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MDSE 2350: Trend Analysis and Forecasting

Resources that support assignments for MDSE 2350.

WGSN

WGSN

WGSN is a trend forecasting company that provides valuable insights and analysis related to fashion, design, and consumer behavior. They offer trend reports, market research, and other resources to help businesses make informed decisions in various industries.

For help getting started with WGSN, check out the tutorial section of this guide!

Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Bloomsbury Fashion Central

Bloomsbury Fashion Central is a dynamic digital hub for interdisciplinary research in fashion and dress. It includes multiple portals offering a variety of photographs and articles. 

Bloomsbury Fashion Photography Archive showcases more than 775,000 newly-digitized and high-quality images that feature forty years of contemporary fashion history.

  • high-quality runway, backstage, and street style images
  • designer biographies
  • fashion articles
  • timeline of international fashion shows

Berg Fashion Library offers access to reference sources on a variety of fashion topics.

  • Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion
  • A-Z of Fashion
  • Dictionary of Fashion History
  • over 17,000 color images

Fairchild Books Library provides access to content on a variety of fashion industry topics.

  • Design
  • Merchandising and Retailing
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Fashion Media

 

Tips:

When you go to Bloomsbury Fashion Central, you can either search through all of the content in the database, or select one of the collections to browse.

WWD

WWD

WWD is an authority in the fashion, retail and beauty industries. WWD provides breaking news, trend forecasts, and expert analysis from the industry’s leading journalists. We have multiple access options for WWD, but the database "Business Source Complete" has both wide coverage, and full-color scans of each article, including images.

  • high quality fashion images
  • industry and trend articles

Magazines

Magazines

UNT Library provides access to a wide variety of fashion magazines with full-color photos that you can use for inspiration when creating your slides. For help getting started with Vogue Archive, check out the tutorial section of this guide!

There are additional resources beyond what the library offers for finding magazines.