Library Guides: Textile and Apparel Management 1100: Introduction to the Textile and Apparel Industry: FashionInformation

Fashion Resources

American Decades
Call Number: Ready Ref E169.12 .A419
Provides information about what the happenings in the United States decade by decade from 1900 to 1999. Includes information on the arts, business, fashion, politics, sports, religion, science, social trends, education, and media.

MU Libraries Catalog - To find books on your fashion designer of interest, choose keyword search and key in the name, for example Coco Chanel or Ralph Lauren

Hint: Once you find a book on your topic, browse the same general call number area to possibly find other books of interest.

Contemporary Fashion
Call Number: Ref TT505.A1 C66 2002
ISBN: 1558623485
This edition includes coverage of more than 450 designers, milliners, footwear designers, fashion companies and textile houses.
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion
Call Number: Ref GT507 .E53 2005
ISBN: 0684313944
This A-to-Z encyclopedia is the essential resource for exploring the relationship between culture and couture. The set examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies and the social meanings of dress.
The Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion 3rd Edition
Call Number: Ref TT 503 .C34 2003
ISBN: 1563672359
Defines more than 15,000 fashion terms, including apparel, accessories, and their components; historical and textile terms that relate to contemporary fashion; and the language of the fashion business.