Art and Architecture History: ART 189

Evening Dress, 1950.  Designer: Claire McCardell (American, 1905-1958). Accessed through ARTstor.

Fashion Reference Books  (IMC, to the right)

• The Complete Fashion Sourcebook: GT596 .P393 2005 
• Fashion, Costume and Culture: GT511. P46 2004 
• Fashions of a Decade (8 volumes): GT596 .F375 1920
• Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing through World History: GT 507 .G74 2008
• The Hulton Getty Picture Collection: Decades of Fashion: GT 596 .W67 2000
• 100 Years of Style: Twentieth Century Fashion (5 vols): GT 596 .W38 2001
• The Details: Iconic Men's Accessories: GT 1710 .S558 2015

Context Reference Books (IMC, to the right)

• The 1940s: E 169.1 .S559 2004
• The 1950s: E 169.12 .Y69 2004
• The 1960s: E 169.12 .R53 2003
• American Decades (10 vols): E 169.12 .A419 1994
• The American Years: A Chronology of Unied States History: E174.5 .G753 1999
• Encyclopedia of American Facts and Dates: E 174.5 .C3 1997
• The Fifties in America (3 vols): E 169.12 F498 2005
• Modern America (Almanacs of American Life): E 766 .G74 1995

Look in the call number areas at King Library
GT 500 – GT 2300 (history of costume)
TT 496 – TT 600 (fashion and etiquette)

Sears Catalogs
Search→ SUBJECT:  Sears, Roebuck, and Company -- Catalogs

• 1897 Sears Roebuck Catalogue  (Art/Arch,  TS 199 .S432 1968)
• The 1902 edition of the Sears Roebuck Catalogue  (BEST Lib,  TS 199 .S432 2000)
• Everyday fashions, 1909-1920, as pictured in Sears Catalogs  (King Ref,  GT 615 .E89 1995)
• Everyday fashions of the thirties as pictured in Sears Catalogs (King Ref,  GT 615 .E92 1986)
• Everyday fashions of the forties as pictured in Sears Catalogs (King 2nd floor, GT 615 .E9 1992)
• Everyday fashions of the fifties as pictured in Sears Catalogs (King Ref,  GT 615 .E895 2002)
• Everyday fashions of the sixties as pictured in Sears Catalogs (King Ref, GT 615 .E917 1999)

Retrospective Historical Resources
Samples only!  Many more like these in the stacks.  Go to one of these call numbers and browse.

• Sixty Years of Fashion  (King 2nd floor, GT 596 .W6 1963)
• Harper’s Bazaar 100 years of the American female  (King Folio, HQ 1410 .T7)
• Fashion in the 30s  (King Ref,  TT504 .R59 1978)
• Twentieth-century American Fashion  (Art/Arch,  GT 615 .T94 2005)
• Crosscurrents: Art, Fashion, Design 1890-1989 (King 2nd floor, GT 595 .L4813 1989)

King Library, Ground Floor (IMC, to the right)
Bound Periodicals,  “AP” section:
•    Esquire (1962 – present):  AP 2 .E845
•    Ladies’ Home Journal (1965 – 1985): AP 2 .L135
•    Life (1937 – 1970):  AP 2 .L54715
•    Mademoiselle (1949 – 2001):  AP 2 .M2334
•    Newsweek (1935 – present):  AP 2 .N6772
•    Redbook (1962 – present):  AP 2 .R2829
•    Time (1923 – present):  AP 2 .T37
•    Vanity Fair (1913 – 1936):  AP 2 .V3

King Library, Ground Floor (IMC, to the right)
Bound Periodicals, “TT and TX” section:
•    Glamour (1981 – present):  TT 500 .G46
•    Good Housekeeping (1951 – present):  TX 1 .G7
•    Harper’s Bazaar (1954 – present):  TT 500 .H3
•    Vogue (1950 – present):  TT 500 .V7

1905 - present: KING Periodicals
Ground Floor, in IMC
LD 3241 .M545 R435

Try these as subject heading terms in the Classic Catalog

•    Clothing and dress
•    Clothing and dress -- catalogs
•    Clothing and dress -- social aspects  --United States
•    Costume -- United States -- History -- 20th century
•    Costume -- United States -- History
•    Fashion – History -- 20th century
•    Hats – History -- 20th century
•    Jeans (Clothing) -- History
•    Shoes -- History
•    Shoes – History -- 20th century
•    Military uniforms