Research Guides: Costume Design: Overview

Getting Started

Use bibliographies and reference tools or general books for information on historical background, textiles, designers, and theatrical/film productions.

Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
Includes many entries related to costume and fashion.

Ancient Greek Costume: An Annotated Bibliography, 1784-2005 by Linda Jones Roccos
Comprehensive research tool on Greek costume with hundreds of references.
Modernizing Costume Design, 1820-1920 by Annie Holt
19th and 20th century onstage apparel and semiotics of costume.

Databases

Search databases for images and scholarship about costume design, history, and practice.

Bloomsbury Fashion Central This link opens in a new window
Historical world dress & fashion business cases
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Digital library of images related to art, architecture, humanities, & social sciences
Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
A scholarly, multidisciplinary database
Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
Vogue magazine (US edition), from the first issue in 1892-
Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window
Multidisciplinary resource for articles on the arts & entertainment industry

Fashion History Timeline
A crowd-sourced source for fashion history knowledge, featuring objects and artworks from museums and libraries, as well as well-researched, accessibly written entries on specific artworks, garments and films.

Research Librarian

Pam Pagels

Contact:

ppagels@smu.edu
214 768-1857

Subjects: Classical Studies, History, International & Area Studies, Medieval Studies, Music & Music Education, Theatre, Writing & Reasoning