Fashion is in Style at the Library

Over the last year the library has hosted two exhibitions on fashion, one on Rose Marie Reid and one on headwear, and we have loaned items from our collection to Salt Lake Community College for their exhibitions.

There is no question that the fashion industry is a growing topic for research.

The library provides students and faculty access to many of the best resources.

A great place to start your work is the Costume & Fashion Research Guide: at  http://guides.lib.byu.edu/costumefashion

For some of the highlights look at the following:

• Vogue Archive (ProQuest) A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Every article, cover, photo shoot, illustration and advertisement has been digitized to the highest standard, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by designer and brand names.
  
• Women’s Magazine Archive (ProQuest) Women’s Magazine Archive features the leading women’s consumer magazines of the 20th century digitized in full color and high resolution. Includes the following titles: Better Homes and Gardens (1922-2005); Chatelaine (1928-2005); Good Housekeeping (1885-2005); Ladies’ Home Journal (1883-2005); Parents (1926-2005); Redbook (1903-2005). Monthly issues cover social, historical, and cultural trends in the areas of business/marketing, fashion, women’s/gender studies, design and illustration.
  
• Women’s Wear Daily (ProQuest) A comprehensive archive of Women’s Wear Daily, from the first issue in 1910 to material from within the last twelve months, reproduced in high-resolution images. Every page, article, advertisement and cover has been included, with searchable text and indexing. The Women’s Wear Daily Archive preserves one of the fashion industry’s most influential reads. Key moments in the history of the industry, as well as major designers, brands, retailers and advertisers are all covered in this publication of record.
  
• Berg Fashion Library The Berg Fashion Library is the only resource to provide integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. It includes the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, an extensive E-Book collection, a vast image bank, extra reference resources and more.