Museum at FIT on Pinterest
Fashion image collections
- The Museum at FIT (New York) (also see their excellent Pinterest site, left)
- Fashion Museum - Bath, England
- The Victoria and Albert Museum - Fashion
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Collection Online
- Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Costume Institute
- Palais Galliera, Museum of Fashion Paris
- Texas Fashion Collection
- Philadelphia Museum of Arts - Costume & Accessories
- La Couturiere Parisienne
- University of Washington Fashion Plate Collection
- Smithsonian - Fashion & Clothing Image Collection
- LA County Museum of Art - Costume & Textile Collection
- Pratt Institute Fashion Plate Collection
- University of Alberta - Clothing & Textiles Collection
- Selection of UK Collections - including several from the London College of Fashion
- Creators Studios fashion illustrations - NY Public Library
- Cornell Costume and Textile Collection
- KCI: The Kyoto Costume Institute
- McCord Museum: Costume and Textiles
- New York Times: Fashion & Style
- Ohio State University Historic Costume & Textiles Collection
- Telegraph.co.uk Fashion Galleries
- Wikifashion
Fashion video collections
- Kanopy Streaming - Fashion Collection
Kanopy is a streaming service that hosts educational videos covering a wide range of subjects, including fashion and fashion marketing and retailing. TMU has subscribed to the Patron Driven Acquisition (PDA) module, which allows you to request that particular titles be added to the library collection. Just a handful of these titles are shown below, there are hundreds of fashion titles to choose from!
- British Pathé Fashion ArchiveSelf-described as: "A collection of fashion related content from The British Pathe Film Archive. Fashion designers, haute couture shows, fashion industry footage and news reels. Vintage designs from Nina Ricci, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent. Celebrity guests including Liz Taylor and The Queen. Innovative sunglasses, bikinis and dresses. Footage of the infamous Paco Rabanne metallic dresses. Mansion house fashion shows. Models dancing down the catwalk instead of walking, as well as theatrical performances. Synchronized fashion shows. Rare jewellery sales." Great stuff!
Just a few of the many fashion films available in the British Pathe Fashion Archive.