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How to layer access to collections on Bloomsbury Fashion Central

If you enjoy access to the Berg Fashion Library, here’s a quick guide to how a handpicked selection of our other fashion collections can complement its content to enhance day-to-day teaching and research.

Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library

What will I find on Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library?

It supports the interdisciplinary study of dress and costume history, design and making. Discover primary source material, authoritative scholarly books and reference works, practical costume-making guides, exclusive overview articles, garment study videos, and a timeline of costume - brought together into a one-stop collection.

How does this collection fit with the Berg Fashion Library?

Building on the museum images covering historical dress on Berg Fashion Library, you'll find plenty of relevant content on the Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library - in particular, its topic coverage of historical and contemporary costume for drama, performance, film and television.

Delve into an array of digitally-exclusive new resources on dress history and costume for performance which are not included on the Berg Fashion Library.

Explore changes to dress and fashions over time, through an anthropological lens on Berg Fashion Library - before getting to grips with performance costume, the history of dress and applied costume studies on the Bloomsbury Dress and Costume Library.

Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail

What will I find on Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail?

It offers exclusive videos accompanied by complementary resources and articles, exploring the historical context, materials, fastenings and details of historic garments, plus the practical side of how they were made and worn.

How does this collection fit with the Berg Fashion Library?

Users can deepen their understanding of each historical era and the intricacies of garments with videos on Bloomsbury Historic Dress in Detail - before situating those periods within contemporary discussions, using the articles in the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, and an array of Bloomsbury book titles.

Other real examples of the garments discussed in the Historic Dress in Detail videos can be explored using the museum images of historic dress on Berg Fashion Library.

Berg Fashion Library's international coverage also provides a springboard for exploring global historic dress of the same period as the European dress showcased on Historic Dress in Detail.

Bloomsbury Digital Fashion Masterclasses

What will I find on Bloomsbury Digital Fashion Masterclasses?

Watch unique video masterclasses from industry innovators giving you extensive insider expertise. Created by The Digital Fashion Group, and accompanied by exclusive business case studies, this collection explores all aspects of digital technology, using real-world examples.

How does this collection fit with the Berg Fashion Library?

Delve into content on digital fashion topics such as artificial intelligence, 3D printing, and more across both Berg Fashion Library and Bloomsbury Digital Fashion Masterclasses - users can easily switch between related video or text content, zooming in on specific processes in detail.

Discover their shared global approach to coverage of the industry's future, the evolving nature of supply chains or changes to clothing production which support sustainability.

And hear from industry professionals in the videos and business cases on Fashion Masterclasses - their unique perspective builds on Berg Fashion Library's digital fashion content with real-world examples and practical implementation.

Librarians: please get in touch to arrange access to any of these collections.

Faculty members: please share a link this to page with your library, or contact us if you have any questions.

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Banner images are courtesy of The Digital Fashion Group, Getty Images, and Nicole Loven – Crow’s Eye Productions.