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American Decades:1990-1999. (Reference E169.1 .A43 2001)

Art Information and the Internet (Reference N59 J66 1999)
Includes web resources for fashion, costume design, and museums.

Contemporary Fashion (Reference TT505 A1 1995)
Provides information on international fashion designers from 1945-1995 including biographical entries and bibliographical citations.

Culture and Customs of ...(Reference GT3400)

 

Directory of Brand Name Apparel Manufacturers (ReferenceTT495 .D57 2001)

Over 2800 brand name labels are covered in this directory of manufacturers organized by type of apparel. Company summaries included label names, products, price points, show rooms and contact information. Useful indexes for companies, labels, and web information are also included.

 

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. (Reference GT507 .E53 2005)

Encyclopedia of Textiles (Reference TS1309 J47 1992)
Includes information on textile types, history and manufacturing. Photographs.

Encyclopedia of World Art, 17 vols. (Reference N31.E5)
400 to 600 pages of illustrations at the end of each volume. Covers art in the broad sense including architecture, sculpture, and textiles.

Fairchild's Dictionary of Fashion (Reference TT503 C34 2003)
Contains clothing terminology from historical and contemporary viewpoints. Includes terms used in manufacture, merchandizing and distribution of apparel. Illustrated.

Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles (Reference TS1309 F34 1996)

Fairchild's Textile & Apparel Financial Directory (Reference HD9853 .F34 1999)

Sales, earnings, revenues, assets, liabilities, stock data, and contact information for U.S. companies is included along with names of directors and business summaries of textile and apparel companies.

Fashions of a Decade 1920's-1990's (Reference GT 596 H47 1991)
Multi-volume set.

The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes (Reference X GT510 R3313 1989)

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Fashion (Reference GT720 C37 1994)

International Directory of Design. (Reference TT495 .I57 2000)

International Directory of Design: Apparel, Fashion & Textile Design (Reference TT495 .I57 2000)

Over 80 countries are represented in this 5th edition international directory of design.  Information  for each country includes schools, organizations, and periodicals. Contact information for corresponding entities is also included.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Art, 5 vols. (Reference N33.M3)
Includes articles on far east, near east, and primitive. In addition includes articles on styles, periods, cities, buildings, museums and definitions.

WWD Buyer's Guide: women's apparel & accessories manufacturers. (Reference HD9940 U4 W65 1994)

 


Apparel Guide
This guide is only an introduction to locating materials on this topic.
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Updated: 8 October 2008 by erf
 
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