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  1. 1Metropolitan Museum of ArtMetropolitan Museum of ArtThe Met Collection online, The Costume Institute The deepest free garment database most researchers will ever use. The Costume Institute holds more than 33,000 objects, and since 2009 it has also been home to the Brooklyn Museum's renowned costume collection. Search the main collection, then…0
  2. 2Victoria and Albert MuseumVictoria and Albert MuseumV&A Explore the Collections The V&A's online database opens more than a million catalog records and over half a million object images. It rewards precise searching: phrase searches, AND, OR, exclusions and fuzzy matching narrow a broad term like "mantua" quickly, and a date range trims it further.…0
  3. 3EuropeanaEuropeanaEuropeana Fashion One search across nearly 40 museums and fashion brand archives from 13 European countries, with more than a million images: historical clothing and accessories, contemporary designs, catwalk photographs, drawings, sketches, catalogs and videos. Contributors include the V&A, Les…0
  4. 4Fashion Institute of TechnologyFashion Institute of TechnologyThe Museum at FIT online collections Strongest on modern and contemporary womenswear, drawn from a permanent collection of more than 50,000 garments and accessories dating from the eighteenth century to now. Only a fraction of the collection is online, with new pieces added every month, so treat…0
  5. 5The Kyoto Costume InstituteThe Kyoto Costume InstituteThe Kyoto Costume Institute Digital Archives A Japanese institution's view of Western dress, and a beautifully photographed one. KCI holds more than 13,000 garments and accessories along with many thousands of related documents, and its digital archive presents images and text for collection…0
  6. 6Paris MuséesParis MuséesParis Musées Collections The online catalog of the City of Paris museums, which include the Palais Galliera, the city's fashion museum. Since January 2020 it has offered high-definition images of public domain works under a CC0 license, free to use without restriction, and the release now runs to…0
  7. 7Los Angeles County Museum of ArtLos Angeles County Museum of ArtLACMA Collections Online, Costume and Textiles LACMA has done serious work photographing its costume holdings: a three-year project produced 10,500 new photographs of Costume and Textiles objects, and 8,000 of them went onto Collections Online. Records give medium, dimensions and accession…0
  8. 8Google Arts & CultureGoogle Arts & CultureWe Wear Culture on Google Arts & Culture Less a database than a doorway. More than 180 museums, fashion schools, archives and other organizations contributed around 30,000 fashion pieces spanning three millennia when Google launched it in 2017. The curated stories are the draw, from partners such…0
  9. 9Vogue (magazine)Vogue (magazine)Vogue Runway The first stop for designer collections, with show photographs and reviews organized by designer and season. It took over Style.com's runway archive in 2015, which is why its back catalog runs deeper than most fashion sites. Search the designer, then step back through the seasons; the…0
  10. 10Vogue (magazine)Vogue (magazine)Vogue Archive Every issue of American Vogue, from the first in 1892 to the present, scanned as high-resolution color page images. It is a subscription database, but many public libraries offer it free with a card; the Los Angeles Public Library, for one, lets cardholders use it from home. Paging…0