Research Guides: Fashion: Magazines

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Magazines & Newsletters

See also the Schlesinger's guide to Women's Magazines for more fashion-related periodicals.

The "Domestic" Catalogue of Fashions: Summer Styles
Audrey
"Asian beauty, celebrity, fashion, lifestyle."
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v.4:no.3(2006/2007:June)-v.4:no.6(2006/2007:Dec.)
v.5(2007/2008)-v.7(2009)
v.8:no.1(2010:Spring)-v.8:no.3(2010:Autumn)
v.9(2011)-v.12(2015)
v.13:no.1(2015:Spring)-
v.13:no.3(2015:Autumn)
Beauticians Journal
Beauty Mart
Charlie
Schlesinger Library has one issue from March 1970 featuring an article on "play clothes".
The Delineator, 1887-1911
Eliza
no.2 (2007)-no.8 (2009)
Femina
French magazine published 1901-1951 (or 1954). Schlesinger has incomplete run of issues from 1902 to 1910. Subtitled "La revue idéale de la femme et de la jeune fille" ("The ideal magazine for women and girls"), the magazine featured a combination of fashion and interior decorating advice and articles highlighting women celebrities and women active in various professions including the arts.
Flaire
Godey's Lady's Book and Magazine
Journal des Dames et des Modes
1913 edition includes color fashion plates of "Costumes Parisiens".
Journal of Negro Beauty Culture & Fashion
v.1(1942:May), v.2:no.1(1943:June)
Lady Beautiful
v.1 (May/June 1953) issue
La Mode Illustrée
The Schlesinger has 33 volumes, spanning from 1860 to 1896.
Les Cahiers du Jardin des modes
French fashion and cooking magazine. 1951-1966
PariPassu
1 issue: May 1977
Patsy Walker's Fashion Parade
Annual no.1(1966)
Rags
Toilettes
1896 promotional catalog of clothing patterns from Toilettes Publishing Company "the leading American authority on fashions."
Valmor Hair Beauty Catalog
no. 53 (1976)
Victory Fashions
"Featuring Mary Baker Patterns designed to use material from Town Crier flour sacks." 1940s/ WWII era catalog suggests using Town Crier flour sacks as dress material. "Four or five sacks will make an attractive house-frock for yourself."
You
Schlesinger has issues dating from 1938-1941 that originally came in with Louise Fox Connell's papers. "You" featured regular articles on fashion and beauty with titles such as "Beauty on Safari," "If He Never Likes Your Hat," "Vine Leaves in Your Hair," "Pre-maternelle Fashions," and "Your Home is a Costume."