This guide is designed to help you find resources for your THP217 research assignment.
To get started:
1. Look over your assignment -- read the instructions carefully so that you understand the full scope of the assignment and each component.
2. Choose a historical period or moment -- for help with this, use the Fashion Timeline resources below and consider using some of the History resources listed on this guide in the "Finding Sources" tab.
3. Identify your information needs and the types of resources that can provide that information -- for this assignment, you will need a variety of information (including images and articles), so consider which library and web resources will best fit each information need.
What kinds of information should your research explore?
A project created by FIT art history faculty and students, the Fashion History Timeline features overviews of time periods, and definition of key fashion history terms. It provides hundreds of visual examples as well as lists of primary and secondary resources for further research.
The Met's collection includes more than 40,000 items dating from contemporary fashion back to 4,000 B.C. ranging from recent couture to textiles and accessories that give insight into life from the pre-Columbian era.
The FIT of New York provides a collection of digital resources to explore fashion, art, and textiles throughout history.
