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The Fashion Industry
Selected References
Compiled by Ellen Terrell
Business Reference
Services
2012
This guide was compiled to accompany a 2012 exhibit mounted in the Business Reference Alcove of the Science and Business Reading Room of the Library of Congress to highlight resources related to the fashion and apparel industries, including books, journals, and databases available at the Library of Congress.
It represents a selection of the many resources in the Library of Congress that may be useful for the study of this topic. It also includes suggested subject headings which interested researchers may select to link directly to our online catalog in order to search for additional materials on this topic. If you have questions about the business and economic aspects of the fashion industry, please Ask A Librarian. If you have questions about fashion designs, construction, or the history of clothing, costume, and dress, please Ask A Librarian.
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Calasibetta, Charlotte Mankey and Phyllis Tortora. The Fairchild Dictionary of Fashion. illustrated by Bina Abling. 3rd ed. New York : Fairchild Publications, c2003.
LC Call Number: TT503 .C34 2003
LC Catalog Record: 2002103884
Choi, Tsan-Ming ed. Fashion Supply Chain Management : Industry and Business Analysis. Hershey, PA : Business Science Reference, c2012.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 F375 2012
LC Catalog Record: 2011018606
Gehlhar, Mary. Fashion Designer Survival Guide : Start and Run Your Own Fashion Business. Rev. and expanded ed. New York : Kaplan, c2008.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 F37 2009
LC Catalog Record: 2008300593
Kincade, Doris H. and Fay Y. Gibson. Merchandising of Fashion Products. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2010.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 K56 2010
LC Catalog Record: 2008053016
Manlow, Veronica. Designing Clothes : Culture and Organization of the Fashion Industry. New Brunswick : Transaction Publishers, c2007.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 M36 2007
LC Catalog Record: 2007020871
National Register of the Apparel Marketplace. Los Angeles, CA : Marche Pub., c1999-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 N317
LC Catalog Record: 00201614
National Register of Apparel Manufacturers. Men's and Boy's Wear. Beverly Hills, CA : W.L. Marche Pub., c1993-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 N315
LC Catalog Record: 94659113
National Register of Apparel Manufacturers. Women's and Children's Wear. Beverly Hills, CA : W.L. Marche Pub., c1993-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 N316
LC Catalog Record: 93641560
Plunkett's Apparel & Textiles Industry Almanac. Houston, Tex. : Plunkett Research, c2004-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 P58
LC Catalog Record: 2004202969
Rath, Patrick Mink. The Why of the Buy : Consumer Behavior and Fashion Marketing. New York : Fairchild Books, c2008.
LC Call Number: HD9940.U4 W49 2008
LC Catalog Record: 2007935038
Rosenau, Jeremy A. and David L. Wilson. Apparel Merchandising : The Line Starts Here. 2nd ed. New York : Fairchild Publications, c2006.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 R595 2006
LC Catalog Record: 2006921454
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Solomon, Michael R. and Nancy J. Rabolt. Consumer Behavior: in Fashion. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2004.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 S624 2004
LC Catalog Record: 2002035835
Stall-Meadows, Celia. Fashion Now: A Global Perspective. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall/Pearson, c2011.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 S69 2011
LC Catalog Record: 2010005113
Wolfe, Mary G. The World of Fashion Merchandising. Tinley Park, Illinois : Goodheart-Willcox Co., c2003.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A2 W65 2003
LC Catalog Record: 2001040872
Women's & Children's Wear Buyers. New Providence, N.J. : Salesman's Guide, Reed Reference Pub., c1996-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 N33
LC Call Number: sn 98044631
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Gentlemen’s Quarterly : GQ. New York, N.Y. : Esquire, 1958-1983.
LC Call Number: TT570 .A6
LC Catalog Record: 36015785
Formerly Apparel Arts.
Glamour of Hollywood. Greenwich, Conn.: Condé Nast Publications, c1939-c1941.
LC Call Number: TT500 .G46
LC Catalog Record: 2001206627
Glamour. Greenwich, Conn.: Condé Nast Publications, c1941-
LC Call Number: TT500 .G46
LC Catalog Record: 43033892
Harpers Bazar. [New York: Hearst Corp.], 1867-
LC Call Number: TT500 .H3
LC Catalog Record: 08037002
Nugent’s, the Garment Weekly. New York, the Allen-Nugent company, 19--.
LC Call Number: HD9940.A1 N9
LC Catalog Record: ca09001196
Report from Tobé. New York 1927-
LC Call Number: TT500 .F38
LC Catalog Record: 42048264
Vogue. [New York, Condé Nast Publications, etc.]
LC Call Number: TT500 .V7
LC Catalog Record: 08036997
Women's Wear Daily. New York, 19-
LC Call Number: HD9940.U3 W4
Catalog Record: unk83029727
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[Mrs. John J. Mitchell, Jr. and three other women, one holding a sign for a fashion show.]
1928.
Chicago Daily News negatives collection,
Chicago History Museum.
Prints and Photographs Division (Library of Congress)
Reproduction number: DN-0086697
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Ewing, Elizabeth. History of Twentieth Century Fashion. rev. and updated by Alice Mackrell. Lanham, Md. : Barnes & Noble Books, c1992.
