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Fashion Subject Guide

Resources in the library

Click on a title to see where that item is held. 

You can reserve items held in any of our libraries and have them sent to the library of your choice - read here to find out how.

Click on a title to see where that item is held. 

You can reserve items held in any of our libraries and have them sent to the library of your choice - read here to find out how.

Click on a title to see where that item is held. 

You can reserve items held in any of our libraries and have them sent to the library of your choice - read here to find out how.

How the world dresses: clothing and global culture 2006 

Fashion files  2005
Part one of the series on fashion designers and fashion shows

Icons of fashion 2005
Giorgio Armani, Versace, Vera Wang, Donna Karen   2 DVDs 360 mins

Masters of fashion parts 1-5 2002  
Includes fashion, millinery and footwear designers

Janice Dickinson modelling Agency Season 1.  2006 
3 DVDs - 6 hrs

Project Runway - complete 5th season   2009 
4 DVDs 610 mins.  Earlier episodes also available

Vogue TV: behind the lens   2009 
2 DVDs  120 mins

The day before 2010 (Series 2) 
60 mins each episode.  Spend the 24 hours leading up to a major fashion parade with the designer:  Diane von Furstenberg, Nina Ricci/Narciso Rodriguez, Versace, Jeremy Scott/Alexander Wang 

Greatest designers  2006 
1 DVD 24 mins  Chanel, Poiret, Balenciaga, Ungaro, Cardin

Online resources

Click on any title to access the e-book. 
See our e-books guide for further help.

Abrams, D.  2011  Coco Chanel

Aldridge, R.  2011  Stella McCartney

Carter, M. 2003  Fashion classics from Carlyle to Barthes 

Cody, M. W.  2011 Calvin Klein

Craik, J. 1993  Face of Fashion

Davis, D. K.  2011  Versace

English, B.  2013   Japanese Fashion Designers;  The work and influence of Issey Miyake, Yohji Yammamoto and Rei Kawakubo

McRobbie, A. 1998  British Fashion Design

Mills, C. W.  2011 Isaac Mizrahi

Nickens, C. 2012  Marilyn in fashion:  the enduring influence of Marilyn Monroe

Palomo-Lovinski, N.  2010 The world's most influential fashion designers

Parkins, I. 2013 Poiret, Dior and Schiaparelli : Fashion, Feminity and Modernity

Reis, R. A.   2011  Valentino

Todd, A. M. 2007  Vera Wang    

Tungate, M.  2012  Fashion brands : Branding style from Armani to Zara

Watson, Linda  2015 Fashion visionaries

If you're on campus, just click on any of these titles to play the video.
If you're off campus, you'll be asked for a login - go to this page to obtain a login ID.

Careers in fashion

Confessions of a fashion designer

Designing fashion

Fashion design careers

Fashionable business: young designers, new labels

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YouTube has a wealth of information on fashion designers, runway shows and more. Try searching for specific designers under their names, e.g. Vera Wang, or general terms like Fashion Designers Documentary

Fashion designers: 

Fashion Documentaries playslist

This Fashion Documentaties YouTube playlist includes 44 videos looking at fashion designers and the secrets of haute couture

Billboard Behind the Seams

Search 'Billboard Behind the Seams' for a long list of Billboard interviews with designers such as:

Business of Fashion Channel

Business of Fashion has a YouTube Channel dedicated to fashion including:

Try searching Fashion Profiles for new designers and fashion businesses from many different countires

Try searching Fashion Profiles : Australian Profiles