about this site

This guide is designed to serve as an online portal for researchers interested in fashion history, an interdisciplinary field that includes (among others) costume studies, art history, gender studies, and social and cultural history.  The focus is on resources appropriate for scholarly study and teaching.

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about the author

Kendra Van Cleave is a librarian in the J. Paul Leonard Library at San Francisco State University. Her background includes an MS Library and Information Science and an MA History, both from Simmons College.  She has contributed articles on the history of fashion and culture to Dress, The Encyclopedia of American Social Movements, and The Encyclopedia of the Home Front.  Her current research focuses on the role of fashion in the construction of gender identity during the 1920s, and the construction of 18th century "zone" style gowns.