Fashion History   Tags: art history, design, fashion, fashion history, research, subject  

ARTstor is a digital library of over one million high resolution images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and the social sciences.

A collection of digital images maintained by the Visual Resources Center at SCAD.

A fashion wiki created by the publishers of Vogue Magazine which includes information about designers, photographers, models and brands.

An online database showcasing the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which features more than thirty-five thousand costumes and accessories from the fifteenth century to the present.

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design. Their website features images and articles on contemporary and historical fashion exhibitions and events.

A rich resource within the Museum’s holdings that totals over 10,000 items and spans over three centuries of fashion history.

Europeana Fashion provides online access to outstanding fashion content from Europe’s leading museums and private fashion archives.

Covers the development of western fashion and costume history from the 1800s to the present, including the influence of social trends and technology.

"Fashion plates are from some of the leading French, British, American, and other continental fashion journals of the 19th century and early 20th century." One of the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.

"The exhibition (at the Metropolitan Museum of Art), organized by The Costume Institute, celebrated the late Alexander McQueen’s extraordinary contributions to fashion."

"The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, [exploring] the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras."

An image blog of fifties fashion.

An image blog of sixties fashion.

An image blog of seventies fashion. Check the archive for additional images.