Textiles: Images, video and media
This guide brings together key resources to help you find information relating to Textiles courses.
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This page lists audio and visual resources from our collection, as well as freely available sources. You will find:
Please check the copyright restrictions on images before using them in your work as not every image will be licensed for use. Visit the BCU Copyright Guide to learn about copyright for images and video.
Check the copyright restrictions on images before using them in your work!
Licenses and image rights vary depending on the author and repository. Learn more in the Copyright guide.
Licenses and image rights vary depending on the author and repository. Learn more in the Copyright guide.
Film
- Bloomsbury Fashion Video ArchiveWatch from over 2,500 videos of fashion shows, with accompanying text, from London, Milan, New York and Paris between 1979 to 2003.
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Stream short and feature films from the British Film Institute's free archive collections. - Box of Broadcasts (BoB) This link opens in a new window
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Learning on Screen's on demand TV and radio service for education.
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Stream over 20,000 films and documentaries to watch.
- True Cost documentaryA documentary about the clothes we wear, the people who make them and the impact of the industry on our world.
Images
- Europeana FashionEuropeana Fashion brings together the digitised collections of more than 30 European public and private institutions.
- We Wear CultureSearchable archive of thousands of fashion collections from around the world. Visual and interactive content, exploring the stories behind clothes, fashion and its place in history.
- JSTOR ImagesImages on JSTOR are contributed by partnering institutions like universities, museums, and community and private collections including Artstor Digital Library.
- Vadsover 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections in the UK, including fabric, clothing and jewellery images.
Museums and Galleries
- Fashion and Textile Museum, LondonFounded by iconic British designer Zandra Rhodes, the centre showcases a programme of changing exhibitions exploring elements of fashion and textiles as well as running a wide variety of creative courses and workshops for children, students and businesses.
- Fashion Museum, BathThe Museum holds a world-class collection of contemporary and historic dress, including 'Dress of the Year' from 1963 onwards ...
- Victoria and Albert Museum, LondonThe fashion collections span five centuries. Key items in the collection include rare 17th century gowns, 18th century ‘mantua’ dresses, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture.