Fashion Museum, Fashion Research Centre
Collections include photographs from the 19th century onwards, records of couture houses, knitting and dress-making patterns and the Sunday Times Fashion Archive. Situated in Bath, the Fashion Research Centre is an extension of the Fashion Museum housed nearby. The Centre provides study and research facilities for students and members of the public.
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The University of the Arts
The London College of Fashion library holds Clothing & Footwear Institute Archive and rare materials such as artworks and ephemera related to fashionReference access is allowed for non-London Institute students and researchers: visitors must phone in advance to make an appointment to use the library.
The Central St Martins library holds Fashion Files, covering designers and other specific areas of fashion at the Charing Cross Road site. Written permission is required before visiting.
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Winchester School of Art, Library
It holds knitting and sewing patterns, the Design History Collection and the Textile Conservation Library (a collection of books, specialist journals and student dissertations).The Library is open to visitors, who must phone in advance to make an appointment.
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Leeds City Libraries, Art Library
The library holds the Sanderson Collection, a special collection of mainly 19th-century fashion plates.
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