by The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through American History 1900 to the Present (pdf)
tos of costumes from the eighteenth century to the present, mainly of American
fashion and clothing, but including designs from Asia, Greece, and Turkey.
The museum also has a collection of ethnic dress. Its fashion collection was
started by a donation of ‘‘fashion, historic costume, paintings and decorative
arts from Shannon Rodgers and Jerry Silverman, partners in Jerry Silverman,
Inc., a manufacturer of better dresses’’ in New York City (from the website).
P.O. Box 5190
Rockwell Hall
Kent, OH 44242 0001
330-672-3450
www.kent.edu/museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA’s Department of Costume and Textiles contains more than 25,000
objects, from 100 BCE to the present, much of which is searchable online. ‘A
Century of Fashion’ presents significant fashion designs by decade, from
1900 2000.
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-857-6000
www.lacma.org/
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
The museum’s Costume Institute contains 30,000 costumes and accessories, from
all over the world and from the last five centuries. The Met also provides a
fashion blog on its website.
1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
New York, NY 10028 0198
212-535-7710
www.metmuseum.org/
www.metmuseum.org/Works of Art/the costume institute
Royal Ontario Museum
The Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles and Costumes presents highlights of
the museum’s more than 50,000 artifacts that date from 1000 BCE to the present
day.
100 Queens Park
Toronto, ON
Canada, M5S 2C6
416-586-8000
www.rom.on.ca/
Smithsonian Institute
The National Museum of American History contains more than 30,000 artifacts of
clothing, from the 1700s to the present day, ranging from ball gowns to T-shirts.
4202 AHB/MRC-610
Washington, DC 20560
202-633-1000
www.si.edu/
http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/subject detail.cfm?key¼32&colkey¼8
Tassenmuseum Hendrikje (Museum of Bags and Purses)
Herengracht 573
1017 CD Amsterdam
þ31 (0) 20-524 64 52
www.tassenmuseum.nl
Victoria & Albert Museum
Among the V&A’s holdings is a fashion, jewelry, and accessories section. The
fashion collection covers ‘‘fashionable dress from the 17th century to the pres-
ent, emphasizing progressive and influential designs’’ (from the website).
Cromwell Road
London SW7 2RL, UK
þ44 (0) 20 7942 2000
www.vam.ac.uk/
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Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood
Among its collections is the children’s costumes section, with more than 6,000
items of children’s clothing, from the sixteenth century to the present.
Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9PA, UK
þ44 (0) 20 8983 5200
www.vam.ac.uk/moc/
Western Reserve Historical Society
Includes costumes from the history of the northeastern part of Ohio, from the
nineteenth century to the present.
10825 East Boulevard
Cleveland, OH 44106
216-721-5722
www.wrhs.org/
WEBSITES
About.com ‘‘Fashion History’
http://fashion.about.com/od/historycostumes/Fashion History.htm
Costume Gallery
www.costumegallery.com
Costumer’s Manifesto
www.costumes.org/history/100pages/costhistpage.htm
Exec Style Fashion Dictionary
www.execstyle.com/Fashion Dictionary.asp
Fashion-Era
www.fashion-era.com/
Fashion Planet
www.fashion-planet.gr
Haute History
www.hautehistory.com/fashhist/index.html
History of Fashion
www.historyoffashion.com/
Stylopedia Fashion Dictionary
www.snapffashun.com/stylopedia/00 a.html
Women’s Wear Daily Fashion Dictionary
www.wwd.com/fashion-resources/fashion-dictionary
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Costume Society of America (CSA)
www.costumesocietyamerica.com/
Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
www.cfda.com
International Textile and Apparel Association (ITAA)
www.itaaonline.org/
Cumulative Index
Note: Boldface numbers refer to volume numbers; numbers followed by f refer to
illustrations.
