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Fashion Design: Shelf locations

The aim of this guide is to provide helpful resources and tips for research in fashion

Shelf numbers

Summary:

338.47687 (fashion industry)
391 (social aspects)
646 (sewing)
677 (textile manufacturing)
687 (fashion business)
746 (textile design)
746.92 (fashion design)

Detailed:

305.1         Masculinity
305.235     Youth culture
306.1         Subcultures 

338.47687     Fashion industry 
338.7687*     Fashion companies
355.14094     Military dress

391    Costume and personal appearance

391.001     Philosophy and Theory
391.005    Serial publications
391.0074    Museums, collections, exhibits
391.008 Groups of people
391.009 History, geographic treatment, biography
391.00904 20th Century
391.009042 Twenties
391.009043 Thirties
391.009044 Forties
391.009045 Fifties
391.009046 Sixties
391.009047 Seventies
391.009048 Eighties
391.009048 Nineties

391.00941 Britain
391.00951 China
391.00952 Japan     
391.00973 America

391.01-391.04     Costume of economic, social, occupational groups
391.01     Economic classes--customs--dress, . . .
391.02     Social classes--dress
391.04    Occupational groups--customs--dress     
391.1       Menswear
391.2        Womenswear
391.3        Children
391.4        Kinds of garments; accessories; buttons
     391.41     Gloves, mittens, footwear, neckwear
     391.42     Undergarments, hosiery, sleepwear, loungewear
     391.43     Headwear
     391.44     Accessories
     391.45     Buttons
     391.46     Outerwear
     391.47     Specific kinds of garments
     391.472     Dresses
     391.473     Suits
     391.475     Shirts, blouses, tops
     391.476     Pants (Trousers)
     391.477     Skirts
391.48         Garments for special purposes
     391.5         Hairstyles
     391.6         Personal appearance
     391.7         Jewelry


646         Sewing and clothing 
659.1974/692 Fashion marketing (Advertising)

677         Textiles (manufacturing)

677.001     Philosophy and theory
     677.002 Miscellany
     677.02 General topics of textiles
687 Manufacturing - clothing
687.04 General topics of clothing

741.672         Fashion illustration 
746             Textiles (arts) 
746.92         Fashion design
746.920112   Fashion forecasting
746.92074     Museums, collections, exhibits
746.92092     Fashion designers