New Partnership, and Update 12 Now Live
>> Announcing a new partnership, and new content added to the Berg Fashion Library:
>> 1,000 new images
>> 2 Lesson plans and 1 bibliographic article
>> 7 online exclusive articles
>> More eBook and journals content
>> How to access the Berg Fashion Library
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>> A new partnership: Berg Fashion Library and the Los Angeles County
>> Museum of Art (LACMA)
Bloomsbury delighted to announce a new image partnership with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), which will see 1,500 images from their world-renowned Fashion and Textiles collection uploaded to the Fashion Library in 2015.
Featuring objects from around the globe and spanning the past 2,000 years, the images will showcase the Museum's superb holdings, from haute couture and avant-garde fashion to 17th-century hand-painted fashion plates and Japanese kimonos.
More info » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/The$0020Los$0020Angeles$0020County$0020Museum$0020of$0020Art/the-los-angeles-county-museum-of-art
Download press release » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/staticfiles/ImagePartnerships/LACMA/BFL-LACMA%20parternship%20Press%20Release.pdf
>> 1,000 new images
Philadelphia Museum of Art, 750 images (batch 4/5) The partnership with the Philadelphia Museum of Art brings c.2,500 high quality images from their world-renowned costume and textiles collection to the Library. Highlights include designs by Elsa Schiaparelli and Charles Frederick Worth. There are now 2,250 images from this collection live on the site.
More info » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/104/philadelphia-museum-of-art
Commercial Pattern Archive (CoPA), 250 images A unique tool for researchers and designers to recreate or date clothing from 1868 to 2000, including the unique Betty Williams collection. 2,200 images from the Archive are now available on the site.
More info » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/98/commercial-pattern-archive-copa
>> 2 Lesson plans and 1 bibliographic guide
Two new lesson plans and one more bibliographic guide are now free to access online. They include links to essential articles and e-book chapters within the Berg Fashion Library as well as references to other texts, providing a comprehensive resource for instructors to plan their lessons effectively, or for students and researchers getting to grips with new or unfamiliar topics:
• Lesson plan: Gender and the Fashion Media » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/Gender$0020and$0020the$0020Fashion$0020Media/gender-and-the-fashion-media
• Lesson plan: The Cultural Elements of Men's Fashion and Style » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/The$0020Cultural$0020Elements$0020of$0020Men$2019s$0020Fashion$0020and$0020Style:$0020Race$002c$0020Ethnicity$002c$0020Sex$002c$0020and$0020Class/the-cultural-elements-of-mens-fashion-and-style-race-ethnicity-sex-and-class
• Bibliographic guide: Fashion, Dress, and Gender » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/Fashion$0020Dress$0020and$0020Gender/fashion-dress-and-gender
>> 7 online exclusive articles
Seven new online exclusive articles from the Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion are now available to Berg Fashion Library subscribers:
• Fashion and Jazz: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v10/EDch10811.xml, Alphonso D. McClendon (Global Perspectives) • Snapshot: Sequins (Spangles, Paillettes): http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v10/EDch10812.xml, Nan H. Mutnick (Global Perspectives) • Snapshot: Cyberpunk: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v10/EDch10813.xml, Sandra J. Ley (Global Perspectives) • Brazilian Fashion Designers: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v2/EDch2811.xml, Elizabeth Kutesko (Latin America and the Caribbean) • Gaucho Dress: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v2/EDch2812.xml, Moira F. Harris (Latin America and the Caribbean) • United States World War II Clothing Restrictions: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v3/EDch3811.xml, Jennifer M. Mower, Elaine L. Pedersen (The United States and Canada) • Twenty-First-Century Qatari Abayeh Fashions: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/view/bewdf/BEWDF-v5/EDch5811.xml, Christina Lindholm (Central and Southwest Asia)
>> More eBook and journals content
New eBook:
A History of the Paper Pattern Industry: The Home Dressmaking Fashion Revolution Joy Spanabel Emery The perfect companion to the Commercial Pattern Archive (CoPA) collection, now complete on the site, this book explores the history and innovations in patternmaking, and how these reflected the fashions and demands of the market.
More info on Library eBooks » http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/ebooks/-ebooks
Preview the book » http://Bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/Widget_Marketing.aspx?ID=HyPPIndustry&ISBN=9781472577450&sts=r
Six new journal issues are also available, including the first two issues of our new Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/122/journal-of-textile-design-research-and-practice
- Fashion Theory 18:2 and 18:3
- Fashion Practice 6: 1
- Textile 12:1
- Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice 1:1 and 2:1
Find out more about the cross-search functionality with our e-journals here: http://www.bergfashionlibrary.com/page/77/-links-to-ejournals
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>> How to access the Berg Fashion Library
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