Global Dress and Fashion: Antiquity - Present
Take a tour through global dress and fashion from the ancient world through to present day. Begin your research by studying museum images from different time periods, or find information by theme using the coloured pins below.
Berg Fashion Library Collections
200+ academic eBooks that cover important classic and modern writings on fashion
Besides the Encyclopedia, our reference works also include Classic and Modern Writings on Fashion, the A-Z of Fashion, and The Dictionary of Fashion History.
Berg Fashion Library is home to over 17,000 images of fashion objects from museums around the world. We partner with prestigious museums to provide you with high-quality images from their permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. Each image is supported by rich descriptive data, and features links to related content from across the site to aid your discovery journey.
Browse the images by clicking on any of the museum collections below, or find images via search using the search bar at the top of the page. You can also find our complete directory of museums here.
Collections
Bloomsbury Fashion Central holds a number of different collections, each of which is available for individual purchase, via subscription or perpetual access. You can start exploring by selecting your selected collection in either the Collections dropdown menu or from the homepage tiles. Both will bring you to the dedicated overview page for that collection. Here you will find lists of what is available for each of the content types in the collection, as well as different browse options to help explore it.