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Fashion Photography Archive

Curated by world-renowned fashion historian Valerie Steele, discover over 775,000 high-quality runway, back-stage and street-style images from international shows across Paris, London, New York, and Milan in the late 1970s to 2000.

Newly digitized, the photographs are presented alongside biographies and scholarly articles for context—creating an exciting educational resource.

Available via perpetual access or subscription to institutions worldwide.

Content highlights

• Rare images, including many from graduation shows, featuring prestigious designers, brands, and supermodels such as Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood and Christian Dior; as well Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell and Linda Evangelista

• International coverage from Paris, London, New York, Milan, and beyond

• Detailed metadata for each photograph to ensure accuracy, enhance search and browse, and guarantee effective linking between text, and images

• Supports cross-disciplinary research in a vibrant period of fashion history designed to engage and inspire students across a wide range of courses and promote further discovery

• Exclusive academic articles contextualizing key catwalk collections, specific themes of dressing, fashion icons, single object analysis, specific decades, and use of colors

Benefits for Research and Learning

• Get to grips with key fashion topics, using the Designer Biographies as the perfect starting point

• Read curated information about important collections, influences and iconic garments from top international designers on the Designers in Focus pages

• Watch video interviews in which Niall McInerney, the fashion photographer behind the images gives an insider's perspective