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[hidetoc]This guide will assist the user in finding information for the study of costume, clothing history, and retail merchandising, with a concentration on the apparel and textiles areas. Other sources provide information on the cultural, societal and psychological influences on clothing choices.
WWW SITES
Clothing and Fashion
- Apparel Search Clothing industry business-to-business link
- Career Threads From the American Apparel & Footwear Association
- Cotton Incorporated Includes trends in fabrics
- Fashion From About.com Includes fashion trends
- Fashion Center, New York City Promotes Manhattan's garment district
- Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising: Kool Connections
- Fashion Net Links to designers' sites
- Fashion Snoops Mostly a subscription service, but some free info
- Fashion Syndicate Press: Fashion Showroom
- Fashion Trendsetter
- Fashion Windows
- InfoMat Fashion Information includes guides ("in-depth handbooks for navigating the business of fashion"), runway photos, trends, apparel, retail and textile news
- Just-Style Industry news, analysis and research
- Men.style.com Online home of Details and GQ
- Standardization of Women's Clothing National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Style.com Online home of Vogue and W. Includes trends
- Vogue Shows (British)
- Yahoo!: Fashion and Beauty
Costume History
- BATA Shoe Museum
- Camio
Over 78,000 works of digitized art and design
- Clothing and Fashion from American Women's History: A Research Guide
- The Costume Gallery Costume history from 1804-1923
- The Costume Page: Costuming Resources Online Includes history, ethnic, theatrical and materials
- The Costumer's Manifesto Megasite of costume history
- Eye-Glass Museum
- Fashion Era Illustrated pages of fashion history
- Fashion History:1900-1970 from Vintagevixen.com
- Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Art of Motion Picture Costume Design (Online exhibit)
- Fashion Through the Ages From Imperial Chemical Industries' Colour Museum (Medieval time-1914)
- Fiber Science and Apparel: Cornell Costume and Textile Collection
- Footware of the Middle Ages History, development and shoemaking techniques up to 1699
- Historic Costume and Textiles Collection at the Ohio State University
- History of Clothing from Infoseek
- Museum of Costume, Bath
- Ravensgard Costuming and Textiles Page Last updated June 2004
- Right Chemistry: Colors in Fashion, 1704 - 1918
- Works of Art: The Costume Institute Metropolitan Museum of Art
Images
- Bissonnette on Costume : a Visual Dictionary of Fashion Search by place, time or subject
- First View Includes runway pictures of fashion shows. Subscription required for newest shows
- Fashion Plate Collection University of Washington Digital Collections. Includes plates from leading fashion magazines 1806 - 1915
- Godey's Lady's Book Reproduction of 19th century magazine
- Harvard University Library Visual Information Access Search for women and clothing
- History of Costume Reproduction of 19th century costume book by Braun & Schneider, c.1861-1880
- Infomat Largest collection of international runway and catwalk presentations available. Select "Runway: A Look at Designer Collections from Around the World", click on "collection" tab, chose designer, click on the yellow dot for specific year and ready-to-wear or couture
- Picture Collection Online 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
- Regency Fashion Page
ASSOCIATIONS AND SCHOOLS
- Apparel and Textile Industry Associations and Organizations
- American Apparel and Footwear Association
- Center for Education and Research in Retailing Indiana University
- Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Dept of Fiber Science and Apparel Design
- Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) State University of New York
- Featured Fashion Schools and Colleges From Fashion Career Center
- HCTAR: Harvard Center for Textile and Apparel Research Research on the dynamics between retailers and manufacturers
- Hosiery Association (THA)
- International Costumer's Guild
- National Textile Center University Research Consortium "Serving USA Fiber/Textile/Fabricated Products" (Auburn University, Clemson University, Cornell, Georgia Institute of Technology, North Carolina State, Philadelphia University School of Engineering and Textiles, University of California at Davis, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth)
- Parsons The New School for Design
RETAIL MERCHANDISING
- BizRate Shopping Search Free comparison shopping site
- CIO Industry: Enterprise
- Evolution of the Shopping Center With illustrated timeline
- National Retail Federation
- National Shoe Retailers Association
- Retail Industry.com
- Retail Net
- RILA: Retail Industry Leaders Association
- Shop.com
- Shopping From About.com
- Shopping Mall and Shopping Center Studies
- Small Business Administration
- Top Ten Trends for the Wholesale Industry
- Yahoo!: Apparel
- Yahoo!: Shopping
- Yoox Online designer shopping includes such designers as Chloe, Dolce and Gabbana, Gucci, and Prada
COMPANIES
Many companies have their own Web sites. Do a company name search in Yahoo, Google or AltaVista to find these. Some sample sites are:- American Eagle
- Abercrombie & Fitch
- Best Buy
- Eddie Bauer
- Carson, Pirie, Scott
- Federated Department Stores
- The Gap
- JC Penney
- JCrew
- Joe Boxer
- Kohls
- Lands' End
- L.L. Bean
- Nike
- Nordstrom
- Sears
- Spiegel
- Target
- Wal-Mart
- Yahoo! Finance
- Yahoo! Apparel Retailers
- Hoover's Company Records
in Proquest.
