A Library of Fashion Videos
- Fashion Studies Online
An archive of videos from Videofashion News, a few from the 1970's, up until 20-teens. Runway shows, reports, cameos, video articles, history, culture.
The 20th Century Splinters into Many Little Pieces
The 20th Century is harder because there is so much information: you could search
- decades (fifties)
- styles (grunge or punk)
- designers (McQueen or Dior)
- individual styles (Little Black Dress)
Also, there are many more ways to gather data. You would start in Articles Plus and ALICE, but you can also go to all these places:
- Watch TV shows
- Read magazines
- Ask our grandmothers
- Shop vintage
- Look at old newspaper advertisements
Here's a "search cheat" to discover good info on specific decades in Articles Plus:
(The same idea works for ALICE, too)
Note that the second line is searching Subject Terms, not keywords. That really helps.
Books in ALICE for 20th C General
Here are a few of the wonderful books on 20th C costume:
Twentieth-Century Fashion in Detail by Call Number: Alden 7th floor oversize TT507 .W553 2009Publication Date: 2009
Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style by Call Number: Alden 6th Floor LA229 .C52 2014Publication Date: 2014
The Hidden History of American Fashion: rediscovering twentieth-century women designers by Call Number: Alden 7th floor TT505.A1 H53 2018xISBN: 135000104XPublication Date: 2018"This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely forgotten. Focusing on female designers, the authors reclaim a place in history for the women who created not only for celebrities and socialites, but for millions of fashion-conscious customers across the United States."
