Base de Datos de Estudios de la Moda y Textiles en América Latina (BASE) BASE is an online database of publications, actors, spaces and events related to fashion and textile studies in Latin America. BASE aims to broaden our understanding of the field of fashion...
Winner of the Dartmouth Medal, Berg Fashion Library is the leading resource for students and researchers of Fashion Studies. More than 13,000 color images, over 100 academic eBooks, an invaluable museum directory, a unique exhibition archive, reference works, and...
Curated from the hearts and minds of Black women, the Black Beauty Archives encompasses the history of our past, documents the present while imagining the future. Our mission is to preserve, document and celebrate the history of Black Beauty through cosmetics and...
The valued decorative arts, architecture, and handcrafts of the early American South depended on African American hands, a truth highlighted by folklorist John Michael Vlach in the seminal exhibit, “The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts” at the Cleveland...
Black Designers of Canada exists to highlight and amplify Black designers across Canada. The first-ever comprehensive Canadian index celebrating Black excellence in design.
Black Fashion Fair was founded with the mission to discover, support and further Black designers and the communities they inspire. Our focus on fashion relates specifically to the contributions of Black designers and the impact of Black culture. We will tell the...
In 1995 Dr Ruth Barnes founded the Oxford Asian Textile Group with the aim of making the Oxford textile collections better known to specialists and the interested public. Oxford has unusual and important collections of textiles from Asia and the Islamic world. The...
At a time when many important collections of Palestinian cultural heritage were being destroyed, the Palestine Costume Archive was established in Canberra, Australia, to provide a secure environment for research, study + display of Palestinian costume.
Rememory is a growing directory of creatives which highlights work and experiences of black women and non-binary people of the African Diaspora doing the work needed to claim their narratives, gazes and legacies in the global media.
Slow Factory sees fashion as a vehicle for social, cultural and environmental change. Our work expands far beyond the fashion industry in scope and impact. We are a 501c3 public service organization operating as an open education institute, an independent research...
Highlighting Asian fashion, culture, and history throughout the diaspora. The Asian Fashion Archive is a living archive that serves as an amalgamation of exhibitions, literary sources, film and other media from around the world.
The Consolidated Clothing and Costumes Archives (Costar for short) is hosted by the Costume Program in the Department of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nowes Ark is their collection focused beyond the western tradition, curated by...
