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Pierre Cardin, Yves St. Laurent, Christian Dior, Chloe, Guy Laroche, Nina Ricci and Mary Quant are just some of the top designers making up a veritable who's who of fashion at the London College of Fashion's Woolmark Company Collection. These 'cool' wool fashions may no longer be on the catwalk but they can now be seen online via AHDS Visual Arts. The black and white photographs date from the 1940's through to the early 1980's and capture both the fashion of the time and the style of photography. The press releases, which in some cases are still attached to the photographs, give additional information about the garments, designers/manufacturers, the photographer and any points of interest reflecting the promotional style and language of the time. All of the images were generously donated to the London College of Fashion from The International Wool Secretariat, now The Woolmark Company. The Woolmark Company collection has been added to with the help of Heritage Lottery Fund grant, and now includes over 2000 further digital images. AHDS Visual Arts is pleased to be delivering these additional images which also complement other London College of Fashion collections already online including its College Archive and Cordwainer's Shoe Collection. AHDS Visual Arts offers over 50,000 fully cross-searchable images free to use and copyright-cleared for research, learning and teaching. The London College of Fashion's Woolmark Company collection and the full AHDS Visual Arts catalogue are available from http://visualarts.ahds.ac.uk For up to date information on forthcoming workshops and free visits please see the online ARLIS/UK & Ireland Events Calendar 2005 at http://www.arlis.org.uk/even/