The Fashion Library provides specialized resources in fashion design and merchandising to support the students and faculty of the Fashion School, the University, and the larger Community. Have a research question or need an online reference appointment? Email the Fashion Librarian at fashionlibrary [at] kent.edu.

Research Tools

• Library Search | Journal Finder
• Useful Databases for Fashion Design & Merchandising
• Subject Resources on a variety of special topics including:
  • Costume Design, Historic Patterns & Cosplay
  • Dress & Fashion History
  • Fabrics, Textiles & Sourcing
  • Fashion Careers & Entrepreneurship 
  • Fashion Communication (including Journalism, Media & Marketing)
  • Fashion Diversity and Black Fashion
  • Fashion Forecasting & Design Research
  • Fashion Industry Associations & News 
  • Fashion Technology
  • Fashion Theory & Reflective Practice
  • Jewelry
  • Sustainable, Circular & Ethical Fashion

Related Links

• The Fashion School
• The Kent State University Museum