Fashion

Christchurch City Libraries has many resources for the dedicated follower of fashion - books, magazines and web sites on the elements of style.

Books offer in depth examination of designers and details.
News, magazines and periodicals provide articles and images of trends and styles.
Fashion on our website lists relevant links from our Internet Gateway and fashion related features.
Fashion Week lists Fashion Weeks in New Zealand and overseas.
Studying Fashion has information on courses of study for fashion students.

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Vogue is the one of the world's most well known fashion magazines. We have Vogue (U.K.), Vogue Australia, Vogue Paris, Vogue Italia and L'Uomo Vogue.

For fashion magazines search on the subject Fashion - Periodicals and Clothing and dress - Periodicals. New Zealand's major fashion magazines include New Zealand Fashion quarterly and the Simply You style guide.

Magazines and fashion news: Fashion magazines and news. Listing from our Internet Gateway
New Zealand Herald Fashion and Beauty: The Herald's Fashion section includes local and international news, and interviews with fashion identities
FashioNZ: New Zealand online fashion directory and news
Thread: A fashion, style, culture ezine

Corsets: dressmaking meets engineering: An interview with local corset maker Jo Drysdall
Costume and Fashion: Heritage photographs and illustrations from the Christchurch City Libraries collection
Wearable Arts, Costume & Fashion Design: Searching for information about designing and making clothes, costumes and wearable arts
Fashion: Fashion web sites listed in our Internet Gateway
Designers and Labels: List of international and New Zealand designers
Fashion @ Pulse: Fashion designers, modelling and news from our teen site Pulse
Christchurch Fashion Designers: Listing of local designers from localeye, the online guide to Christchurch and Canterbury
Clothing and Accessories: Listing of fashion retailers from localeye

Photo: Michael Ng/Air New Zealand Fashion Week.

Australian Fashion Week: Australian Fashion Week Spring/Summer in April/May (Sydney)and Melbourne Spring Fashion Week in September
London Fashion Week: February (Autumn/Winter) and September (Spring/Summer)
New York Fashion Week: February (Spring/Summer) and September (Autumn/Winter)
Paris Fashion Week: Haute Couture January (Spring/Summer), July (Autumn/Winter)
Ready to Wear (Pret a Porter) September (Spring/Summer), March (Autumn/Winter)
Men's Fashion January (Autumn/Winter), June (Spring/Summer)
Fashion Weeks: Wikipedia entry describes fashion weeks and lists the famous fashion weeks that usually take place twice a year

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: Searching for information about designing and making clothes, costumes and wearable arts