- Disclosure Reports
in Lexis Nexis. Select Business, Company Financial Reports, enter company
name
- Plunkett Research Online
- Value Line
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Dun's Business Rankings REF HG4057 .A237
- Encyclopedia of Consumer Brands REF HF5415.3 .E527
- International Directory of Company Histories REF HD2721 .D36x
- Mergent Industrial Manual REF HG4961 .M672x
- Mergent OTC Industrial Manual REF HG4961 .M7238
- Notable Corporate Chronologies REF HG4009 .N68
- Value Line REF HG4501 .V26
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and audiovisual materials about your topic. Use a keyword guided search and then click on the Long View. You can explore any of the listed subject headings by selecting the link. Some examples of subject terms you can use are:
- CLOTHING AND DRESS
- COSTUME
- MERCHANDISING
- CLOTHING TRADE
- FASHION
- RETAIL TRADE
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
- Cambridge Scientific: Design and Applied Arts
- EbscoHost
- Academic Search
- Masterfile
- Business Source Elite
- Corporate ResourceNet
- Regional Business News
- Emerald Library
- FirstSearch
- Business & Industry
- Business & Management Practices
- Business Dateline
- Lexis Nexis: Academic Business and News sections
- Newsbank (newspapers)
- Proquest
- ABI/Inform
- Proquest Newspapers
- WilsonWeb
- Art Full Text
- Business Full Text
- OmniFile
- Readers' Guide Full Text
- Free Library Includes a massive collection of periodicals from hundreds of leading publications
- Google Scholar Set preferences to Stout to search for full text available through the UW-Stout Library
PERIODICALS
- Advertising Age Today's top story, facts and features Free registration; some articles free
- Apparel News.net
- Cashak Magazine
- Chain Store Age.com The online service for retail executives
- DNR Men's wear news and trends
- Elle Contents page and links
- Fashion Click Online fashion and style magazine
- Fashion Icon
- Fashion Planet
- FN Footwear News
- Global Consumer Trends, Ideas and Insights: Monthly Trend Briefing
- Hint Fashion Magazine
- King Cotton Magazine
- Lucire
- Lumiere
- Marie Claire
- Network News Insights from the Network of Executive Women: Consumer Products and Retail Industry
- RFID Journal
- Stores Includes Top 100 retailers, 100 top specialty retailers and 250 top global retailers lists
- TeenVogue
- Vogue, GQ, Vanity Fair, Interiors, etc. 9 titles available from CondeNast
- Women's Wear Daily
- Yahoo!: Fashion and Beauty Magazines
Selected Periodicals Available in the University Library
- Allure
- Apparel
- California Apparel News
- Chain Store Age
- Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
- DNR
- Elle
- Fashion Accessories
- Fashion Business International
- Glamour
- Harper's Bazaar
- International Textiles
- Journal of Consumer Marketing
- K+BB (Kitchen and Bath Business)
- LDB Interior Textiles
- Retailing Today
- Retailtraffic
- Sales & Marketing Management
- Stores
- Tobe Next
- Tobe Report
- Vogue
- WWD (Women's Wear Daily)
DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, AND HANDBOOKS
Fashion
- Apparel Search Main Glossary
- Apparel and Textiles Glossary
in Plunkett Research Online's Apparel & Textiles Industry Center
- Credo Reference formerly
Xreferplus
Has a business category, and under "Art", fashion dictionaries
- FabricLink: Performance Term Glossary
- Fashion Encyclopedia Mainly designers, but includes entrepreneurs and histories of fashion houses and specialty stores
- Glossary of Hosiery Terms from The Hosiery Association
- Quick Guide to Manufactured Fibers: Generic Fibers, Trademarks, Characteristics, Uses
- Shoe-Sock Sizing Guide From The Hosiery Association. Includes International Sizing
- Stylopedia
- WWD Fashion Dictionary
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Career Opportunities in the Fashion Industry REF TT507 .V63
- Complete Footwear Dictionary REF TS947 .R67
- Contemporary Fashion REF TT505.A1 C66
- Dictionary of 20th Century Design REF NK1390 .P53
- DNR Century: 100 years of Fashion REF TT617 .D672x
- Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion REF GT507 .E53
- Encyclopedia of Fashion Details REF TT509 .I69
- Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion REF TT503 .C34
- Fashion and Merchandising Fads REF E169.12 .H634
- Fashion, Costume and Culture REF GT511 .P46
- Guide to Historic Costume REF TT503 .B33
- Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Costume REF GT510. P48
- McDowell's Directory of Twentieth Century Fashion REF TT505.A1 M37
- St. James Fashion Encyclopedia REF TT505.A1 S7
- 20th Century Fashion REF GT596 .P43x
- Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers REF TT505 .O53x
Retail Merchandising
- Dictionary of E-Business REF HF5548.32 .B67
- Dictionary of Marketing Communications REF HF5412 .G68
