BurdaStyle - patterns, creations, extensive "how to" section.
Contemporary Fashion. Ed. Taryn Benbow-Pfalzgraf. 2nd ed. Detroit: St. James Press, 2002. 743 pp. - A reference book covering individual designers and fashion houses that have been active throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Informative essays mirror the many facets of the fashion world.
Only available in West Cheshire College. Please contact library@west-cheshire.ac.uk for details of how to access this service from home.
Costume History Resources from Artslynx
Costumer's Manifesto, The - www.costumes.org - One-stop Site for Costume Information & Images.
Designing a store - secrets of store design from the makers of 'I'm running Sainsbury's'
Fashion Encyclopedia - detailed biographical and factual articles concerning the most famous people in the fashion industry.
Fashion.net - your guide to fashion on the net.
Fashion Page - the first fashion page on the web.
Knitonthenet - free patterns, news and features.
Mary Quant - a site dedicated to the 'Queen of The Mini' and inspirational designer.
1960's Fashion - Fashion-Era's site includes images and drawings.
Schiaparelli - "Never fit a dress to the body but train the body to fit the dress" - an opportunity to see the influential designer's work.
Vena Cava Design Corset and Costume Component Site - a UK based mail order business specialising in corset making equipment. This includes corset busks, corset boning, laces, spring steel boning, lacing bones, corset eyelets, bias binding, lacing bones and much, much more.

IMAGE LIBRARIES
AICT - Art Images for College Teaching (Royalty free images for educational use).
Art Resource - High quality images of works of painting, sculpture, architecture from most of the world’s major museums, monuments, and commercial archives.
Barry's Clip Art Server
Bradley W. Schenck's - portfolio of work including free Celtic images to download.
Cartoon Factory Animation Art Gallery
Pat's Web Graphics

Links checked 6/08/09