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Virtual Exhibitions

"Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams" at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs
"Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams" Highlights
Vogue Runway
On this website, you can find designers, fashion shows, and seasonal collections.
Fashion at Versailles
Fashion at Versailles continues to inspire notable contemporary designers. The two virtual exhibitions offer a decryption of the symbolic trends in both men and women's fashion, which emerged in the 1780s, under the rule of Louis XVI, around the iconic figure of Marie-Antoinette. Information is taken from the website.
Dress 1700-1735 (The Met)
The Costume Institute (The Met)

Sustainable Fashion

Books for You

Bad Boys of Fashion by Croll, Jennifer Pacholska, Aneta
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781773212449
Publication Date: 2019
Chanel by Harold Koda; Andrew Bolton; Rhonda K. Garelick (Contribution by); Metropolitan Museum of Art Staff (Contribution by)
Call Number: Norlin: TT502 .K63 2005
ISBN: 1588391485
Publication Date: 2005-05-01
Deco Dandy: Designing Masculinity in 1920s Paris by John Potvin; Christopher Breward (Series edited by); James Ryan (Series edited by)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781526134790
Publication Date: 2020-10-13
Dior : catwalk : the complete collections / introduction and designer profiles by Alexander Fury
Call Number: Norlin: TT505.D5 F879 2017
ISBN: 9780500519349
Publication Date: 2017
Dior New Look Revolution by L. Benaim
Call Number: TT505.D5 B46 2015
ISBN: 9780847846641
Publication Date: 2015-09-15
Dressing Up: The Women Who Influenced French Fashion by Elizabeth L. Block
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780262045841
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
The Essence of Style: How the French Invented High Fashion, Fine Food, Chic Cafes, Style, Sophistication, and Glamour by Joan DeJean
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780743264143
Publication Date: 2006-06-06
Fashioning the Nineteenth Century by Cristina Giorcelli (Editor); Paula Rabinowitz (Editor)
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9780816687510
Publication Date: 2014-05-01
Fashion Prints in the Age of Louis XIV by Kathryn Norberg (Editor); Sandra Rosenbaum (Editor)
ISBN: 9780896728578
Publication Date: 2014-09-01
The Fashion Show Goes Live by Rebecca Halliday
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781350226340
Publication Date: 2022-03-24
Madeleine Vionnet by Benjamin Loyaute; Jacques Griffe (Contribution by); Jeromine Savignon (Contribution by); Pamela Golbin (Editor); Patrick Gries (Photographer)
Call Number: Norlin: TT505.V56 M33 2009
ISBN: 9780847832781
Publication Date: 2009-09-08
The Queen's Embroiderer by Joan DeJean
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781632864741
Publication Date: 2018-05-01
Worn by Sofi Thanhauser
Call Number: Ebook
ISBN: 9781524748395
Publication Date: 2022-01-25
Yves Saint Laurent by Farid Chenoune
Call Number: Norlin: TT502 .S28 2010
ISBN: 9780810996083
Publication Date: 2010-06-01
Queen of fashion : what Marie Antoinette wore to the Revolution by Caroline Weber
Call Number: GT865 .W37 2006
ISBN: 1036809960
Publication Date: 2006