- Dictionary of Retailing and Merchandising REF HF1001 .R793
- IEBM Encyclopedia of Marketing REF HF5412 .I42x
- Oxford Dictionary for the Business World REF HF1001 .O96
DIRECTORIES
Directories identify stores, buyers, companies, and agencies. Examples of helpful fashion and apparel directories are:- Biz Rate Shopping Search Comparison shopping
- Bocat Directory of apparel and textile e-marketplaces and other resources for business purchasing
- Google Catalogs Search or browse over 1300 catalogs
- Fabric Marketing Research Marketing profiles on over 15,000 U.S. fashion firms
- Fashion Industry Directory From Apparel Search
- Fashion Net Online shopping directory
- Fashiondex: the Apparel Industry Sourcing Site
- Stores Retail Buying Guide Retail suppliers directory
- Virtual Garment Center Database of companies and markets
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- American Wholesalers and Distributors Directory REF HF5421 .A615
- Chain Store Age, Aug issue is a 100 top retailers directory. PERIODICALS
- Fashion Guide: International Designer Directory REF TT495 .F37x
- High-Volume Retailers REF HF5429.3 .P77
- Independent Sales Reps: Apparel and Accessores REF HF5441 .I59
- International Directory of Design, Apparel, Fashion & Textile Design REF TT507 .I67x
- Mass Merchandisers & Off-Price Apparel Buyers REF HF5468 .S27
- Men's and Boys' Wear Buyers REF HD9940.U3 M39
- Million Dollar Directory REF HC102 .D8
- Sheldon's Major Stores and Chains REF HF5429.3 .S52
- Shopping Center Directory REF HF5035 .D53
- State Manufacturers' Directories REF T12 area
- Women's and Children's Wear Buyers REF HD9940.U3 W65x
- World Retail Directory and Sourcebook REF HF5429 .W672
BIOGRAPHIES
- Biography.com
- Fashion Encyclopedia Biographies of fashion designers, entrepreneurs and histories of fashion houses and specialty stores
- Wilson
Biographies Plus From WilsonWeb
- Yahoo! Fashion Designers
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Contemporary Fashion REF TT505.A1 C66
- Couture, The Great Designers REF TT505.A1 M55
- Current Biography REF CT100 .C8
- Fashion Designers REF TT505 .A1 G66x
- Magic Names of Fashion REF TT505.A1C37
- Who's Who in Fashion REF TT505.A1 S73x
- WWD Profiles: As Told To WWD REF TT505 .A1
STATISTICS
- American Apparel and Footwear Association Trends and Shoe Stats Semi-annual compilation of statistics, including retail sales, trade data, production and more
- BizStats.com Business statistics for clothing and accessory stores; includes profitability, operating balance sheet, financial ratios and much more. Includes data on all U.S. corporations; all profitable U.S. corporations, all US Subchapter S corporations and all US sole proprietorships
- County Business Patterns
- Current Industrial Reports Includes Apparel, and discontinued data on footwear, gloves and mittens
- Economic Census 2002 Retail trade includes product line sales, product lines, establishment and firm size, payroll, sales and more
- FedStats
- Global Industry Trade Statistics from ExportBureau.com
- Monthly Retail Trade and Food Services From the US Census Bureau
- OTEXA US International Trade Administration, Office of Textiles and Apparel. Very current US import and export data of textiles and apparel
- Plunkett Research Online
Select "Apparel, Textiles & Fashions "
- Retail Trade Industry Series Reports from the 2002 Economic Census Select Manufacturing or Retail.
- Stat-USA
Including National Trade Data Bank information sources
- Statistical Abstract of the United States or REF HA202 .U53x
- Wholesale and Retail Trade From the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Print Sources Available in the University Library
- Demographics USA REF HF5415.2.S952x
- Dollars & Cents of Shopping Centers REF HF5430.3 U73x
- Industry Norms and Key Business Ratios REF HF5681.R25 I525
- Plunkett's Retail Industry Almanac REF HF5429.3 .P57
- Retail Trade International REF HF5429 .R48
- Standard & Poor's Industry Surveys REF HG4961 .S675x
- Who's Buying Apparel REF HD9940.U5 W56
- Who's Buying Household Furnishings, Services and Supplies REF HD9773.U6 W56
- World Retail Data and Statistics REF HF5429 .W6723x
ADVERTISING DATA
Rates charged by advertising media can be identified in Standard Rate and Data Service catalogs. Examples:- SRDS Media Resource Center Includes advertising calculators under Support Services. Need to subscribe for full text information
- SRDS. Business Publication Advertising Source REF HF6121 .S1
- SRDS. Consumer Magazine Advertising Source REF HF6121.S11x
- SRDS. Newspaper Advertising Source REF HF6111 .N49x
- SRDS. Radio Advertising Source REF HF6146.R3 R33x
- SRDS. TV & Cable Source REF HF5905 .S746
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 04/07/2008 and Last Revised: 05/11/2007
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