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Edited is a retail analytics tool used by the world’s best brands and retailers to have the right product at the right time, at the right price. Sections included are Market Analytics, Retail Reports, Visual Merchandising, Trend Dashboard, Runway and Street, Social Monitor.

LS:N Global is an online trend forecasting and consumer insight service used in industry, which tracks trends which are influencing consumer needs and brand buy-in. It includes text, image and video content.

Unique Style Platform is a world class forecasting service for the fashion and lifestyle industries, offering curated insights to inform the creative process and inspire innovation.

WGSN is a world leading online research, trend analysis and news service for the fashion and style industry. See - Getting started with WGSN to learn more about how to setup and use WGSN.

Online fashion and beauty magazine for global business advice, articles on technology and industry reports.

Drapers represents and supports the fashion business community and gives insights to ensure businesses remain fit for the future.

Fashion Monitor is the UK's leading source of industry information for media, PR and communications professionals working in fashion and beauty. 
See - Getting started with Fashion Monitor to learn more about how to setup and use Fashion Monitor.

PressReader provides interactive, digital access to nearly 7,000 of the world’s best newspapers and magazines. 
 

An online fashion industry publication headquartered at Condé Nast in London, offering a global perspective on the fashion industry, exploring how cultural trends and global patterns will impact fashion businesses.

Passport provides data and insight on industries, economies and consumers worldwide, helping you to analyse market context and identify future trends.
See - Getting started with Euromonitor to learn more..

Expert reports with detailed information on consumer buying patterns, product and service sector performance and emerging trends.
See - Mintel to learn more.

Insights and facts across 170 industries and 150+ countries. See Getting started with Statista to learn more.

Indexes and provides the full text of journal articles on art, design, advertising, architecture, crafts, interior design, photography, textiles, television and video.

Integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history.

Google Scholar is a freely available search tool that helps you to find academic articles and books on the web. It searches publishers’ websites, university research repositories and other kinds of scholarly sites. It provides a broad and interdisciplinary search and includes the ability to track the number of times an article has been cited by other authors as well as direct links to UCA online collections. For more information see - Using Google Scholar.

A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue, published in 1892, to the current month, reproduced in high-resolution colour page images.

The BFI video on-demand streaming service, showing critically acclaimed classic, cult and archive films.
To create or reactivate an account go to the Academic Subscription Page
See the FAQ for further instructions on creating an account.

BoB is on demand TV and radio service for education which allows staff and students to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels; and search our archive of over 2.2 million broadcasts. See - Using BoB to learn more about how to setup and use BoB.
 

Kanopy is a video streaming service with a Netflix-style interface which can be accessed via the link above or using the Kanopy mobile app for Android and iOS. 
Login required off campus to watch films (log in with your UCA details to create a Kanopy login).

Bloomsbury Fashion Video Archive exhibits almost 3,000 spectacular fashion shows presented in Paris, London, New York, and Milan by 460 international designers, and covers the period 1979 to 2003.
 

The Asian Fashion Archive is a digital resource project highlighting Asian fashion, culture, and history.

Bridgeman Education is a complete visual resource offering over 800,000 digital images of art, history and culture from global museums, galleries, private collections and contemporary artists all copyright cleared for educational use.

Over 2.5 million rights-cleared and high quality images from 46 of the world's leading collections.

Costumes and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

CC Search is a search tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone - providing access to over 3 million images.

Access to European cultural heritage material organised by themes:
Art: Inspiring art, artists and stories
Fashion: Clothing, accessories and designs
Photography: Inspiring images and the history of photography

firstVIEW is a collection of more than eight million photos and hundreds of videos of fashion runway.

Database of garments and accessories in the Kyoto Costume Institute, arranged in chronological order from the 1700s-2000s.

A curated selection of garments from the 18th-century to the present day, searchable by keyword and category, from the Fashion Institute of Technology.

Over 140,000 images from over 300 art and design collections in the UK, free for use in education. For more information about searching, viewing and saving images see - VADS.

The largest collection of dress in the world. Key items in the collection include rare 17th century gowns, 1930s eveningwear, 1960s daywear and post-war couture.

Searchable archive of fashion collections, exploring the stories behind clothes, fashion and its place in history.