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Fashion and Costume Studies

This guide offers an overview of interdisciplinary resources that are useful to the study of costume, fashion, and dress.

Translating Visual Information into Searchable Key Terms

An important part of fashion and costume studies research is being able to translate visual information into searchable keywords. This workshop recording provides tips on how to do just that.

Sensory Research: Translating Visual Cues into Searchable Key Terms (Zoom Video; 50 minutes, 1 second)
This instructor of this workshop is Olivia Warschaw, Fashion & Textile Librarian, The New School. It was recorded on November 13, 2020. Captions and transcript are available through the link.

Featured Books

The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
Call Number: HM291 .G6 1959
ISBN: 9780385094023
Publication Date: 1959-05-20
The Dress Detective by Alexandra Kim; Ingrid E. Mida
Call Number: e-book
ISBN: 9781472580535
Publication Date: 2015-11-19
Writing Material Culture History by Anne Gerritsen (Editor); Giorgio Riello (Editor)
Call Number: GN406 .W74 2015
ISBN: 9781472518576
Publication Date: 2015-02-12

Suggested Reading List: Fashion and Costume Studies: Theory and Methodology (Google Doc)
This links to a Google doc that is maintained by the Librarian for the Fine Arts. It contains further suggested readings, both in online and print format, related to theory and methodology of Fashion and Costume Studies.