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Introduction Fashion History Theory
In 2011, Central Saint Martins relocated to The Granary There is a wide range of material
Building, King’s Cross, close to the British Library’s flagship available on fashion within the Chenoune, Farid (1993) Barthes, Roland (1985)
Library including historical, A History of Men’s Fashion. The Fashion System. London:
building at St Pancras.
theoretical and practical sources. Paris: Flammarion. Cape.
The following sections offer a Shelfmark(s): Document Supply Shelfmark(s): General Reference
As students of Central Saint Martins Fashion History and variety of material covering the q94/00453 Collection X.529/73044.
Theory BA course, we were invited to work with the British main areas of fashion studies. General Reference Collection Jobling, Paul (1999)
Library, to explore their rich collections and inspire others Texts focusing on the history YK.1993.b.13630 Fashion Spreads: Word and Image
within the fashion world to do the same. of fashion are presented in pairs Le Blanc, H. (1828) in Fashion Photography Since
to demonstrate the range of The Art of Tying the Cravat. 1980. Oxford: Berg.
research material available at London: Effingham Wilson. Shelfmark(s): Document Supply
This guide will give you an introduction to the fashion- the British Library. Shelfmark(s): General Reference m00/16590
based publications and items available at the Library, from Collection 7743.aa.16
photo books and 1920s fashion magazines to knitting Crane, Diana (2000)
patterns. De Marly, Diana (1987) Fashion and its Social Agendas:
General Working Dress: a history of Class, Gender and Identity in
occupational dress. New York: Clothing. Chicago: University
The guide introduces some of the highlights of the
Holmes & Meir. of Chicago Press.
collection, and also features postcards from a host of the Breward, Christopher (1995) Shelfmark(s): Document Supply Shelfmark(s): General Reference
fashion community’s creative and academic minds. Inspired The Culture of Fashion. 90/02938 Collection YC.2001.a.17458
by the Library’s collection of vintage Russian postcards, Manchester: Manchester Scotland, Privy Council (1686) Veblen, Thorstein (1899)
these industry professionals have sent us details of their University Press. A Proclamation Anent the Theory of the Leisure Class: An
favourite texts. Shelfmark(s): Document Supply Sumptuary Law. Edinburgh: Economic Study in the Evolution
95/23564 Printed by the heir of Andrew of Institutions. New York:
General Reference Collection Anderson, printer to His most Macmillan Co.
Anyone can use the British Library for research and YC.1995.b.2433 Sacred Majesty, anno Dom. Shelfmark(s): General Reference
inspiration – you can find out more about how to get a Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection 08282.h.34.
Reader Pass and how to order the items we have listed Köhler, Carl (1937) Collection HS.74/1985(52)
in our guide at www.bl.uk A History of Costume. London: Dellamora, Richard (1990)
Harrap. Stevenson, Sara (1978) Masculine Desire: The Sexual
Shelfmark(s): Document Supply Van Dyck in Check Trousers: Politics of Victorian Aestheticism.
We hope this guide will inspire you and act as a starting
3913166 Fancy Dress in Art and Life, Chapel Hill: University of North
point to help you explore the Library. 1700–1900. Edinburgh: Scottish Carolina Press.
Mendes, Valerie (2010) National Gallery. Shelfmark(s): Document Supply
Fashion History and Theory, Class of 2013 Fashion Since 1900. London: Shelfmark(s): General Reference 90/18835
www.csm.arts.ac.uk Thames & Hudson. Collection BS.4/224 Carlyle, Thomas (1903)
Shelfmark(s): General Reference Document Supply OP-GPB/9656 Sartor Resartus. London: James
Collection YC.2011.a.2148 Document Supply 79/23578 Nisbet & Co.
Holt, Arden (1882) Shelfmark(s): General Reference
Wilson, Elizabeth (1987) Gentleman’s Fancy Dress: Collection X.527/735.
Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and How to choose it. London:
Modernity. Berkley: University of Wyman & Sons. Vinken, Barbara (2004)
California Press. Shelfmark(s): General Reference Fashion Zeitgeist: Trends and
Shelfmark(s): General Reference Collection 7742.bb.9. Cycles in the Fashion System.
Collection YH.1988.b.683 Oxford: Berg.
General Reference Collection Troy, Nancy (2003) Shelfmark(s): Document Supply
YK.1988.b.4460 Couture Culture: A Study m07/.16341
in Modern Art and Fashion. Laver, James (1969)
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Modesty in Dress: An Inquiry
MIT Press. into the Fundamentals of Fashion.
Shelfmark(s): General Reference London: Heinemann.
Collection YC.2002.a.23283 Shelfmark(s): General Reference
Poiret, Paul (1930) Collection X.421/2537.
En Habillant l’époque. Paris.
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Collection 10655.aaa.29.
Cut and construction Catalogues Photography
Vogue Patterns, London: Butterick Blackman, Cally (2007) O’Neill, Alistair (2005)
Fashion Marketing Company 100 Years of Fashion Illustration. An Oral History of Fashion:
United Kingdom Limited, 1972 – London: Laurence King. Interview with Marit Allen.
2004 Shelfmark(s): General Reference Shelfmark(s): F17167-F17168
System Number: 011772996 Collection YC.2007.a.11132
Soviet Era Posters (1986–1993)
Wallpaper, London: IPC Carroll, Lewis (1985) Shelfmark(s): General Reference
Magazines, 1996– present Alice’s Adventures Underground. Collection HS.85/19(1-3)
System Number: 009921495 London: Pavilion.
Shelfmark(s): X.950/45237 Webb, Iain, R. (2010)
Women’s Wear Daily, New York, Postcards from the Edge of the
1927–1976 Cook, Angus (1993) Catwalk. Woodbridge: ACC
System Number: 013933895 Lucien Freud, Recent Drawings Shelfmark(s): General Reference
and Etchings. New York: Matthew Collection YK.2011.b.14485
Wonderland, London: Visual Marks Gallery.
Talent, 2005– present Shelfmark(s): Document Supply Wegener-Penning, Gerda (1988)
System Number: 013217609 m03/12128 Het Profiel van de sfinks.
Wespelaar: Pandora.
Delamotte, Philip (1855) Shelfmark(s): YA.1991.a.4626
Photographic Views of the
Progress of the Crystal Palace, Weinberger, Karlheinz (2000)
Sydenham. London. Photos 1954–1995. Zurich:
Shelfmark(s): Tab.442.a.5. Museum für Gestaltung, Andreas
Züst Verlag.
Hawes, Elizabeth (1939) Shelfmark(s): General Reference
Men can take it. New York: Collection LB.31.c.13154
Random House.
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