St Margaret’s Campus Library
Subject Guide Fashion Studies
©LEICESTER COLLEGE SEPTEMBER 2017
Subjects & Class Numbers
You will find useful information at the following shelf numbers: Art Business Management Clothing Computing Costumes Crochet Dictionaries Dressmaking Embroidery Fabric and Textile Manufacture Fashion Fashion: Accessories Fashion: Designers Fashion: Illustrations Fashion: Marketing Fashion: Modelling Maths Patchwork/Quilt Work Pattern Cutting Sewing Textile Art Theatrical/Stage Costumes
700 658 646 004 391 746.44 423 646.4 746.44 677 391 391.44 391.092 741.672 391.006 391.023 510 746.46 646.4 646.2 746 792.026
English and maths resources: We have a wide range of English and maths resources to support you in both Functional Skills and GCSE. English resources are located at 400, maths at 510. Some resources are available online.
E-Library – http://moodle.lec.ac.uk
24 hour access to a collection of electronic resources including databases, subject guides, e-books and e-journals and pre-selected web sites.
Journals taken by the library in your subject area: Asiana Wedding Brides Magazine Collezioni: Donna (Haute Couture & Prêt-a-Porter) Collezioni: Sport & Street Collezioni: Trends Collezioni: Uomo Drapers Elle Hat Magazine L’Officiel: 1000 modèles Next Look- Fashion Trends (Styles & Accessories) Next Look – Womenswear (Fashion Trends Styling + DVD) Tank Magazine View Vogue
Some suggested titles: The Visual Dictionary of Fashion Design. Looking at Fashion. Fashion: the ultimate book of costume and style. The Fashion Book. Paris Haute Couture. Fashion Design Essentials: 100 Principles of Fashion Design. Textiles and fashion: exploring printed textiles, knitwear, embroidery, menswear and womenswear. Patternmaking for fashion design. Key Internet Sites
Designer Label www.designerdirect.com Links to sites for ethnic designers. Japanese Fashion http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/kimono/ JPNET Kimonos Paul Smith www.paulsmith.co.uk Includes new collections, fashion library and useful links. Fashion and Textile Museum, London http://www.ftmlondon.org/ Situated in Bermondsey Street,SE1, it is part of Newham College Fashion Museum, Bath. http://www.fashionmuseum.co.uk/ Fashion History by ERA: www.fashion-era.com/ An overview of fashion and costume history V and A: www.vam.ac.uk fashion collections
Victoria and Albert Museum
Please ask at the counter for help in using any of these resources.
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