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Researching fashion in New York libraries and beyond

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Clare Hills-Nova
Clare Hills-Nova*
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Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, 1 East 78th Street, New York, NY 10021, USA
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Abstract

By the 1990s, fashion studies’ relegation to the marginalia of art historical discourse had greatly diminished. During the same period, US fashion itself emerged from European domination, with the action centring on New York City. Conveniently, New York’s art, design and fashion libraries, archives and special collections were already the most wide-ranging anywhere and, propelled by multi-disciplinary-, multi-media-driven interests, they have continued to expand their collections in all areas of fashion research and design, as well as in fashion’s innumerable contiguous fields. While discussing the multiple research resources available to New York-based historians of dress, fashion designers and clothing industry affiliates, this article examines issues of choice and magical serendipity in the context of an at-times overwhelming plethora of information.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 29 , Issue 3 , 2004 , pp. 22 - 27
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 2004

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