The History of Clothing and Fashion


Looking for origins of clothing and body adornment, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress, as well as representative costumes from a wide range of historical eras? The Encylopedia of Clothing and Fashion gives you all this and it’s available online 24/7!

The information is contained in three volumes.  You can access the information three ways:

  1. eTable of Contents – Clothing and fashion items are listed alphabetically under the table of contents. You need to use the drop down menu to select each volume to see the contents.
  2. eBook Index – covers all three volumes.
  3. Quick Search Box – be sure to check off the box “within this publication”

Credo’s Brain Teaser


madonna Credo’s brainteaser this week is about fashion and its designers – a subject that even men should know something about! Use Credo Reference to find the answers if you don’t know.

 

1. Which British photographer/designer created the costumes for the film “Gigi” and “My Fair Lady”?

2. Which designer uses a double-G intertwined trademark?

3. Which English designer, whose original name was Vivienne Isabel Swire, opened a shop with Malcolm McLaren in London’s King’s Road in the early 1970s?

4. “DKNY” is the name of which American fashion designer’s ready-to-wear line?

5. Which British vocalist married fashion designer Jeff Banks in 1968?

6. Complete the phrase “United Colors of …” for a fashion-wear company which gained notoriety by its controversial advertisements with its logo affixed to giant photographs.?

7. Name the Spanish shoe designer who in 1974 became the first man to appear in the cover of “Vogue”. Pop star Madonna famously referred to his shoes as “better than sex”, and popular television shows, particularly “Sex and the City”, helped to make him a household name.

8. Which French luggage-designer used a brown and beige LV monogram pattern created by his son, Georges?

9. Name the design firm founded by two Italians whose first names are Domenico and Stefano. In 1991, Madonna popularized their rhinestone-covered bodice.

10. Which American designer created the “Polo” brand of clothing?

Find the answers here.

Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion


This time of year many people are thinking about their cultural traditions.  Are you curious how our clothing styles have changed and our fashion sense has developed?  Don’t overlook the Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion. 

 

This is another book, actually three volumes in print, which is now available electronically, 24/7 through the library website.  You can access it with a title search in the library catalog or by clicking on Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion in the Databases A-Z list. 

 

The encyclopedia contains 640 articles, totaling nearly 1500 pages, all PDF, along with many photographs.