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Fashion, Textiles and Clothing

This guide helps you to explore resources relating to the study of Textiles and Fashion Design at PolyU.

Find Fashion News and Images

WGSN - the leading online trend-analysis and research service providing:

  • latest news and trends
  • industry and market analysis
  • image library by brand, product, material, etc. 

 

The Library has subscription to the following modules: 

  • Fashion - allow you to find upcoming trends in fashion industry, including creative direction, design, category buying
  • Insight - lead you to understand consumer behavior and lifestyle, e.g. consumer insights, retail strategy, marketing direction 
  • Interiors - guide to future interior design products and aesthetics, e.g. creative direction, experience design, packaging design, etc.
  • City by City - show you the world's greatest fashion destinations

 

Notes:

  • To download images from WGSN, please log in your account on WGSN.
  • If you are a new user, please create an account using your PolyU email address (@polyu.edu.hk, or @connect.polyu.hk)
  • If you have created a personal account before using a non-PolyU email address, please register again using your PolyU email.
  • If you haven't logged into WGSN over 90 days, you will need to reactivate your personal account at wgsn.com/edu on campus (Returning Users > Login & Reactivate Account).

WWD (Women's Wear Daily) provides breaking news, up-to-the-minute coverage, and videos of all major fashion shows and  collections, clips, and saved articles and images.

To stay updated with the latest news on WWD, we recommend registering for an individual account using your PolyU e-mail domain while on campus. 

 

Fashion trends and breaking news

 

Runway images by different designer brands

 

JSTOR Artstor​​​​​​​

provides more than one million historical images in art, architecture, music, religion, and anthropology disciplines.

 

Images could be downloaded, and citations could be generated for reference.

 

Find Fashion Magazines

 

PressReader, a comprehensive digital platform that offers a vast collection of renowned fashion publications, daily newspapers and magazines as soon as they hit the shelves.

From Vogue and Elle to Harper’s Bazaar and GQ, and even industry-specific resources like Women’s Wear Daily (WWD), you will get the entire fashion universe at your fingertips. The intuitive platform supports content discovery using keywords, publication names, countries, genres, or languages. Plus, it lets you download full issues for offline reading, so you can keep up with the latest fashion trends, anytime, anywhere.