Bloomsbury Fashion Central - Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library

Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library

Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library is the first comprehensive online collection for the interdisciplinary study of dress and costume history, design and making, and offers an indispensable scholarly and educational resource to support the study of dress history, costume studies and costume design.

Where to start

Videos

Watch garment study videos, analysing key costume garments in detail

Books

Enrich your research with coverage from scholarly dress history to practical costume-making techniques

Recreative Reflections Articles

Get to grips with recreative practice approaches to dress and textile history, in these exclusive articles

Contextual Articles

Explore the historiography of dress history with articles by leading dress historian Valerie Cumming

Museum Objects

Examine over 800 images from the V&A Museum’s Theatre and Performance Archives

Encyclopedias

Explore dress and costume across cultures, continents, and throughout history

Key topics

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Timeline: Costume through the Ages

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