LibGuides: Fashion and Textile Studies: Periodicals in Print and Online

Current Periodicals

Below is a list of some of the fashion and textile periodicals available at BGC Library that include peer-reviewed research and/or current articles.

Use the periodicals and articles search functions of the catalog to find more, including journals that are not solely focused on clothing and textiles but include relevant content. See the Databases and Websites page of this guide as well for links to citation indexes and databases that offer full text access from multiple sources.

Fashion Practice
PER GT 500 .F37
Fashion Theory: Journal of Dress, Body & Culture
PER GT 500 .F39
Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America
PER GT 605 .C73
Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society
PER GT 730 .C67
Hali: The International Journal of Oriental Carpets and Textiles
PER NK 2808 .H35
Jacquard
PER NK 8800 .J33
Textile History
PER NK 8800 .T47
Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture
PER NK 8800 .T48
Textile Museum Journal
PER NK 8802 .W3 T49
Textiles Asia
PER NK 8872 .T498
Selvedge
PER NK 8800 .S45
Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice
PER NK 8800 .T498

Periodicals as Primary Sources

Women's and home magazines, popular journals, newspapers, and trade magazines are all important sources of documentation for the study of fashion, clothing, and textiles. Below is a list of digitized periodicals that could serve as primary sources in your research.

See the Databases and Websites page of this guide for more links to databases that offer the ability to search and browse multiple sources at once.

Chinese Women's Magazines in the Late Qing and Early Republican Period
This database includes full text access to four Chinese women's journals: Nüzi shijie (Women's World, 1904-07), Funü shibao (The Women's Eastern Times, 1911-17), Funü zazhi (The Ladies' Journal, 1915-31), and Linglong (Elegance, 1931-37)
Country Life Archive
A full-text collection containing every page and issue of this historical British culture and lifestyle magazine from its first issue in 1897 (when it was known as Country Life Illustrated) to 2005. All pages are in full color, are reproduced in high-resolution and are fully searchable.
Ebony
The 1959-2008 issues of Ebony, a monthly magazine for the African American market, are freely available and fully searchable through Google Books.
Godey’s Lady’s Book (available through NYPL)
The entire run of Godey's Lady's Book, in full text and with color plates, from 1830-1898.
Harper's Bazaar Archive (available through NYPL)
The entire run of Harper's Bazaar, in full text and full color, from 1867-present.
Linglong 玲瓏
Linglong, a women's magazine, was published in Shanghai from 1931 to 1937, and was popular during a time of dramatic material, social, and political change in China. Today, the magazine offers researchers a unique glimpse into women's lives in Republican-era (1911-49) Shanghai.
The New York Times
This resource offers full-text and full-image articles from the New York Times dating back to the 1850s. The complete paper, cover-to-cover, with full-page views and article images, is available.
The Times Digital Archive
The Times Digital Archive is an online, full-text facsimile of more than 200 years of The Times, a daily newspaper published in London.
Vanity Fair Magazine Archive (available through NYPL)
A full-text, searchable archive of Vanity Fair Magazine in a comprehensive cover-to-cover format, dating from its very first issue in 1913.
Vogue Archive
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images.
Women's Magazine Archive (available through NYPL)
The Women's Magazine Archive provides digital access to decades of women's-interest magazines in high-resolution color and in full-text. This collection covers magazines from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Better Homes & Gardens, Chatelaine, Ladies' Home Journal, Cosmopolitan, Essence, Town & Country, and Woman's Day.
Women's Wear Daily Archive
A comprehensive archive of Women’s Wear Daily, from the first issue in 1910 to material from within the last twelve months, reproduced in high-resolution images.

Books on women's magazines and the popular press in general can help you get to know relevant titles and give needed context to older resources. Below are a few suggestions, available at BGC Library.

Women in Wartime: Dress Studies from 'Picture Post' 1938-1945
Call Number: GT738 .H693 2019 (e-book)
Inarticulate Longings: The Ladies' Home Journal, Gender, and the Promises of Consumer Culture
Call Number: HC110 .C6S27 1995
Imagining Gender, Nation and Consumerism in Magazines of The 1920s
Call Number: PN4877 .A54 2022eb (e-book)
Women's Periodicals in the United States: Consumer Magazines
Call Number: PN4879 .W6 1995
This book is a guide to women's consumer magazines published in the United States. Included are profiles of 75 magazines. Each profile discusses the publication history and social context of the magazine and includes bibliographical references and a summary of publication statistics. An introductory chapter discusses the history of U.S. consumer women's magazines, and a chronology charts their growth from 1784 to the 1990s.
A History of Popular Women's Magazines in the United States, 1792-1995
Call Number: PN4879 .Z83 1998
Ladies' Pages: African American Women's Magazines and the Culture That Made Them
Call Number: PN4882.5 .R66 2004eb (e-book)