Fashion Majors

RESOURCES FOR FASHION CAREERS

Trade Periodicals (available on the 3rd floor of Gingrich Library or data bases)

California Apparel News
DNR (Daily News Record)
Earnshaw's Childrenswear
Fashion Theory (available in Wilson OmniFile: Full Text)
FN (Footwear News)
Journal of Fashion Marketing and Management (available in ABI/Inform Global)
Stores
VM&SD (Visual Merchandising and Store Design)
Vogue Patterns
WWD (Women's Wear Daily)

Consumer Periodicals (available in Gingrich Library or data bases)

Allure (available in ProQuest and LexisNexis data bases)
Cosmopolitan (available in ProQuest data base)
Teen Vogue (available in LexisNexis and ProQuest data bases)
Vogue
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Fashion Websites

• www.style.com (good reference for designer collections)
• www.wwd.com (Women's Wear Daily)
• www.wgsn-edu.com (see instructor about password)
• www.firstview.com (1 hour password for $5.95)
• www.fashionweekdaily.com
• www.fashion.net (links to individual designer and brand websites)
• www.vogue.co.uk
• www.vogue.com
• www.color-trends.com
• www.colorassociation.com
• www.stylecouncil.com
• www.olympusfashionweek.com
• www.metrofashion.com/sketches
• www.usafashionshows.com
• www.newyorkrunwayshows.com
• www.infomat.com (fashion calendars, designer biographies
• www.fashion-411.com (fashion trends, shopping guides)
• www.mpnews.com (great source for trend presentations)
• www.apparelsearch.com
• www.fabriclink.com
• www.itaa.org (International Textile and Apparel Association)
• www.textilesociety.org
• www.acraretail.org (The American Collegiate Retailing Association)
• www.cottoninc.com (Cotton Incorporated Trade Association)
• www.nrf.com ( National Retail Federation)

Book Resources on Fashion Careers (available in the Albright College Career Development Center.)

• Career Opportunities in Art, by Susan H. Haubenstock and David Joselit
• Career Opportunities in the Fashion Industry, by Peter Vogt
• Career Opportunities in the Retail / Wholesale Industry, by Shelley Field
• Careers for Color Connoisseurs and Other Visual Types, by Jan Goldberg
• Careers for Crafty People and Other Dexterous Types, by Mark Rowh
• Careers for Culture Lovers and Other Artsy Types, by Marjorie Eberts and Margaret Gisler
• Careers for Fashion Plates and Other Trendsetters, by Lucia Mauro
• Careers for Romantics and Other Dreamy Types, by Blythe Camenson
• Careers for the Stagestruck and Other Dramatic Types, by Lucia Mauro
• Opportunities in Fashion Careers, by Roslyn Dolber
• Opportunities in Interior Design and Decorating Careers, by Victoria K. Ball
• Opportunities in Retailing Careers , by Roslyn Dolber

In addition, the Gingrich library has over 100 book selections on fashion, costume, clothing and dress. You can find them by browsing "subject searches".

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