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.
WWD (Women's Wear Daily) is an essential source of fashion news and trends, and a primary source for materials about the fashion industry and its evolution.
The world’s largest and most comprehensive visual database of retail and e-commerce. Content includes visual merchandising, window displays, retail & interior design, product packaging, e-commerce, technology and more from the hottest global brands. You must sign up with your St. Kate's email to access the site.
Aims to be the journal of choice among scholars studying clothing, textiles, and related topics across the discipline. The journal publishes impactful scholarship that shapes the discipline. As the official journal of International Textile and Apparel Association Inc, it is peer-reviewed and is published quarterly.
A peer-reviewed, pure open access journal which aims to facilitate the rapid and wide dissemination of research in the engineering of textiles, clothing and fiber based structures.
Deals with all aspects of the cultural and social history of apparel and textiles, as well as issues arising from the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of historic textiles or clothing.
Delivers statistical reports on global textile and apparel trade. Our data are compiled from official sources with additional comments from our editorial staff. We cover fiber prices, textile and apparel markets and trade rules and negotiations" (from the site homepage).
Produced by the Industrial Fabrics Association International (IFAI),a not-for-profit trade association comprised of member companies representing the international advanced textiles and specialty fabrics marketplace.
All about silk: a fabric dictionary & swatchbook
All about cotton: a fabric dictionary & swatchbook
Swatch Reference Guide for Fashion Fabrics
