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Image Partnerships

The Berg Fashion Library includes a colour image bank of more than 17,000 images. We add to this image bank on a regular basis.


A core value of the Library is to increase the accessibility of fashion objects held in disparate collections across the world through sophisticated search and browse. This is made possible by:

  • Unique classification system: students, scholars and curators can see and link to clothing and related objects that they otherwise might not have known existed, which provides historical and cultural context.
  • Thumbnail images: images from the museum collection are displayed within the site and can be viewed in different sizes. Users are able to click through to the collection website for further information.

 

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The Museum at FIT

Focussing on fashion history, this collection features a strong contemporary women’s fashion collection, as well as major figures in fashion history. Images © The Museum at Fit
       

The Valentine

The Costume and Textiles Collection at the Valentine comprises over 30,000 dress, accessory, and textile objects from the late 18th century to the present dayImages © The Valentine
       

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bloomsbury has partnered with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York to enable more than 2,000 images from the renowned Costume Institute’s collection to be viewed via the Berg Fashion Library. Images © Metropolitan Museum of Art

MoMu Fashion Museum

This prestigious collection comprises historical costumes as well as stand-out pieces by contemporary designers. Images © MoMu

        

Victoria & Albert Museum

One of the most important collections in the world, the V&A's dress collection contains European fashionable clothes and accessories spanning four centuries. Images © V&A Museum

Fashion Museum Bath

The Fashion Museum Bath collection includes rare illustrations from Maison Paquin, digitized and displayed here for the first time. Images © Fashion Museum Bath
        

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Featuring objects from around the globe and spanning the past 2,000 years, the images from the LACMA collection showcase the Museum's superb, wide-ranging holdings. Images © LACMA

Kerry Taylor Auctions

        

Kerry Taylor Auctions is the leading auction house for vintage fashion, antique costume and textiles. Images © Kerry Taylor Auctions
        

Philadelphia Museum of Art

     

Highlights of the renowned costume and textiles collection from Philadelphia Museum of Art include designs by Elsa Schiaparelli and Charles Frederick Worth. Images © Philadelphia Museum of Art

Commercial Pattern Archive (CoPA)

The Commercial Pattern Archive contains over 2,000 dressmaking patterns from 1868–2000, a unique tool for recreating or dating clothing. Images © CoPA