The A Team (TV show), 2:82
1920s, 1:67 68; New Deal and,
Abstract Expressionism, 1:55, 1:78,
1:44; rap, urban, and hip hop music,
2:49, 2:51 52
2:7, 2:76 77; rhythm & blues, Abzug, Bella, 2:135
1:80 81; 1960s, 2:28 30; 1970s, Academy Awards, 1929, 1:69
2:34 35, 2:134; 1980s, 2:40; 1990s Acetate, 1:166
and 2000s, 2:45 46; 1970s music,
Acrylic, 1960s and 1970s, 2:175
2:69; 1950s rock ‘n’ roll, 2:53 54;
Addams, Jane, Progressive movement,
segregation, 1:20; during WWI, 1:7;
1:4
during WWII, 1:50
Adolescence, new concept in the
Air travel: first flight, Kitty Hawk,
1920s, 1:136
NC, 1903, 1:23; 1990s and 2000s,
Adolfo, 2:35 36
2:114 15
Adrian, 1:76, 1:153, 1:157
Albee, Edward, 2:63
Advertising: 1900 1910, 1:92; 1920s,
Alcohol consumption, 1980s, 2:110
1:35; 1980s to present, 2:172 73;
Alger, Horatio, 1:53, 1:57 58
during WWII, 1:47; to young adults,
Alien Registration Act of 1940, 1:51
1970s, 2:105
Allen, Woody, 2:63
Afghanistan invasion, 2001, 2:43
Alternative fashion movements:
African Americans: baseball, 1:109 11;
beatniks, 2:54 55, 2:125 26, 2:192,
Black Power, 1960s, 2:204, 2:204f;
2:192f, 2:257 58; Black Power, Cadet Nurse Corps during WWII,
2:204, 2:204f, 2:267 68;
1:50; early 1900s, 1:26, 1:33;
Cyber-Goth, 2:244; Goth, 2:235,
education for children in the 1900s,
2:244, 2:295; Grunge, 2:236, 2:295,
1:125; female writers, 1970s, 2:70;
2:296f; Hippies, 2:203 4, 2:267,
Great Depression and, 1:44;
2:267f; Mods, 2:203, 2:266 67,
Harlem, New York City, 1:39; music
2:267; Neo-Bohemian and Retro-
in the 1910s, 1:62 63; music in the Chic, 2:244, 2:304; New Wave, 361
362
Cumulative Index
Alternative fashion movements
1930s, 1:71 73; 1940s, 1:78 79;
(Continued )
1950s, 2:51 52; 1960s, 2:58 60;
2:286; Preppies, 2:225, 2:285; Punk, 1970s, 2:67 68; 1980s, 2:74 75;
2:226, 2:277, 2:285 86f; Rap and 1990s and 2000s, 2:83
Hip-Hop, 2:226, 2:243, 2:286,
Artificial fabrics, 1940s, 1:167
2:295, 2:297f, 2:303 4;
Rastafarian, Arts and entertainment: 1900 1949,
2:226, 2:286 87; Ravers, 2:296 97;
1:7 9, 1:53 83; 1950 to present, 2:7,
Rebels, 2:258; Valley girls, 2:225 26
2:49 93
American Bandstand, 1950s, 2:58
Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Moderns,
American designers: building morale
Paris, 1925, 1:67
during WWII, 1:154; challenging
Ash can art, 1:53, 1:56
Paris, 1920s and 1930s, 1:153;
Ashley, Laura, 2:162
costume, 1:165; knockoffs of French
Asian Americans, 1990s and 2000s, 2:46
designer fashions, 1:155; ready-to-
Asian immigrants: after World War I,
wear manufacturers, 1:155; 1950s to
1:7; discrimination in the early
present, 2:14
1900s, 1:26
American dream, 1:48
Astaire, Fred and Adele, 1:69
American Federation of Labor, 1930s,
Auburn, David, 2:89
1:40
Automobiles: daily life, 1:9; dating
American Fiber Manufacturer
in the 1920s, 1:134; driving in the
Association, 2:175
1920s, 1:104 5; in early 1900s, 1:23
American Indian Movement (AIM),
1970s, 2:35
Baby boom, 2:11, 2:132
American Viscose Corporation, 1:166
Bakke v. California, 2:35
Anderson, Sherwood, 1:68
Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye, 2:36
Andrews Sisters, 1:80
Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1:154
Animated movies, 1990s and 2000s,
Banton, Travis, 1:76, 1:77, 1:153
2:90
Bara, Theda, 1:63, 1:65
