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Fashion Design and Merchandising Research Guide

A useful guide for Fashion Design and Merchandise, which includes information about the history of dress, textiles, and sustainable fashion. This guide is meant to assist students in this area of study.

Where to Find Fashion Books in the Library

Browse these call number areas for books related to fashion design and merchandising.

GT on the main floor (for clothing history)
TS on the lower level (for textile fabrics)
TT on the lower level (for fashion design and designers)

Fashion Books

Narrative Thread: conversations on fashion collections book cover

Fresh Fly Fabulous: 50 Years of Hip Hop Style

To Dye For: How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick--and How We Can Fight Back

Vogue and the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute: parties, exhibitions, people cover

Zero Waste Patterns: 20 projects to sew your own wardrobe cover

Flawless: Lessons in Looks and Culture from the K-Beauty Capital

The Act of Sewing: how to make and modify clothes to wear every day cover

Pious Fashion: how Muslim women dress

How to Read a Dress: a guide to changing fashion from the 16th to the 21st century

Fashion and Politics

Africa in Fashion : Luxury, Craft and Textile Heritage.

Last Updated: Nov 7, 2025 11:12 AM
URL: https://libguides.stkate.edu/fashion
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Subjects: Business, Fashion Design and Merchandising

Tags: apparel design, business, fashion, merchandising

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