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Databases for Fashion

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Historical Collections

The Fashion History Timeline
The Fashion History Timeline is an open-access source for fashion history knowledge, featuring objects and artworks from over a hundred museums and libraries that span the globe.
The Costume Institute at the Met
The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand costumes and accessories represents five continents and seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.
Fashion Collection at LACMA
Fashion Collection at the V&A
Spanning five centuries, our Fashion Collection is the largest and most comprehensive collection of dress in the world. Key items in the collection include rare 17th century gowns, 18th century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s evening wear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture.
The Collections at the Louvre
The Collections database consists of entries for more than 480,000 works in the Musée du Louvre and Musée National Eugène-Delacroix.
Paris Museum Collections
The collections of the city of Paris museums.

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Peter McNeil. A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion in the Age of Enlightenment. A Cultural History of Dress and Fashion. London: Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2017. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=2000078&site=ehost-live.

Cole, Daniel James, and Nancy Deihl. The History of Modern Fashion From 1850. London: Laurence King Publishing, 2015. http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1077603&site=ehost-live.

Fashion History

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