Fashion
Christchurch City Libraries has many resources for the dedicated follower of fashion — books, magazines and web sites on the elements of style.
Fashion at Christchurch City Libraries
- Books offer in depth examination of designers and details.
- Newspapers, magazines and periodicals provide articles and images of trends and styles.
- Our online fashion resources list relevant links from our Internet Gateway and fashion related resources.
- Studying fashion has information on courses of study for fashion students.
- Go to our page on New Zealand fashion.
Search our collection
Books
Relevant subject searches include:
- Fashion
- Clothing and dress
- Fashion designers
- Fashion — history
- Clothing and dress — history
(add country and century if looking for a particular country time period i.e. Fashion — History — 20th century) - Fashion photography
Newspapers, magazines and periodicals
For fashion magazines search on the subject Fashion — Periodicals and Clothing and dress — Periodicals.
Our Internet Gateway links to magazines and fashion news.
Our online fashion resources
Internet gateway
Berg Fashion Library- Access to information and images about world dress and fashion.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - Contemporary Fashion
- A-Z of designers and fashion houses of the 20th Century . Essays and references to further reading in books, articles and web sites. Ed. Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. 2nd ed. St. James Press, 2002.
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages.
- Provides a broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, headwear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: U*X*L, 2004.
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
- Over 2,700 essays, with illustrations and bibliographies on a range of topics. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000.
From The Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Access this with your library card number and PIN, or at our libraries. - Fashion.Net
- Latest fashion shows, fashion video online, fashion news, fashion chat, A-Z of fashion
- Mode a Paris
- Gateway to fashion design & designers - Federation Francaise de la Couture, Paris France
- The Sartorialist
- Daily blog about everyday fashion from the street, sharing pictures and comments on men's and women's fashion.
- Fashion links
- More fashion web sites listed in our Internet Gateway, including a list of international and New Zealand designers.
More resources in our collection
- Fashion
- Fashion-related posts on the Christchurch City Libraries blog.
- Designers and labels
- A list of international and New Zealand designers from our Internet Gateway.
- Fashion @ The Pulse
- Fashion designers, modelling and news from our teen site Pulse.
Studying fashion
- Sewing and dress making
- Listing on CINCH of sewing classes and courses.
- Fashion technology and design
- Courses at CPIT, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology.
- Wearable arts, costume & fashion design
- Our page on wearable arts helps you find information about designing and making clothes, costumes and wearable arts.
