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- AATA Online (Abstracts of International Conservation Literature) - "Comprehensive database of over 100,000 abstracts of literature related to the preservation and conservation of material cultural heritage" created by the Getty Conservation Institute. A simple search for kimono, for example, retrieves 21 results, including Shifu, a unique cloth from Japan by Susan Byrd, Ornament 12, no. 2 (1988 Winter), pp. 66-71. There is a list of Journals Covered. Use G5 as the General Category Code (Textiles, fibers and dyes). Fashion-related index terms to search for include textiles, costume, stitching, silk, cotton, wool, weaving, cloth, embroidery, tapestries, shoes, footwear, leather.
- AHDS Visual Arts - See the London College of Fashion's Woolmark Company Collection
- Alaska Digital Archive - Provides access to over 5,000 historical photographs and objects. Among them:
- Sealskin Belt and Pouch - UA64-021-0137-2
- Babiche Bag - 0900-0024
- Beaded Boots - UA97-025-0049AB
- Beaded Mitten - UA68-005-0001AB
- Beaded Moccasins - UA2002-007-0007AB
- Albright Fashion Library - New York. "One-stop high-end designer resource for editors, celebrity stylists, costume designers and red carpet event dressing."
- Angel of Fashion - Links to online fashion resources.
- Artifact: Best of the Web in the Arts and Creative Industries
- L'Association Nationale pour le Développement des Arts de la Mode (ANDAM) - French Culture Ministry association formed to support and promote young designers by providing grants to help them launching their own labels.
- Association pour le developpement des arts de la mode
- British Fashion Council - "Owns and organises London Fashion Week and the British Fashion Awards."
- Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana - Governing trade group for Italian fashion and organizer of Milan Fashion Week.
- Canadian Apparel Federation
- Product Search
- Costume Designers Guild
- Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) - You can view designs by members. The CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund was established to provide financial awards and business mentoring to emerging fashion designers.
- Council of Fashion Designers, Tokyo
- Fédération Française de la Couture - News, fashion show schedules, and information on Couturiers and Fashion Designers. Contacts Presse provides and e-mail addresses for the collections.
- Moda In - "Established in 1984 by the Italian Textile Association and the Italian Federation of Various Textiles and Hat Manufacturers to promote Italian and European textiles throughout the world."
- La Mode Française - 3,000-page on-line directory published monthly in French and English listing every name, address and event in fashion (labels, companies, museums, trade shows, etc).
- National Retail Federation
- National Textile Association
- Doyle New York - Their April 11, 2006 Sale featured "a Century of Important Vintage Couture by the World's Great Designers" and their November 16, 2004 Sale featured "a remarkable group of gowns and accessories from the collection of Margaret Daly Brown, formerly from the estate of her daughter, Frances Carroll Brown." The April 20, 2005 sale included eleven Hermes handbags from a single owner. See Hermes Birkin Bag Sells for $64,800 at Doyle New York's Auction of Couture, Textiles & Accessories on April 20, 2005. There are photographs of the
- Royal Blue Ostrich Birkin Bag, the
- Etrusque Crocodile Kelly Bag and the
- Black Crocodile Birkin with Pave Diamonds which sold for $64,800.
Journalist Peter Howarth explains the difference between bespoke and personal tailoring as follows: "In brief, the elements that go into making a pukka bespoke product: you start from scratch with measuring sessions, individual patterns are created, horsehair canvasses for inside the garment are washed, softened and hand-shaped over the knee, there's a great deal of hand-making, three fittings, six to 10 weeks waiting time, 65.5 manufacturing hours and a price tag of about Pounds 2,750 for a two-piece. Personal tailoring, on the other hand, is where you take an existing garment and make a version of it, largely by machine to the customer's specifications. You can change fabrics and linings and details and in four to six weeks have a pretty special result starting at that magical Pounds 695 for a two-piece." (Tailored to a Suitable Price, Financial Times, 27 November 2004.)
Further amplification is provided by Ray A. Smith in his A Real Savile Row, Wall Street Journal, April14-15, 2007. "William Skinner worries that customers will think that made-to-measure, which typically involves using a stock pattern that is then adjusted to fit the client's measurements and taste, is the same thing as bespoke or custom...Custom suits are made entirely from scratch - mostly by hand, in a process that can take at least two or three fittings and at least eight weeks. More than 20 measurements are taken for a besopke garment."
