Research Guides: Fashion Merchandising: Books & More

Selected Books on Fashion in the Steen Library

20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment by Francois Boucher
Call Number: GT510 .B6713 1967A
Publication Date: 1967
The history of humans dressing themselves.
Fashion studies : research methods, sites, and practices by Heike Jenss
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on title for access.
Publication Date: 2016
Insights into the way that scholars make sense of fashion, both in museum collections and in people's everyday lives.
The magic of fashion : ritual, commodity, glamour by Brian Moeran
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on title for access.
Publication Date: 2015
The ultimate tome on women's fashion magazines and the "magic" they provide.
Street style : an ethnography of fashion blogging by Brent Adam Luvaas
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on title to access.
Publication Date: 2016
The hows and whys of blogs in the fashion industry.
The trendmakers : behind the scenes of the global fashion industry by Jenny Lantz
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on title for access.
Publication Date: 2016
Movers and shakers in the world wide fashion industry.
Handbook of Sustainable Luxury Textiles and Fashion, volume 1 by Miguel Ángel Gardetti and Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, eds.
Call Number: This is an e-book; click title to access.
Publication Date: 2015
Explores different aspects of sustainable luxury textiles and fashion.
Handbook of Sustainable Luxury Textiles and Fashion, volume 2 by Miguel Ángel Gardetti and Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, eds.
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on the title to access.
Publication Date: 2015
Explores dimensions of sustainable luxury textiles and fashion.
Green Fashion, volume 1 by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu and Miguel Ángel Gardetti, eds.
Call Number: This is an e-book; click on title to access.
Publication Date: 2015
Deals with the important aspects of green fashion including: animal welfare, sustainable processing of textiles, case studies, consumer behavior, etc.