APPAREL, FASHION, AND RETAIL MERCHANDISING  Tags: apparel fashion retail merchandising  

Clothing industry business-to-business link.

From the American Apparel & Foorwear Association.

Includes trends in fabrics.

From About.com Includes fashion trends.

Promotes Manhattan's garment district.

Links to designers' sites.

Mostly a subscription service, but some free info.

Includes guides ("in-depth handbook for navigating the business of fashion"), runway photos, trends, apparel, retail, and textile news.

Industry news, analysis and research.

Online home of Details and GQ.

National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Online home of Vogue and W. Includes trends.

(British).

Over 78,000 works of digitized art and design. Includes Costume, Jewelry and Textiles. Stout Users Only!

Costume history from 1804-1923.

Megasite of costume history.

Illustrated pages of fashion history.

From Vintagevixen.com.

Art of Motion Picture Costume Design (Online exhibit).

From Imperial Chemical Industries' Colour Museum (Medieval times-1914).

History, development and shoemaking techniques up to 1699.

by Stephen Jones. From the Victoria and Albert Museum

From Infoseek.

Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Search by place, time or subject.

Includes runway pictures of fashion shows. Subscription required for newest shows.

University of Washington Digital Collections. Includes plates from leading fashion magazines 1806-1915.

Reproduction of 19th century magazine.

Search for women and clothing.

Reproduction of 19th century costume book by Braun & Schneider, c. 1861- 1880.

Largest collection of international runway and catwalk presentations available. Click On Trends, then select the topic Runway.

of the New york Public Library includes such topics as clothing, dress, costume, fashion drawings, fur fashions, gloves, hats, hosiery, shoes, textiles, umbrellas and parasols, jewelry and hairdressing by time period.