Anti-design ideology, 2:83
The Barbarous Hun, WWI, 1:64
Anti-form, 1960s, 2:59
Barrie, Scott, 2:206, 2:206f
Anti-functionalism trends, 2:83
Barrymore, John, 1:68
Aquino, Corazon, 2:39
Barrymore family, 1:60
Architecture, 1:57
Basie, Count, 1:79
Arlen, Michael, 1:68
Basquiat, Jean Michel, 2:75
Armani, Giorgio, 2:79, 2:163
Bateman, Patrick, 2:87
Armed Forces Radio Services (AFRS),
Bathing suit ‘‘policeman,’ 1:204f
1:84
Bauhaus, 1:54; modernist art school,
Armstrong, Louis, 1:39, 1:68
1:67
Arrangement in Grey and Black
Beatles: arrive in U. S. 1964, 2:60,
(Whistler), 1:61 62
2:102; effect on hairstyles, 1960s,
Art deco, 1:54, 1:66 67, 1:71;
2:133
orientalism and surrealism, 1:72
Beatniks, alternative fashion, 1950s,
Art movements, 1:54; 1900s, 1:55 57;
2:54 55, 2:125 26, 2:192, 2:192f, 1910s, 1:61 62; 1920s, 1:66 67;
2:257 58
Cumulative Index
363
Beaton, Cecil, 1:67
Bouton, Jim, 2:70
Beauty contests, 1:163, 1:163f Bow, Clara, 1:65, 1:65f, 1:69
Bebob, 1:55, 1:81
Boy band fashions, 1990s, 2:85 86
Beene, Geoffrey, 1960s fashion, 2:162
Boy’s ensembles (children to preteen):
Berard, Christian, 1:73
casual wear: 1950s, 2:310; 1960s,
Berendt, John, 2:87
2:323; 1970s, 2:336 37; 1980s, Berlin, Irving, 1:59
2:351; 1990s and 2000s, 2:364;
Berlin Wall, fall in 1989, 2:39
formalwear: 1950s, 2:306 7;
Bernhardt, Sarah, 1:60, 1:63
1960s, 2:320; 1970s, 2:332 33;
Bernstein, Carl, 2:70
1980s, 2:347; 1990s and 2000s,
BET (Black Entertainment
2:361
Television), 2:75 76, 2:84
Boy’s ensembles (teen to college):
Betty Crocker, 1:103
casual wear: 1950s, 2:312 13; 1960s, Bhutto, Benazir, 2:39
2:325 26; 1970s, 2:339 40; 1980s, Big band era, 1:54 55, 1:73, 1:79
2:353; 1990s and 2000s, 2:366 67;
Big business, early 1900s, 1:4 5, 1:29
formalwear: 1950s, 2:308; 1960s,
Biker look, James Dean, 2:56f
2:321; 1970s, 2:334; 1990s and Biological Agriculture Systems in
2000s, 2:362; formalwear, 1980s,
Cotton program, 1995, 2:178
2:349
Birth control pill, 1960, 2:130 31
Brancusi, Constantin, 1:71
Black Monday, 1987, 2:38
Branding, 1980s, 2:37, 2:166, 2:172
Black Power, alternative fashion, 2:204,
Braque, Georges, 1:61
2:204f, 2:267 68
Breton, Andre, 1:71
Blass, Bill, 2:35 36, 2:165
Brice, Fannie, 1:69
Blessing, Lee, 2:78
Brinkley, Christie, 2:163, 2:172
Blouses/shirts, women’s casual wear:
Broadway, New York City: Great
1900 1908, 1:175; 1909 1914,
White Way, 1:68; Hair, end of
1:184; 1914 1919, 1:191 92;
1960s, 2:61f; light comedy, 1:61;
1940 1946, 1:227; 1947 1949,
operettas, 1:61; 1900s, 1:60; 1930s,
1:239
1:74; 1960s, 2:63; 1970s, 2:70;
Bobbysoxers, 1:335
1980s, 2:78; 1990s and 2000s, 2:88;
Bodices, formalwear: 1900 1908,
1950s musicals, 2:55; vaudeville,
1:172; 1909 1914, 1:181 82;
1:61
1914 1919, 1:189; 1920 1930,
Brooks, Louise, 1:69; 1920s hairstyle,
1:198; 1930 1940, 1:212;
1:208f
1940 1946, 1:224; 1947 1949,
Brown, Helen Gurley, 2:130, 2:171
1:238; 1950s, 2:181; 1960s, 2:193;
Brown v. Board of Education, 2:20,
1970s, 2:205; 1980s, 2:216; 1990s,
2:23, 2:125 26
2:227; 2000s, 2:236
Brownell, Frank, Brownie camera,
Bodybuilding, 1970s, 2:106
1:57
Bonwit Teller, 1:159
Bryan, William Jennings, Scopes trial,
Boston Women’s Collective, 2:70
1:38, 1:137
Boutique clothing shops, early
Buckley, William F., 2:19
twentieth century, 1:158
Bugliosi, Vincent, 2:70
