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Fashion Design

Current Guide for Research in Fashion Design

TOPICS IN FASHION

The following list of topics has been culled from the Bloomsbury Fashion Central (BFS) Encyclopedias (they have eight different volumes covering Western Industry and Global topics), the BFS A-Z List, and the Women's Wear Daily (WWD) Dictionary which can be accessed on the databases page of  this guide. If you need further assistance, please contact your librarian. 

  • Academic Dress
  • Activewear
  • Actors & Actresses, Impact on Fashion
  • Advertising
  • Aesthetic Dress
  • African American Dress
  • Afrocentric Fashion
  • Art & Fashion
  • Art Nouveau & Art Deco
  • Avant-Garde
  • Ball Dress
  • Ballet
  • Barbie
  • Beadwork
  • Black Panthers
  • Bohemian Dress
  • Buttons
  • Camouflage
  • Caricature
  • Celebrities
  • Ceremonial
  • Children's Clothing
  • Classicism
  • Cloth
  • Cocktail
  • Colonialism
  • Color (Colour)
  • Cosmetics
  • Costume
  • Cotton
  • Cross-Dressing
  • Dance & Fashion
  • Dress Codes
  • Dress Reform
  • Ecclesiastical Dress
  • EcoFashion
  • Economics
  • Ethical Fashion
  • Ethnic Influence (western lens)
  • Evening Wear
  • Fads
  • Fascism
  • Fashion Shows
  • Festivals
  • Fetish
  • Film & Television
  • First Ladies (United States)
  • Footbinding
  • Footwear
  • Formal Wear
  • Fragrance
  • Fur
  • Futurism
  • Garment Industry
  • Gaucho
  • Gender
  • Globalization
  • Goth
  • Grunge
  • Gypsy
  • Hairstyle
  • Handbags
  • Hat
  • Haute Couture
  • Headdress
  • Heroin Chic
  • High Heels
  • Hijab
  • Hip Hop
  • Hippie
  • Hollywood
  • Hoodies
  • Hosiery
  • Icons
  • Imperialism
  • Japonisme
  • Jeans
  • Jewelry
  • Kimono
  • Labor
  • Lace
  • Lingerie
  • Logos
  • London Streetwear
  • Luxury
  • Makeup
  • Mannequins
  • Mao
  • Masquerade
  • Models
  • Modernism
  • Music
  • Nautical
  • Nudity
  • Occult
  • Orientalism
  • Paper Dresses
  • Patterns & Pattern Making
  • Perfume
  • Photography
  • Politics
  • Punk
  • Quick Response (QR)
  • Ready-to-Wear
  • Resistance
  • Royal & Aristocratic
  • Sapeurs
  • Sari
  • Sexuality
  • Shoes
  • Signature
  • Silk
  • Sneakers
  • Social Class
  • Sourcing
  • Space Age
  • Sportswear
  • Street Style
  • Subcultures
  • Sustainability
  • Surrealism
  • Sustainability
  • Sweatshops
  • Swimwear
  • T-Shirts
  • Tailoring
  • Tattoos
  • Technology
  • Textiles
  • Theatre
  • Trade
  • Trends
  • Tribe
  • Turban
  • Tuxedo
  • Umbrellas
  • Vogue
  • Weddings
  • Wellness
  • Wigs
  • Wool
  • Working-Class
  • Zippers
  • Zoot Suit