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Fashion, Textiles and Clothing

Use this guide for research help in fashion, fashion history, fashion design, fashion culture and textiles.

WWD: Women's Wear Daily

The MCC Library provides full-text, online access to the WWD: Women's Wear Daily. WWD is a leading trade publication covering business issues, fashion trends, international ready-to-wear, market overviews and more. It is published weekly.

Full text access is available from 5/19/2004 - to present through Business Source Premier. Click on the link below to search past issues of WWD. (MEID and password required for access)

WWD: Women's Wear Daily

(Tip: choose the pdf option in the article records to view images and text)

Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America

The MCC Library retains print copies of the current 5 years of "Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America." Current and back issues can be found in Periodicals on the third floor of the library. 

The complete full-text archive for 'Dress' is accessible electronically from Volume 1, 1975 to the current issue. To access the archive, click on the link provided below: (MEID and password required for access)

Access Dress Online 

Fashion Theory

The MCC Library provides full-text, online access to the journal Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and CultureFashion Theory is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the cultural significance of fashion including not only clothing but body alterations such as tattooing, piercing, foot-binding.

Full text access is available from 2004 - to present through Academic Search Premier. (Note: full-text access to the current 18 months not available online.) Click on the link below to access the journal. (MEID and password required for access)

Search Fashion Theory

Textile History

The MCC Library provides full-text, online access to the journal Textile History. Textile History is a peer-reviewed journal that focuses on the history of textiles and dress, including the cultural and social history of apparel and textiles.

Full text access is available from 5/01/2003 - present through History Reference Center. ((Note: full-text access to the current 12 months not available online.) Click on the link below to search past issues of the journal: (MEID and password required for access)

Search Textile History