Library: Fashion: Books

Books in the Library

Here you can some of the books the Library has to support you if you are studying on either the Ba(Hons) Fashion Course . These can be found in the Hockney Library on the ground floor of the David Hockney building.

You can see some key books below, click on the cover to see the book in the Library Catalogue. You can search for books in the Library Catalogue by using the search box at the top of the screen or by following this link, findbooks.bradfordcollege.ac.uk.

You can read an e-book by clicking on its cover. You may need to enter your College login and password in first. For more information about e-book click on the e-book tab.

Open the Reading List Tab to find mend books for each module. Choose the module to see the books in the Library.

These aren't all the books in the Library, if you are interested in something else you can use the catalogue to search for what your are interested in. The books are arranged in the Library using Dewey Decimal Classification. This is a number sequence from 000-999, with each subject having it own number, so all the book on the same subject should be near each other. See below to see the important numbers for Art

Key Books

Decades - a century of fashion
Shelfmark:		391.00721 KAW

Dress Detective
Shelfmark:		391.00721 MID

Denim
Shelfmark:		391.009/MAC

80's fashion - from club to catwalk
Shelfmark:		391.009048 STA

Sewing techniques
Shelfmark:		646.2 PRE

Fashion Pattern Cutting
Shelfmark:		646.4072 ZAM

Fashion Sewing
Shelfmark:		646.4/AMA

Sustainable Fashion
Shelfmark:		746.92/FAR

Reigning Men
Shelfmark:		746.920811 REI

Alexander McQueen
Shelfmark:		746.92092/MAC

Fifty Fashion Designers that changed the world

Fifty Fashion Designers that changed the world
Shelfmark:		746.920922/COC

Fashion Africa
Shelfmark:		746.92096 SHA

Key E-Books

Bodies that matter on the discursive limits of "sex"

Fashion design : a guide to the industry and the creative process

A practical guide to sustainable fashion

Queering the subversive stitch : men and the culture of needlework

Stitching the self : identity and the needle arts

Finding Books

These are the main shelf marks for books on Costume and Fashion. If you are unsure where to find a specific title you can always ask at the Library Information Desk or search the Library Catalogue.

Shelf Mark	Subject
111.85 + 701.18	Aesthetics
302	Communication/Semiotics
306	Culture
391	Costumes
391.4	Shoes and accessories
391.5	Hair Fashion
391.6	Body Art
646.4	Sewing
700.904 + 306	Postmodernism
701.85	Colour in Art & Design
709	Art History
709.0349	Art Nouveau
709.04	Modernism
709.04012	Art Deco
741.672	Fashion Illustration
745	Decorative Arts
745.2	Product Design
745.4	Design elements
746	Textiles
746.92	Fashion Design
746.92092	Fashion Designers
778.99391 + 779.9391	Fashion Photography