Thomas Mahon provides much helpful information on his website, English Cut. See, in particular, his What is Bespoke?. Other resources include The London Cut: Savile Row Bespoke Tailoring, an exhibition held in the Palazzo Pitti in Florence in January and February 2007, the Custom Tailors & Designers Association of America which has a Find a Tailor database, and Savile Row Bespoke an association formed in 2004 "to protect and to develop the art of bespoke tailoring as practised in the Row and the surrounding streets" which provides a member list
Bespoke tailors, many located on Savile Row, include:
- Anderson & Sheppard
- Henry Poole
- Dege & Skinner
- Huntsman
Gieves and Hawkes
Timothy Everest
Bespoke shoemakers or bootmakers include:
- Berluti
- John Lobb
- George Cleverley & Co.
- Edward Green
- J. Amesbury & Co
Bespoke shirtmakers, many located on Jermyn Street, include:
- Hilditch & Key
- Steven Hitchcock
- Coles
- Turnball and Asser
- Thomas Pink
- Beverley Birks Couture Collection - "One of the world's largest collections of haute couture."
- Ask Andy About Clothes
- Counterfeit Chic - Susan Scafidi
- Face Hunter - Yvan Rodic
- Heard on the Runway - Wall Street Journal
- On the Runway - New York Times
- The Sartorialist - Scott Schuman
- Vegan Fashion Blog
- Five Best
 - Wall Street Journal column in which experts lists the five best books in his or her field. Full-text archive of articles back to September 17, 2005.
- Take Cover - Woody Hochswender selects five "best" books about fashion, September 15, 2007. "Mr. Hochswender, a former features editor of Harper's Bazaar and style reporter for the New York Times, is the author of The Buddha in Your Rearview Mirror."
- Balenciaga (2004) - By Marie-Andree Jouve
- The Corset: A Cultural History (2001)
- Encyclopedia of Clothng and Fashion (2004) - Edited by Valerie Steele
- Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness (2003) - By Caroline Evans, Yale University Press
- Fashioning London: Clothing and the Modern Metropolis (2004)
- Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue (2002)
- A History of Costume in the West (1996)
- London Fashion Book (1998)
- The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk (2004)
- New York Fashion: The Evolution of American Style (1989)
- Paris Fashion: A Cultural History (1988)
- Reconstructing Italian Fashion (2000)
- Seamless - Documentary by Doug Keene on the CFDA / Vogue Fashion Fund established to provide financial awards and business mentoring to emerging fashion designers.
- Visionaries: Interviews with Fashion Designers (2001)
- British Vogue Fashion Shows
- Gucci Group NV,
- Prada Group
- LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA
- Richemont SA,
- PPR SA,
- CamalgOri - Milan
- Catwalking
- Central Saint Martins Museum and Study Collection - Search for textile, dress, designer name (Alix Stone)
- Centre for Fashion Enterprise
- Colette - 213 rue Saint-Honoré, Paris. "Style design art food"
- Contemporary Japanese Textiles: Structure and Surface - 1998 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art, November 12, 1998-January 26, 1999.
- Cosprop Ltd. - "One of the world’s leading costumiers to the film, theatre and television industries" founded in 1965 by John Bright, has an
extensive stock of over 100,000 original, replica and reproduction costumes and accessories.
- Costume Institute - Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Among their past exhibitions:
- Rara Avis: Selections from the Iris Barrel Apfel Collection - See also Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel (2007) by Eric Boman, Iris Apfel, and Harold Koda.
- Chanel
- AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion, with audio in which "Punk legend John Rotten provides commentary on the evolution of British fashion"
- The Fabric of Life: Ikat Textiles of Indonesia
- WILD: Fashion Untamed
- Matisse: The Fabric of Dreams
His Art and His Textiles
- The Art of Simplicity: Amish Quits from the Collection of the Metropolitan Museum
- Bravehearts: Men in Skirts
- Persian Silks of the Safavid Period
- Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the 18th Century
- Blithe Spirit: The Windsor Set
- A Notable Acquitiion of Japanese Textiles of the Edo Period (1615-1868)
- Extreme Beauty: the Body Transformed
- Adrian: American Glamour
- Costume Page: Costuming Resources Online - Julie Zetterberg Sardo, Seattle, Washington
- Costume Society of Great Britain
- Costumer's Manifesto - Tara Maginnis
- CTAHR Historic Costume Collection - College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
- DailyCandy
- Dellamoda
- Design Museum - London. Has some images from the Manolo Blahnik exhibit
Alphabetical by last name:
- 6267 - Roberto Rimondi & Tommaso Aquilano, Milano.
- Haider Ackermann
- Philippe Adec
- agnès b.
- Alena Akhmadullina
- Akris - St. Gallen, Switzerland. "Akris, a family-owned apparel company known for understated but luxurious (and very expensive) clothing, has developed a following in recent years among powerful women, such as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice." (Trying New Things: Inside Fashion Week in Paris. Akris Courts Younger Customers, Wall Street Journal, March 1, 2007. From Heard on the Runway, February 28, 2007.) Albert Kriemler is a designer for them. See Fashion Sense Luxury, Pure Style, Understated Eloquence: Akris's Creations For Women of Power by Robin Givhan, Washington Post, May 31, 2005.
