Make Up and Hair Design
The Library welcomes recommendations from staff and students, provided they are current editions and support the learning, teaching and research interests of the University. Make your request through the Collection Recommendation Service.
- AnOther
Magazine features emerging photographers, stylists and writers covering content that blends the industries of high fashion and art, celebrity and popular culture. - Dazed
Youth and pop culture provocateurs since 1991, this iconic magazine features fearless fashion, beauty, art, film, politics and ideas from today's fashion and beauty industries. - Hunger
Popular culture and fashion magazine featuring articles and photography on celebrities, icons, and culture.
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🚺 Feminism reading list - check out the new Feminism reading list, which highlights resources on cyberfeminism, black and queer feminism and more! Click on the “table of contents” to view books that are related to fashion.
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The library offers over 200,000 print and electronic books. Print books are arranged by shelf number, which are found using LibrarySearch and on the book binding, the most relevant numbers are -
| Subject | Shelf Number |
| Beauty | 391.6 |
| Body Image | 306.4613 |
| Celebrity and Popular Culture | 306.4 |
| Colour Theory | 701.85 |
| Fashion (General) | 391 |
| Fashion Photography | 778.99391 |
| Gender Theory | 305.3 |
| Hair | 391.5 |
| Make Up Artistry | 391.63 |
| Marketing, Branding and Business | 658.3 |
| Photography Techniques | 771 |
| Subcultures | 306.1 |
| Social Media and Blogging | 302.231 |
| Special Effects Make Up | 792.027 |
Journals provide up to date research in your area of study, they may be available in print or electronic format and can be found using LibrarySearch. A list of all current journals can be found using the Journals A-Z, the most relevant are -
- Aesthetica
In-depth features foreground today’s most innovative practitioners across art, design, photography, architecture, music and film. - AnOther
Magazine features emerging photographers, stylists and writers covering content that blends the industries of high fashion and art, celebrity and popular culture. - Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty
Critical research on issues such as the exclusion of masculinities, people of colour, older adults, differentially abled individuals, and queer and transgender subjectivities in fashion & beauty discourse and the blurring of fashion & beauty industries. - Dazed
Youth and pop culture provocateurs since 1991, this iconic magazine features fearless fashion, beauty, art, film, politics and ideas from today's fashion and beauty industries. - Fashion, Style & Popular Culture
innovative articles in all aspects of fashion, beauty and popular culture relating to design, production, promotion, consumption and appearance-related products and services. - Fashion Theory
Interdisciplinary articles analysing a wide range of cultural phenomena relating to fashion and embodied identity, from body alterations to fashion advertising. - Fashion Practice
academic journal covering contemporary design and manufacture within the fashion industry, including design theory and the impact of technology, economics and industry on fashion practice. 1997 to present. - Global Cosmetic Industry
Features articles and peer reviewed research in cosmetic science, sustainable cosmetics, colour trends, forecasts and industry innovations. - Hunger
Popular culture and fashion magazine featuring articles and photography on celebrities, icons, and culture. - Journal of Gender Studies
Peer reviewed and interdisciplinary journal which publishes articles relating to gender and sex from a feminist perspective covering a wide range of subject areas including the arts, fashion, beauty, and popular culture. - Journal of Popular Culture
Compelling insights into the social world, celebrities and pop culture, the journal focuses on exploring the gaps in popular culture to understanding of the workings of society.
Databases bring together specialist collections of articles, images and electronic books. A list of all current databases can be found using the Databases A-Z, the most relevant are -
- Business of Fashion This link opens in a new window
Online fashion and beauty magazine for global business advice, articles on technology and industry reports.
- Edited This link opens in a new window
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.
- Euromonitor Passport This link opens in a new window
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.. - Fashion Monitor This link opens in a new window
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. - Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
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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.
- LS:N This link opens in a new window
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.
- ResourceBank
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Offers online access to a selection of UCA student dissertations and zines, and to to digitised archive collections.
- Unique Style Platform This link opens in a new window
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.
- Vogue Archive This link opens in a new window
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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.
- Vogue Business This link opens in a new window
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.
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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.
- WGSN: Beauty This link opens in a new window
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WGSN Beauty provides in-depth coverage of consumer, lifestyle and product design trends across all beauty categories, from skincare and colour cosmetics to haircare, grooming, and fragrance.
See - Getting started with WGSN to learn more about how to setup and use WGSN.
- WWD
Online magazine containing breaking fashion news, features and trends, with hundreds of articles published weekly and over a thousand photos posted each day during Fashion Weeks.
- Atlasshorts This link opens in a new window
Atlasshorts curates and delivers short films (under 60 minutes) and visual art across live-action, narrative, animation, documentary, VR/AR/XR, from the leading film, media, art and design schools.
- BoB This link opens in a new window
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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 This link opens in a new window
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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).
- Bridgeman Education This link opens in a new window
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.
- Britannica ImageQuest This link opens in a new window
Over 2.5 million rights-cleared and high quality images from 46 of the world's leading collections.
- Creative Commons This link opens in a new window
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.
- GALA Archive
Collection of photographs together with the accompanying text, covering the history of cosmetics, advertising photography, fashion promotion and women in the Second World War.
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Open Access
- Wellcome Images
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Includes photographs, drawings and other images relating to medicine, art, culture, anthropology, nature and war. Wellcome Images specialises in historical subjects such as Tibetan Buddhist paintings, ancient Sanskrit manuscripts written on palm leaves and illuminated Persian; and also clinical and biomedical sciences collected from many of the UK’s prominent teaching hospitals.
- Allure: The Science of Beauty
Join leaders from Condé Nast in Allure, which explores the inextricable link between science and beauty — and don't be surprised if you discover your next favorite serum, hair mask, or scalp treatment along the way. - BBC Arts and Ideas Podcasts
Leading artists, designers, writers and thinkers discuss the ideas shaping our lives & links between past & present and new academic research. Covers popular culture, fashion, beauty, art and design. - Breaking Beauty
Every product has a story, or so the Breaking Beauty motto goes. Whether you’re searching for the latest insider-fave foundation, building a gimmick-free skincare routine, or interested in exploring culture through a beauty lens. - Fat Mascara
Journalists Jessica Matlin and Jennifer Sullivan bring you the big, juicy, world of beauty. Includes interviews with leaders in the beauty business, including celebrities, makeup artists, stylists and other industry experts like dermatologists, colourists, manicurists, and perfumers.
Archives offer access to rare and unique insight into the work of artists and creators, and often include original letters and artwork. Details of all the collections can be found in the ArchiveSearch, the most relevant for fashion are -
Tessa Boffin Archive
Photographer and performance artist, this collection reflects her artistic practice developed around LGBTQ, gay and lesbian culture and producing work in response to HIV/AIDS.
