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Costume History and Fashion Design

This guide contains research resources for costume and fashion history, fashion design and theater costuming

Searching Designer Labels

Runway Shows

Biographical Resources on Fashion Designers

Fashion Designers-Biographical Sources: Books


To find books on fashion designers, search the UNT Libraries Catalog. Choose subject or keyword searches.
Search names in the following manner: Example: Balenciaga, Cristobal.

To find books on designers that are not owned by the UNT Libraries, search the World Catalog. The World Catalog contains more than 35 million records describing items owned by libraries around the world. Books or other materials not owned by UNT may be requested to be borrowed through UNT's Inter-Library Loan Department (for UNT students, faculty and staff).
 

Fashion Designers-Biographical Sources: Reference Books


Most of these books are located on the 3rd floor of the Willis Library. Click on the title of the book to see the location and call number.
The designer's names are listed alphabetically in each of these books.

The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
Contemporary Fashion

The Fashion Guide: International Designer Directory

To find and Request More Books on Your Topic

To Find and Request More Books on Your Topic

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