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THP217: Introduction to Design Scenography (Soper)

This guide provides instruction and information to help students complete their THP217 research project.

Museum Websites

Asian Fashion Archive

Asian Fashion Archive

The Asian Fashion Archive is a digital resource project, which highlights Asian fashion, culture, and history.

Fashion and Race Database

Fashion and Race Database

A database with the goal of centering and amplifying voices voices of those who have been racialized (and thus marginalized) in fashion, illuminate under-examined histories and address racism throughout the fashion system. Featuring resources, digital objects, biographical profiles, essays, directory and calendar of events

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Fashion History Websites

Bissonnette on Costume
A Visual Dictionary of Fashion, Kent State University Museum. You can search this site by using a Geographic Search, a Time Search, or a Subject Search.

The Costume Page
Sources on the study of Costume and Costume History

The Costumer's Manifesto
Links related to Western Costume History, by period. 

Fashion - Era
Fashion – Era contains images of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Textiles and Social History.

Footwear of the Middle Ages
An ongoing examination of the history and development of Footwear and Shoemaking Techniques up to the end of the sixteenth century.

Helibrunn Timeline: Costume in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fashion history timeline created by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, from pieces in their collection.

Kent State University - Fashion Resources: Clothing & Costume
Compendium of useful links for the student of fashion and costume. 

Understanding Types of Online Sources

Online information can come in many different forms - social media, blogs, personal experiences, books, journal and magazine articles, newspapers, and websites - and the type of information you need will change depending on the question you are trying to answer. Different assignments also require information from a variety of sources, so it's important to recognize the difference in what you find on the web. Most of the sources in this image can be found both online as well as by using PC Library resources.