TWU Libraries

Free Internet Databases

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Internet Gateways

• CJLutz Fashion
• Costume Gallery
• HyperFashion
• Links to Major Costume Sites from The Costumer's Manifesto
• Textile FiberSpace
• Yahoo: Arts: Design Arts: Fashion and Beauty
• Yahoo: Arts: Design Arts: Stagecraft: Costuming
• Yahoo: Arts: Design Arts: Textiles
• La Couturiere Parisienne [Historic costume]

Organizations/Agencies

• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
• American Society for Testing and Materials: Technical Standards for Industries Worldwide
• Costume Society of America
• Federal Trade Commission
• International Apparel Federation
• International Costumer's Guild
• Korea Federation of Textile Industries
• Spinners and Weavers Association of Korea
• Textile Institute

Publications

• Apparel Strategist
• ApparelNews.Net
• ELLE Online
• The History of Costume [Braun and Schneider, ca. 1861-1880]
• The Look [New York fashion industry magazine online]
• Lumiere
• Made to Measure
• Pageantry Magazine
• Textile World
• Yahoo: Fashion Magazines

Topics on the Internet

Industry

• Assyst
• ASTM Proficiency Test Program for Textiles
• California Market Center
• Cotton Incorporated
• Embroidery Directory
• FabricLink
• Fabrics.com
• Fashion Career Center [Job listings]
• Fashion Group International
• Fashion Net
• Fashiondex: the Apparel Industry Sourcing Site
• Furs.com
• GO: Gloves Online
• Leathernet
• ModelNews.com
• Precision Placements, Inc. [Job listings]
• Shoes on the Net
• Taiwan Textile Federation
• TextileWeb
• Textiles de Fr@nce
• Virtual Garment Center
• Whole Cloth: Discovering Science and Invention Through American Textile History

Museums/Galleries

• Museum of Costume
• Textile Museum of Canada

Software

• APSO
• C D Ward and Associates [Knitting]
• FashionMark Solutions, Inc.
• Masis Systems, Inc. [Embroidery]
• NedGraphics
• PatternMaker Software
• Pointcarre Textile Software
• QDT (Moritz) [Embroidery]
• TechExchange