with Yale University Press
- Cassini:ย A thousand days of magicย byย Oleg Cassini, 1995, Rizzoli International
- Cassini:ย In my own fashionย byย Oleg Cassini, 1987, Simon and Schuster
- Chanel:ย Coco Chanelย byย Jeremy Wallis, 2002, Heinemann Library
- Chanel:ย Chanelย byย Franรงois Baudot, 2000, Universe/Vendome Press
- Chanel:ย Coco Chanel, her life, her secretsย byย Marcel Haedrich, 1972, Hale
- Chanel:ย Lโirrgulire Ou Mon Itinraire Chanelย byย Roux Charles, 2009, Livre de Poche
- Chanel:ย Chanelย byย Axel Madsen, September 15, 1991, Holt Paperbacks
- Clairbone:ย Liz Claiborneย byย Art Ortenberg, 2010, Taylor Trade Pub.
- De la Renta:ย Oscar de la Rentaย byย Louis Carrillo, 1996, Raintree Steck-Vaughn
- Dior:ย Christian Diorย byย Martin, Richard, 1996, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by H.N. Abrams
- Dior:ย Christian Diorย byย Marie France Pochna, 1994, Flammarion
- Ferrรจ:ย Ferrรจ by Vogueย byย Gianfranco Ferrรฉ, 1993, Edizioni Condรฉ Nast
- Gaultier:ย Jean Paul Gaultier (Universe of Fashion)ย byย Farid Chenoune, 1998, The Vendome Press for Universe
- Givenchy:ย The Givenchy styleย byย Franรงoise Mohrt, 1998, Vendome Press
- Gucci:ย The house of Gucciย byย Sara Gay Forden, 2001, HarperCollins Publishers
- Halston:ย Simply Halstonย byย Steven S. Gaines, 1991, Putnam
- Hilfiger:ย All-Americanย byย Tommy Hilfiger, October 15, 1997, Universe
- Klein:ย The House of Kleinย byย Lisa Marsh, August 18, 2003, Wiley
- Klein:ย Obsession: the live and times of Calvin Klein, May 1995, Avon Books (Mm)
- Lauren:ย Genuine Authenticย byย Michael Gross, January 21, 2003, HarperCollins
- Lauren:ย Ralph Laurenย byย Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg, 1988, Little, Brown
- McQueen:ย Alexander McQueenย byย Andrew Bolton, 2011, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by Yale University Press
- Miyake:ย Issey Miyakeย byย Laurence Benaรฏm, 1997, Editions Assouline
- Mizrahi:ย Isaac Mizrahiย byย Lisa Petrillo, 2011, Morgan Reynolds Pub.
- Mugler:ย Thierry Muglerย byย Daniรจle Bott, 2010, Thames & Hudson
- Saint Laurent:ย Yves Saint Laurentย byย Alice Rawsthorn, 1996, Nan A. Talese
- Saint Laurent:ย Living for design : the Yves Saint Laurent story
- Saint Laurent:ย Yves Saint Laurentย byย Laurence Benaim, 1995, B. Grasset
- Saint Laurent:ย Loveย byย Yves Saint Laurent, 2000, Harry N. Abrams
- Patou:ย Patouย byย Meredith Etherington-Smith, 1983, St. Martin’s/Marek
- Perry Ellis:ย Perry Ellisย byย Jonathan Moor, 1988, St. Martin’s Press
- Poiret:ย Paul Poiretย byย Alice Mackrell, 1990, Holmes & Meier
- Reid:ย Rose Marie Reidย byย Carole Reid Burr, 1995, Covenant Communications
- Scaasi:ย Scaasiย byย Bernadine Morris,ย Arnold Scaasi, October 15, 1996, Rizzoli International Publications
- Toledo:ย The roots of styleย byย Isabel Toledo, 2012, New American Library
- Wang:ย Vera Wangย byย Anne M. Todd, February 28, 2007, Chelsea House Publications
- Worth:ย Worthย byย Diana De Marly, 1980, Elm Tree Books
FASHION ILLUSTRATION
FASHION ILLUSTRATORS
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required
- Antonio’s peopleย byย Paul Caranicas,ย Antonio Lopez,ย Juan, Ramos, 2004, Thames & Hudson
- Umberto Brunelleschi, fashion-stylist, illustrator, stage and costume designerย byย Umberto Brunelleschi, 1979, Rizzoli
PATTERNMAKING AND DRAPING
BOOKS
- Openlibrary; loan available; registration required
- Basic pattern skills for fashion designย byย Bernard Zamkoff, 1987, Fairchild Publications
- Classic tailoring techniquesย byย Cabrera, Roberto, 1984, Fairchild Publications
- Couture sewing techniquesย byย Claire B. Shaeffer, 1993, Taunton Press
- Dress pattern designing, byย Natalie Bray, 1961, Crosby Lockwood
- Fashion in detailย byย Avril Hart,ย Susan North, 1998, Rizzoli, [Distributed by St. Martin’s Press]
- How to make historic American costumesย byย Evans, Mary, 1993, Players Press
- Modern fashion in detailย byย Claire Wilcox,ย Valerie D. Mendes,ย Valerie Mendex, 1991, Overlook Press
- The art of fashion drapingย byย Connie Amaden-Crawford, 1989, Fairchild Publications
SUBCULTURE
BOOKS
- Subculture, the meaning of style by Dick Hebdige. 1979, Methuen (Openlibrary; loan available; registration required)
FANZINES
- Punk Rock: how to look punkย (1970s)
- SLASH,ย Los Angeles, CA, 1977 โ 1980; NO MAG, Los Angeles, CA, 1978 โ 1985; DAMAGE, San Francisco, CA, 1979 โ 1981; DRY, New York, NY, 1979 โ 1982; BOSTON ROCK, Boston, MA, 1980 โ 1984
- Shocking Pinkย (1981-1982 and 1987-1992)
VIDEO: MOVIES, DOCUMENTARIES, INTERVIEWS, PODCASTS NEW
- Antifashion 90s
- Azzedine Alaia by Joe McKenna (2007)
- Balmain Documentary (2017)
- Christian Dior The Man Behind the Myth (2005)
- Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams at the Musรฉe des Arts Dรฉcoratifsย
- ‘DIOR AND I’ (2014)ย
- CLICK – The History of Fashion Photography (2019)ย
- Creative Conversations with Suzy Menkes Podcast –ย Ep 1. Maria Grazia Chiuri, Christian Diorย (2020)
- Creative Conversations with Suzy Menkes Podcast –ย Ep 2.ย Stephen Jonesย ย (2020)
- Hedi Slimane – Renegades of Fashion (2019):ย part 1
- In Vogue: The Editors Eye (2012)
- Karl Lagerfeld confidential (2007)ย
- Kenzo Takada – Renegades of Fashion (2019)
- McQueen (2018 film)ย The film about British fashion designer Alexander McQueen by Ian Bonhรดte
- Metropolis by Fritz Lang (1927)
- Models the film movie by Peter Lindbergh (1991)ย
- Paris is burning (1990)ย
- Rei Kawakubo Comme des Garรงons – Renegades of Fashion (2018)
- The Artist Is Absent: A Short Film On Martin Margiela by YOOX Group (2015)
- The Next Black – A film about the Future of Clothing (2014)ย
- The Real Blow Up Sixties Film Documentary:ย part 1ย ,ย part 2
- Tom Ford Documentary (2015)
- Valentino : the last emperor (2009)
- Vivienne Westwood – Renegades of Fashion (2019)
- Yves Saint Laurent : L’amour fou (2011)