Costume & Textile Collections Online
Antonio Ratti Textile Center
Photographs and detailed descriptions of 43 collection highlights from 1400s BC to 1980s AD.
Clothing and Textiles Collection at the University of Alberta
Searchable database of 16,000 garments, textiles, and related artifacts.
Cornell Costume Collection
Highlights of the Cornell Costume Collection at Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Textiles and Apparel. Treasures of the Cornell Costume Collection features 3-D rotation and zoom.
Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photographs and detailed descriptions of fifty collection highlights.
Costume Museum of Spain
Drexel Digital Museum Project
Searchable database for Drexel Digital Museum Project, Historic Costume Collection of Drexel University. Search by decade (beginning with 1870), designer, category, fabric, or donor. Site offers 3-D views of each garment.
Electronic Swatchbook (Powerhouse Museum)
The Powerhouse Museum has digitized almost 2000 bright, unfaded fabric samples from several volumes of swatchbooks of fashionable fabric designs ranging from the 1830s to the 1920s.
Fashion Museum, Bath, U.K.
Browse a selection of objects from the Fashion Museum collection, or search the selection for a specific term using the search box or menus.
Brief description, contact information, and search the museum collection.
Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent
English version appears to be down.
Gallery of Costume, Manchester City Galleries
Searchable database of 7,000 objects, including approximately 800 color images with detailed descriptions. Collection can also be browsed by costume themes such as clothes for work or sports and leisure.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Use the search field to find contemporary, historic, and world dress.
Kent State University Museum: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion
Anne Bissonnette, costume curator, organizes a gallery of costume and a searchable database is in the works.
The Kyoto Costume Institute
Digital archive of 200 collection items listed in chronological order and accompanied by images. Photographs shown with a plus sign on the lower right corner contain detailed descriptions and historical background information.
The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
Highlights of the department of Costume and Textiles. Browse by date, designer, subject, type of artwork, and technique.
Musee McCord Museum
This collection of Canadian dress contains some 18,845 items of costume and accessories in a searchable database that includes extended object information.
Museum at FIT
350 of our best objects are searchable by keyword.
Museum of the City of New York
Brief description of MCNY holdings and contact information.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Costume and Textiles Division website featuring limited highlights of collection and related exhibitions.
Powerhouse Museum
Australian museum with an interactive database that has extensive costume content and zoomable images.
Royal Ontario Museum
Search the collections.
Texas Fashion Collection
University of North Texas, Texas Fashion Collection site contains a searchable database of approximately 200 objects from their collection.
The Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Collection overview, exhibition information, resources for educators, and more.
Site also features helpful resource information regarding general textile care, preservation, and storage.
The Textile Museum of Canada
Site features a searchable database of 6,000 objects, downloadable desktop images, and information for textile owners. You may also browse by type, region, material, techniques or period.
Victoria & Albert Museum
Fashion, Jewellery, & Accessories Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Highlights include Search the Collections, lots of Fashion and Jewelry Features (such as on ethical fashion, 1960s fashions, and corsets), and resources for using the collections to make things. Also, information on current and past exhibitions and Fashion in Motion catwalk.
Photographs and detailed descriptions of 43 collection highlights from 1400s BC to 1980s AD.
Clothing and Textiles Collection at the University of Alberta
Searchable database of 16,000 garments, textiles, and related artifacts.
Cornell Costume Collection
Highlights of the Cornell Costume Collection at Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Dept. of Textiles and Apparel. Treasures of the Cornell Costume Collection features 3-D rotation and zoom.
Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Photographs and detailed descriptions of fifty collection highlights.
Costume Museum of Spain
Drexel Digital Museum Project
Searchable database for Drexel Digital Museum Project, Historic Costume Collection of Drexel University. Search by decade (beginning with 1870), designer, category, fabric, or donor. Site offers 3-D views of each garment.
Electronic Swatchbook (Powerhouse Museum)
The Powerhouse Museum has digitized almost 2000 bright, unfaded fabric samples from several volumes of swatchbooks of fashionable fabric designs ranging from the 1830s to the 1920s.
Fashion Museum, Bath, U.K.
Browse a selection of objects from the Fashion Museum collection, or search the selection for a specific term using the search box or menus.
FIDM Museum
A blog of items from the FIDM costume collection with good tagging to assist with search.
Brief description, contact information, and search the museum collection.
Fondation Pierre Bergé Yves Saint Laurent
English version appears to be down.
Gallery of Costume, Manchester City Galleries
Searchable database of 7,000 objects, including approximately 800 color images with detailed descriptions. Collection can also be browsed by costume themes such as clothes for work or sports and leisure.
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Use the search field to find contemporary, historic, and world dress.
Kent State University Museum: A Visual Dictionary of Fashion
Anne Bissonnette, costume curator, organizes a gallery of costume and a searchable database is in the works.
The Kyoto Costume Institute
Digital archive of 200 collection items listed in chronological order and accompanied by images. Photographs shown with a plus sign on the lower right corner contain detailed descriptions and historical background information.
The Los Angeles Country Museum of Art
Highlights of the department of Costume and Textiles. Browse by date, designer, subject, type of artwork, and technique.
Musee McCord Museum
This collection of Canadian dress contains some 18,845 items of costume and accessories in a searchable database that includes extended object information.
Museum at FIT
350 of our best objects are searchable by keyword.
Museum of the City of New York
Brief description of MCNY holdings and contact information.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Costume and Textiles Division website featuring limited highlights of collection and related exhibitions.
Powerhouse Museum
Australian museum with an interactive database that has extensive costume content and zoomable images.
Royal Ontario Museum
Search the collections.
Texas Fashion Collection
University of North Texas, Texas Fashion Collection site contains a searchable database of approximately 200 objects from their collection.
The Textile Museum (Washington, D.C.)
Collection overview, exhibition information, resources for educators, and more.
Site also features helpful resource information regarding general textile care, preservation, and storage.
The Textile Museum of Canada
Site features a searchable database of 6,000 objects, downloadable desktop images, and information for textile owners. You may also browse by type, region, material, techniques or period.
Victoria & Albert Museum
Fashion, Jewellery, & Accessories Collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. Highlights include Search the Collections, lots of Fashion and Jewelry Features (such as on ethical fashion, 1960s fashions, and corsets), and resources for using the collections to make things. Also, information on current and past exhibitions and Fashion in Motion catwalk.