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Cumulative Index
Burgee, John, 2:75
1:299 300f; 1920s, 1:308 11, 1:309f; Burke, Billie, 1:68
1930s, 1:318 21, 1:318f; 1940s, Burroughs’, Edgar Rice, 1:58
1:328 30
Bush, George, 2:5, 2:40
Casual wear (children to preteen):
Bush, George W., 2:5, 2:43, 2:45
1950s, 2:308 10; 1960s, 2:322 23;
Business management, 1920s, 1:35
1970s, 2:335 37; 1980s, 2:349 50;
Business wear (men): 1900s, 1:249 50;
1990s and 2000s, 2:363 65
1910s, 1:257 58; 1920s, 1:264 66;
Casual wear (men): 1900s, 1:250 51;
1930s, 1:273 74; 1940s, 1:280 81;
1910s, 1:258 59; 1920s, 1:266 67;
1950s, 2: 248f, 2:250 51; 1960s, 1930s, 1:274 76; 1940s, 1:282;
2:260 61; 1970s, 2:269 71; 1980s, 1950s, 2:251 52; 1960s, 2:261 62;
2:278 79; 1990s, 2:288 89; 2000s, 1970s, 2:271 72; 1980s, 2:279 81;
2:298 99
1990s, 2:289 90; 2000s, 2:299 300
Business wear (women): 1900 1908,
Casual wear (teen to college): 1950s,
1:173 74; 1909 1914, 1:182 83;
310 13; 1960s, 2:
323 26; 1970s, 1914 1919, 1:190 91; 1920 1930,
2:337 40; 1980s, 2:351 54; 1990s
1:199 200; 1930 1940, 1:213 15;
and 2000s, 2:365 67
1940 1946, 1:225 27; 1947 1949,
Casual wear (women): 1900 1908,
1:238 39; 1950s, 2:182 83; 1960s,
1:174 75; 1909 1914, 1:183 85;
2:194; 1970s, 2:206; 1980s, 1914 1919, 1:191 92; 1920 1930,
2:217 18; 1990s, 2:228 29; 2000s,
1:200 201; 1930 1940, 1:215 16;
2:237 38
1940 1946, 1:227 28; 1947 1949,
Buy now, pay later, 1920s, 1:35
1:239 40; 1950s, 2:183; 1960s, Byrne, Jane, 2:135
2:194 96; 1970s, 2:208 9; 1980s,
2:218 19; 1990s, 2:229 30; 2000s, Cabell, James Branch, 1:68
2:238 39
Callot Souers, 1:150 51; founded by Cather, Willa, 1:62, 1:68
Gerber sisters, 1:150 52
Catholic Legion of Decency (Hayes
Calloway, Cab, 1:68
Department), 1:75
Calvin Klein, 2:165, 2:174, 2:207f Celanese, production of viscose, 1:166
Camelot years, JCK presidency, 101
Censorship, 1910s, 1:62
Camille (Ibsen), 1:60
Centers for Disease Control, teenagers
Camp David Accords, 2:33
and sexual intercourse, 2:151
Canfield, Jack, 2:88
Chanel, Gabrielle ‘‘Coco,’ 1:152;
Capote, Truman, 2:63
perception of, after WWII, 1:154;
Cardin, Pierre, 2:162, 2:175
suit worn by First Lady Jackie
Carnegie, Dale, 1:74
Kennedy, 2:101, 2:101f Carter, Jimmy, 2:18, 2:31, 2:33
Chaplin, Charlie, 1:63, 1:69
Cassini, Oleg, 2:24, 2:161; 1960s Chenier, Clifton, 1:81
fashion, 2:162, 2:171 Castle, Irene Chernobyl disaster, 2:39
and Vernon, 1:98, 1:98f
Chesebrough, Robert Augustus, 1:195
Casual Friday, 2:114 15
Chicago, Judy, 2:67
Casual wear (children): 1900s,
Chicago Imagists, 2:67
1:291 94; 1910s, 1:298 302,
Child labor, 1:124 25, 1:130
Cumulative Index
365
Childbirth, 1900s, 1:123
1:267 68; 1930s, 1:276; 1940s, Children: as consumers, 1990s, 2:154;
1:283; 1950s, 2:252; 1960s, 2:263;
growing up in America, 1900 1949,
1970s, 2:272 73; 1980s, 2:281;
1:12 14; growing up in America,
1990s, 2:291; 2000s, 2:300
1950s, 2:124 25; health, 1990s,
Coats (women’s outerwear): 1900 1908,
2:155; missing, 1980s, 2:146
1:176; 1909 1914, 1:185; 1914 1919, Children’s fashions, 1:289 339, 1:293f,
1:192 93; 1920 1930, 1:201 2,
2:305 84; sexual material in, 2:85
1:202f; 1930 1940, 1:216 17;
Children’s health, 1900s, 1:123 24
1940 1946, 1:228, 1:230; 1947 1949, China: manufacturing business, 1980s,