Fashion Photography Archive

“If you support fashion in any way, shape or form, I highly recommend this database.” —Reference Reviews

Curated by world-renowned fashion historian Valerie Steele, discover over 775,000 high-quality runway, back-stage and street-style images from the late 1970s to 2000. Newly digitized, the photographs are presented alongside biographies and scholarly articles for context—creating an exciting educational resource.

Content Highlights • Rare images, including many from graduation

shows, featuring prestigious designers, brands, and supermodels such as Alexander McQueen,

Vivienne Westwood and Christian Dior; as well Kate

Moss, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista • International coverage from Paris, London, New

York, Milan, and beyond • Detailed metadata for each photograph to ensure accuracy, enhance search and browse, and guarantee effective linking between text, and images • Supports cross-disciplinary research in a vibrant period of fashion history designed to engage and inspire students across a wide range of courses and promote further discovery • Exclusive academic articles contextualizing key catwalk collections, specific themes of dressing, fashion icons, single object analysis, specific decades, and use of colors

Features and Benefits for Research and Learning

• Get to grips with key fashion topics, using the Designer

Biographies as the perfect starting point • Read curated information about important collections, influences and iconic garments from top international designers on the Designers in Focus pages • Watch video interviews in which Niall McInerney, the fashion photographer behind the images gives an insider’s perspective

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