- Azzedine Alaia
- Alice & Olivia - New York
- Hardy Amies
- Aquascutum
- Gustavo Arango
- Giorgia Armani
- Brian Atwood - Shoes
- Ann-Sofie Back
- Badgley Mischka
- Christopher Bailey - Burberry
- Balenciaga
- Pierre Balmain
- Armand Basi
- Michael Bastian
- Baum und Pferdgarten
- BCBG
- Geoffrey Beene
- Belstaff
- Antonio Berardi
- Anait Bian
- Dirk Bikkembergs
- Dorothée Bis
- Graeme Black
- Manolo Blahnik - See Michael Specter's profile High-heel heaven: A visit to the madcap world of Manolo Blahnik, New Yorker Magazine, March 20, 2000.
- Blumarine
- Lie Sang Bong
- Bottega Veneta
- Marc Bouwer
- Anne Bowen
- Veronique Branquinho
- Thom Browne - "Earlier in his career, Mr. Reubens was tickled to discover that the Pee-wee look had been appropriated by the French, who conceived a line of Pee-wee Herman shoes and fashion paraphernalia. Today Thom Browne, a designer of skinny suits with high-water trousers, is obviously indebted to the playhouse." (The Once and Future Pee-wee by Ruth La Ferla, New York Times Sunday Styles, May 20, 2007, p. 1)
- Dana Buchman
- Burberry
- Burning Torch - Los Angeles company founded in 1999 by designer Karyn Craven. "The collections are driven by a vision that melds vintage, modern, organic and global sentiments. Unique to the company is Craven's commitment to recycling materials and to the idea that the energy of all time and history is in each and every garment."
- Stephen Burrows
- Cacharel
- Ally Capellinio
- Isabela Capeto
- Pierre Cardin (1922 - )
- Casch - Copenhagen
- Oleg Cassini
- Robert Cavalli
- Celine
- Richard Chai
- Chaiken
- Georges Chakra
- Hussein Chalayan
- Chanel
- Coco Chanel Designs - Victoria & Albert Museum
- Chanel by Harold Koda, published by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2005. You can "search inside" this book at Amazon.com.
- Igor Chapurin
- Cherry Chau
- Chloe
- Jimmy Choo
- Doo Ri Chung
- Franco Ciambella
- Claudia Ciuti
- Kenneth Cole
- Jasper Conran - London
- Christophe Coppens - Tokyo. "An innovative milliner, Coppens boasts an oeuvre of witty headwear that has gained him fame at home, where he counts members of Belgium’s royal family as clients, as well as further afield." ("Mad as a Hatter, Charlotte Vaudrey, Frame Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006)
- André Courrèges - Paris
- Emma Cook
- Zero Maria Cornejo
- Esteban Cortazar
- Francisco Costa - Designer for Calvin Klein
- Costume National
- James Coviello
- Custo-Barcelona
- DSquared2
- Daks - Giles Deacon
- Chloe Dao
- Oscar de la Renta
- Ben de Lisi - London
- Giles Deacon - see Daks
- Alessandro Dell'Acqua
- Anne Demeulemeester (1959 - ) - Born in Kortrijk, Belgium
- Jean Desses
- Diesel
- Collette Dinnigan - Australian designer
- Christian Dior
- Dolce & Gabbana
- Duckie Brown
- Derercuny
- Alber Elvaz - Lanvin
- Eley Kishimoto - London (Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto)
- Eleykishimoto Ellesse
- Erdem
- Erotokritos
- Etro
- Cesare Fabbri
- Nicole Farhi - London
- Jacques Fath
- Tracy Feith
- Fendi
- Alberta Ferretti
- Louis Féraud
- Gianfranco Ferre
- Erin Fetherston
- Limi Feu
- Anne Fontaine
- Mariano Fortuny (1871-1949)
- John Galliano - See Michael Specter's New Yorker profile - The Fantasist: How John Galliano Reimagined Fashion, New Yorker Magazine, September 22, 2003.
- Jean Paul Gaultier
- Nicolas Ghesquiere - Designs for Balenciaga
- Elspeth Gibson
- Romeo Gigli
- Gina Shoes
- Marithe and Francois Girbaud
- Givenchy
- Louise Goldin - London
- Georgina Goodman
- Josh Goot
- Martin Grant
- Rogan Gregory - The goal of his Edun line "is to create beautiful clothing while fostering sustainable employment in developing areas of the world."