LC Call Number: GT596 .E9 1992
LC Catalog Record: 92010774
Mendes, Valerie D. and Amy de la Haye. 20th Century Fashion. London ; New York : Thames & Hudson, 1999.
LC Call Number: GT596 .M45 1999
LC Catalog Record: 98061433
Peacock, John. Complete Fashion Sourcebook. London : Thames & Hudson, 2005.
LC Call Number: GT596 .P393 2005
LC Catalog Record: 2005923409
Reilly, Maureen E. Lynn. Swing Style : Fashions of the 1930s-1950s. Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub. Ltd., c2000.
LC Call Number: GT615 .R45 2000
LC Catalog Record: 99066076
Schroeder, Jr. Joseph J. ed. The Wonderful World of Ladies' Fashion, 1850-1920. Chicago, Follett Pub. Co. [1971]
LC Call Number: GT595 .S36
LC Catalog Record: 70148723
Torrens, Deborah. Fashion Illustrated : A Review of Women's Dress, 1920-1950. New York : Hawthorn Books, c1975.
LC Call Number: GT596 .T67 1975
LC Catalog Record: 75000647
Tortora, Phyllis G. and Keith Eubank. Survey of Historic Costume : A History of Western Dress. 5th ed. New York, NY : Fairchild Publications, c2010.
LC Call Number: GT580 .T67 2010
LC Catalog Record: 2008936655
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ABI/INFORM Complete
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000026~S9
Available onsite only.
Delivering over 6,800 journals, nearly 80% of which are in full-text, ABI/INFORM offers coverage on hundreds of industries and has an ever growing range of content from around the globe.
Art Full-Text
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000129~S9
Available onsite only.
Indexes major English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins in the arts, as well as expanded coverage of European, Latin American, Canadian, Asian and other non-Western art. Provides access to a wide range of bibliographies, notices of competitions and awards, reports of conferences, exhibition listings, review articles, interviews, and film reviews. Subjects Covered: Advertising Art, Decorative Arts, Fashion Design, Graphic Arts, Interior Design, Photography, Textiles, etc.
Indexing (1984- ), Abstracting (1994- ), select Full Text (1997- ).
Berg Fashion Library
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000928~S9
Available onsite only.
Includes the ten-volume Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion (July 2010). The database provides access to interdisciplinary and integrated text, image, and journal content on world dress and fashion. It provides cross-searchable access to an expanding range of essential resources in this discipline. It will be of use to anyone working in, researching, or studying fashion, anthropology, art history, history, museum studies, and cultural studies.
Business & Industry
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000107~S9
Available onsite only.
Contains facts, figures and key events for international public and private companies, industries, products, and markets for manufacturing and service industries. Covers over 1360 leading trade magazines, newsletters, and the general business press to international business dailies.
Business Source Complete
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000666~S9
Available onsite only.
Provides bibliographic and full text content for thousands of the most important scholarly journals, magazines, and trade publications covering all disciplines of business.
Factiva
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1000106~S9
Available onsite only.
Factiva is a vast full text archive of publications and up-to-the-minute reports and news focusing on global developments and business. Strong in trade journals and company reports.
Vogue Archive
http://eresources.loc.gov/record=e1001012~S9
Available onsite only.
Contains the entire run of Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892 to the current month. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names. In addition to the editorial content, all covers, advertisements and pictorial features have been captured as separate documents to allow for searching and discovery. For advertisements, the featured company and brand names have been assigned to the document records, and all image captions are captured to a high accuracy, allowing accurate retrieval of photographs and illustrations. Contributor names that appear in image credits, such as photographers, stylists and illustrators, are also indexed. 1892- present.
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This is just a sample of the many fashion related resources, blogs, and web sites available on the Internet.
American Apparel & Footwear Association
https://www.wewear.org/ 
Council of Fashion Designers of America
http://www.cfda.com
The Fashion Center
http://www.fashioncenter.com
Fashion Incubator
http://www.fashion-incubator.com
Fashion Industry Network
http://www.fashionindustrynetwork.com/
Fashion Schools
http://www.fashion-schools.org/
MarketResearch.com (fashion)
Fee-based
http://www.marketresearch.com/Consumer-Goods-c1596/Consumer-Goods-Retailing-c80/Apparel-c612/
Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
http://www.mbfashionweek.com/
NPD Group
https://www.npd.com/wps/portal/npd/us/industryexpertise/fashion
Tobe Group
http://www.tobereport.com/pages/
WeConnect Fashion
http://weconnectfashion.com/
Women's Wear Daily
http://www.wwd.com/
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Additional works on the fashion industry in The Library of Congress may be identified by searching
the Online Catalog under appropriate Library of Congress subject headings. Choose the topics you wish to search from the following list of Library of Congress subject headings to link directly to the Catalog and automatically execute a search for the subject selected. Please be aware that during periods of heavy use you may encounter delays. For assistance in locating other subject headings which relate to the business and economic aspects of the fashion industry, please consult a reference librarian. For assistance in locating subject heading which relate to designs, construction, or the history of clothing, costume, and dress, please consult a reference librarian.
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