Research Guides: Costume Design I: THTR 2612: Find Images Online

Online databases

National Theatre Collection This link opens in a new window
In addition to its other resources, National Theatre Collection is a great source for costume bibles and other images related to costume design.
ARTstor This link opens in a new window
Note: You will need to create and login with an ARTstor account in order to download or save images.
ARTstor contains images of art, architecture and archeology from a range of cultures and time periods, in European, American and Asian cultures.
Bloomsbury Fashion Central This link opens in a new window
Fashion Central (formerly Berg Fashion Library) provides access to Berg content collections including the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion online, e-books, reference works, and images.
Vogue Archive (1892 - present) This link opens in a new window
Vogue Archive (1892 - present) is a complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution color page images. Every page, advertisement, cover and fold-out has been included, with rich indexing enabling you to find images by garment type, designer and brand names.

Library records for books with illustrations

Print books hold thousands of illustrations, photographs, drawings, and other assorted images.

Each book represented in Library Search: Books comes with a detailed record. You need to understand these records. Some book records are more detailed than others.

Here is an example of a book record: Men's 17th & 18th century costume, cut & fashion. Understanding the details is what allows you to search efficiently.

Basic bibliographic details