- Louise Gray - London
- Gucci
- Sari Gueron - "A '97 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Sari apprenticed with John Galliano in Paris and has worked with Oscar de la Renta in New York."
- Anna Gulmann - Copenhagen
- Kevan Hall
- Tim Hamilton
- Douglas Hannant
- Gary Harvey
- Anne Valérie Hash
- Julie Haus
- Heatherette
- Alexandre Herchovitch
- Hermes
- Carolina Herrara
- Allegra Hicks
- Anya Hindmarch
- Lisa Ho
- Monique l'Huillier
- Iceberg
- Roksanda Ilincic
- Italia Independent - Fashion label of Lapo Elkann, grandson of Giovanni Agnelli. With Blog.
- Ashley Isham
- Betty Jackson
- Marc Jacobs
- Peter Jensen - London
- Julia Jentzsch
- Betsey Johnson
- Stephen Jones Millinery
- Wolfgang Joop,
- Charles Jourdan
- Christopher Kane
- Donna Karan
- Rei Kawakubo
- Dice Kayek
- Kelly B Couture -"Organic cotton: cotton grown, processed, and produced without the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals."
- Kenzo
- Lainey Keogh - See RTE Radio Ireland interview , with Eamon Dunphy, 20 October 2007.
- Waleed Khairzada
- Calvin Klein
- Jean Paul Knott
- Sophia Kokosalaki
- Michael Kors
- Holly Kristen
- Atil Kutoglu
- Christian Louboutin
- Christian Lacroix
- Karl Lagerfeld - Also a publisher, his Edition 7L has issued over 40 books. Lagerfeld was profiled in In the Now: Where Karl Lagerfeld Lives by John Colapinto, New Yorker, March 19, 2007, pp. 112-125.
- Derek Lam
- Adrienne Landau
- Helmut Lang
- Lanvin
- Jens Laugesen - London
- Ralph Lauren
- Nanette Lepore - See Lepore's trip to fashion's fast lane by Samantha Critchell,
Daily Herald, July 11, 2006.
- Libertine - Johnson Hartig and Cindy Greene
- Monique Lhuillier
- Phillip Lim
- Linda Loudermilk
- Luella
- Lutz & Patmos
- Todd Lynn
- Jenne Maag
- Alexis Mabille - Impasse 13 & Treizeor. See Alexis Mabille on display: 650 bows in a Palais Royale window by Suzy Menkes, International Herald Tribune, October 1, 2007.
- Stella McCartney
- Julien Macdonald
- Alexander McQueen
- Malo
- Maison Martin Margiela
- Catherine Malandrino
- Marni
- Marcel Marongiu
- Joanna Mastroianni
- Toni Maticevski - Australian
- Max Mara
- J. Mendel
- Carlos Miele
- Nicole Miller
- Badgley Mischka
- Missoni
- Miu Miu
- Isaac Mizrahi
- Anna Molinari - Blufin, Blugirl, Blumarine
- Edward Molyneux (1891 - 1974) - See his red Day dress, 1942 at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
- Roland Mouret
- Angelo Mozzillo
- Munthe plus Simonsen - Copenhagen
- MySelf Kai Kuehne
- Hiromichi Nakano
- Kosta Naum
- Richard Nicoll
- Charles Nolan
- Nolita
- Akiko Ogawa
- Dragana Ognjenovic
- Duro Olowu - London
- Rick Owens
- Rachel Pally
- Thakoon Panichgul
- Phoebe Philo (1973- ) - British designer, born in Paris, designs for Chloe
- Bruno Pieters
- Stefano Pilati - Yves St. Laurent
- Alexandre Plokhov (Cloak)
- Paul Poiret (1879 - 1944)
- Ports 1961
- Zac Posen
- Paco Rabanne
- Paul & Joe - Paris
- Prada - See New Yorker Profile on Miuccia Prada: The Designer [abstract] by Michael Specter, New Yorker, March 15, 2004, pp. 104-115. The full-text of the article is available on Specter's web page.
- Project Alabama
- Emilio Pucci
- Gareth Pugh
- Lilly Pulitzer
- Paco Rabanne
- Rag & Bone - David Neville and Marcus Wainwright
- Tracy Reese
- Brian Reyes
- Zandra Rhodes
- Doo.Ri
- Clements Ribeiro
- John Ribbe
- Nina Ricci
- Stefano Ricci
- John Richmond
- John Rocha
- Rochas
- Rodarte
- David Rodriguez
- Narciso Rodriquez
- Alice Roi
- Cynthia Rowley
- Rachel Roy
- Ralph Rucci
- Peter Russell
- Sonia Rykiel
- Elie Saab
- Behnaz Sarafpour
- Yves Saint Laurent
- Jil Sander
- Rupert Sanderson Shoes
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