Fashion Design and Product Development
Finding books:
Use UC Library Catalog to locate books, periodical titles, videos, and other materials owned by UC, and the OhioLINK Catalog for items owned by other Ohio college libraries
For publications by or about a designer, try Author or Subject search in the Library Catalog & OhioLINK:
Rhodes, Zandra
Saint Laurent, Yves
To find chapters about a designer within a book on a broader topic, also search by keyword:
Donna Karan
Ralph Lauren
Search for publications by subject headings such as:
Fashion--History--20th Century
Fashion--Japan
Fashion--Forecasting
Fashion designers--United States
Clothing trade
Costume designers
Textile designers
Many fashion design books are found in the TT section of the stacks and oversize books and "fashion history" is in the GTs.
NOTE: the catalog is not used to find journal articles. To find articles, use an Article Index.
Finding Articles in Journals using Indexes & Databases
Identifying articles on a topic:
Use the Indexes below to identify articles in journals on fashion design topics:
Design & Applied Arts Index Connect
Indexes the journals: Fashion Theory, Fiberarts
MasterFILE Premier Connect
The database provides full text for over 1,900 periodicals covering nearly all subjects including general reference, business, health, and much more.
ABI/INFORM Complete Connect
ABI/INFORM Complete is comprised of full-text business periodicals and
news sources from ABI/INFORM Global, Dateline, Trade & Industry,
and ABI/INFORM Archive. This combination of products, covering
different aspects of business information, covers scholarly research,
businesses traditions and trends, corporate strategies, management
techniques, and competitive and product information. Some periodicals
go back as far as 1912.
Design Abstracts Retrospective (DAR) Connect
Design Abstracts Retrospective the retrospective of Design and
Applied Arts Index, provides broad, international coverage on a wide
range of subjects in the fields of design. This database includes a
particular emphasis on European publications. In addition, access to
Design ProFILES (DP) is included in the subscription; this is the
largest collection of profiles of designers and design organizations of
its kind. DAR provides coverage of more than 100 design and
design-related journals most of which have ceased publication, but
which are distinctly important to the development of design concepts in
the early 20th century.
Readers' Guide Retrospective Connect
Indexes the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States
1890-1962.
Factiva Connect
Factiva's business information includes Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires
and The Wall Street Journal, plus more than 8,000 other sources from
around the world. These sources provide current news, historical
articles, local-language articles, and stock quotes. Factiva provides
access to more than 900 non-English sources. Factiva provides access to
key content in 22 languages from 118 countries not available on the
free Web. Many of the full-text articles go back to 1980.
Searching for newspapers : Additional databases that index newspaper articles are listed on the Newspaper Articles section of the Article Resources page of the Library's web site.
Obtaining articles:
If the index does not provide a link to the Library Catalog or to the article online,
or if you have an article citation from another source:
To find an article full-text online, search by the name of the journal (not the title of the article) in the Online Full Text Journal Finder. This will identify a database which provides full text of that journal and the dates covered.
To find an article in a paper journal, search the Library Catalog by clicking on the journal tab and enter the name of the journal. The catalog will identify the volume numbers, dates and location of journals owned by UC Libraries.
Online Subscriptions for Fashion Publications
WWD Online/Print
This major trade publication is available for browsing in the DAAP Library and online as well. Ask library staff for the password to access the online version.
Besides the online version described above the library subscribes to WWD in print as well. Current copies are retained in the library for three months. Library copies are generally a day or so behind the online version.
The Fashion Service Forecast from Doneger Creative Services. On Reserve in the DAAP Library TT500. W6. Ask Library staff for the password to access the online version.
Reference Resources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Directories
Biography in Context
Biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history,
around the world, and across all subject areas.
CONTEMPORARY DESIGNERS
SW Depository NK1165.C66 1984
A fairly comprehensive guide to contemporary designers, including
fashion. Each entry includes a short biography with a list of exhibitions,
major works, and publications written BY and ON the particular
designer. A short essay about their work is also included.
CONTEMPORARY FASHION
DAAP Reference TT505.A1 C66 1995
A comprehensive guide to contemporary fashion designers. Each entry
includes a short personal and professional biography, bibliographic
citations by and about the designer, and if possible, a statement by
the designer on his or her own work or design philosophy, as well as
a critical essay by a scholar or critic in the field of fashion and
costume history.
COSTUME REFERENCE
DAAP Reference GT730.S48 1977b (Vols. 1-10)
Guide to the history of costume beginning with the Roman influence
and ending in the present day. This guide explores the changes which
have occurred through time in the clothing of men, women and children
of each period dealt with.
THE FASHION BOOK
DAAP Reference Oversize TT503.F3 1998
An A-Z guide to 500 clothes and accessory designers, photographers,
models and iconic individuals spanning 150 years. Each entry is illustrated
with a photograph or drawing which shows the "quintessential aspect" of
their work.
THE FASHION ENCYCLOPEDIA
DAAP Stacks TT503.H68 1982
Encyclopedia dealing specifically with terms related to fashion design
and the fashion industry from A to Z.
GARMENT AND TEXTILE DICTIONARY
DAAP Reference TT494.C66 1997
An essential dictionary for anyone in the textile industry. Contains over
3,5000 easy-to-understand definitions of key garment and textile terms
arranged alphabetically. Includes phonetic pronunciations and extensive
cross-referencing. Contains a special section on garment and textile
defects. Appendices include garment and textile associations, vendors,
and Internet resources.
MCDOWELL'S DIRECTORY OF TWENTIETH CENTURY FASHION
DAAP Stacks TT505.A1 M37 1985
Contains a short introduction to the history of fashion. A directory which
covers the major designers from A through Z includes a short biography
of each. Also included is a directory of the "Image Makers", or major
fashion photographers of the twentieth century, each also accompanied
by a short biography. Guides to fashion education, fashion organizations
and fashion awards.
THE ST. JAMES FASHION ENCYCLOPEDIA: A Survey of Style from 1945
to the Present.
DAAP Reference TT505.A1 S7 1997
Revised edition of Contemporary Fashion (1995). Includes a fashion
chronology, nationality index, and appendix of brief descriptions of a
number of fashion houses, designers, merchandisers, photographers, and
other contributors to the world of fashion.
WHO'S WHO IN FASHION
DAAP Reference TT505.A1 S74 2004
Short biographies of this century's most noted names to know, foreign
and American designers.
World of Fashion: People, Places, Resources
DAAP Reference TT515.L16
Short histories of fashion all over the world. Each country's entry varies
in the information provided, but some of the pertinent areas include
centers of fashion education, costume and fashion archives, fashion
publications, fashion designers and firms, trade associations and
organizations and fashion influential.
Fashion Forecasting by Evelyn L. Brannon
DAAP Reference GT 511 .B73 2005
The world of fashion / Jay Diamond, Ellen Diamond
DAAP Reference TT518 .D52 2002
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