The Costumer's Manifesto (Costumes.org) history of costume & fashion, online theater classes, designers, Halloween costumes, military uniforms, movie costumes, sewing patterns, vintage clothing, supplies | by a costume designer & theater professor, U Alaska Fairbanks
Fashion Career Center job seekers, employers, recruiters, career services, career advice, fashion schools, advertising info, membership
The Fashion Center, New York City organization formed to promote "New York City's apparel industry & to improve the quality of life & economic
vitality of Manhattan's garment district" | map, database of providers of fabrics, trimmings, notions | Fashion Walk of Fame - current & historical designers | links to related industry sites
Fashion Net news, profiles, runway videos, NY city guide, chat, message boards, links, job listings, shopping
Fashion Windows virtual merchandising, store windows, fashion designers, mannequins
The Harvard Center for Textile & Apparel Research (HCTAR) "focused on the competitive dynamics of the retail-apparel-textile channel - in particular, how technological
innovations are transforming the way retailers plan and order merchandise, and in turn, the way manufacturers forecast demand, plan production, and manufacture and distribute apparel products" | publications, working papers
Infomat: Fashion Industry Information Services 350,000+ international designers, showrooms, retailers, manufacturers & suppliers of men's, women's & children's, apparel, textile & accessories' products | Who's Who of fashion designers - biographies, profiles, career paths, where they are now, current company contact information, couture, collections, runway shows | Information Desk: guides, trends, news, publications: editorials, books, magazines, how-to's | Calendar: events by category | Career: outlook reports by industry area, job descriptions, information, earnings, analysis | Marketplace: sales leads, sourcing, sales reps, research, catalogs
Institute of Draped Clothes (IDP) "the research, study, preservation and promotion of draped clothing such as saris, belted plaids, Roman togas, sarongs, and other unstitched costumes found all over the world" | Web Library, links, draping styles, pareos, African costumes, headdresses, turbans, newsletter
Japanese Kimono kimono, Japanese clothing, kimono fabrics, patterns, yukata robes, how to tie an obi sash, wear yukata, hakama
pants, make kimono, zori, geta sandals, tabi, kimonos for children, weddings, happi coats
About-Face promotes postive self-esteem in girls and women
body(i)con "The Conning of American Women Into the Pursuit of a Perfect Body"
body as history, body as commodity, forbidden food, fighting back, body modification, links