COD Library: Fashion: Websites

Listed below are high-quality websites useful for a variety of fashion design and merchandising research, but there are endless others you can find on your own.

Remember to carefully scrutinize information you find on the web: Evaluating Web Sources

General Fashion Websites

Fashion Model Directory (FMD)
Fashion database with over 1M+ credited fashion photographs , ten-thousands of professional fashion profiles, news articles, information on fashion brands and clients, and more.
Fashion History Timeline
Learn about how fashion, textiles, and other garments have evolved over time across the world. The site also features essays that encompass artwork and garment analysis, a fashion history dictionary, and the source database, which includes hundreds of digital surrogates of primary source material relating to fashion history.
Fashion in Time
A site written by fashion experts that includes excellently researched information about the history of fashion, presented in a really interesting way.
Women's Wear Daily
The standard go-to source on all things related to fashion and the fashion industry.
FirstVIEW
An archive of runway photos and videos. Search by designer or browse collections.

Trend Research

Trendwatching.com
An excellent site that provides free reports on fashion business trends.
Fashion Snoops
The Fashion Snoops is a trend-forecasting and consulting company. This website provides excellent information on how trend-forecasting and visual merchandising is conducted. Review this website to learn about this aspect of the fashion industry.
Trendstop
Register for a free Trendstop account to get limited access to the materials on this site. With your free account, you can access the "trend stream" section of the website and the trend reports.

Association Web Sites

Fashion Group International
FGI is a great place to learn about fashion industry events and look for jobs.
Chicago Fashion Foundation
The mission of CFF is to provide academic scholarships to Chicago-area college students majoring in fashion related studies and to coordinate educational programs for Chicago’s fashion community.
Apparel Industry Board
This Chicago-based organization represents the interests of the sewn products industry. Its leadership includes professionals from all aspects of the fashion industry and its mission is to support fashion designers and merchandisers in the greater Chicago-area.

Business of Fashion

Business of Fashion
The Business of Fashion combines independent, agenda-setting journalism with practical business advice, online learning, career-building tools and immersive events, powering positive change in fashion and the wider world. Sign up for student access here.