Fibre resources
Use the Sofia Discovery tool to search for books, articles and other materials at the Concordia Library. Use your own keywords or try a subject search using some of the following SUBJECT HEADINGS:
| basketmaking | clothing and dress | costume design |
| costume history | dressmaking | dyes and dyeing |
| fashion | fiberwork | garment cutting |
| textile fabric | textile design | textile crafts |
Browse the following fibres-related journals online, unless indicated as available in paper format only. Note if you are accessing journals from off-campus, you may be asked to supply your netname and password. This is the same information used to log in to the Student Hub.
Clothing and textiles research journal
This research based journal in clothing and textiles demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of the field.
Fashion Theory: the journal of dress, body and culture
In this journal focuses on fashion as the cultural construction of the embodied identity, providing an international and interdisciplinary forum for the analysis of cultural phenomena.
Fiberarts
This magazine includes interviews and portfolios, useful news and reviews, current exhibition listings, and competitions to enter. Also available in paper format at the Webster Library.
Hand Papermaking (paper only)
This magazine covers a variety of topics within the field, including: contemporary artistic approaches, craft techniques, historical topics and reference, international development, and educational initiatives.
Selvedge
This magazineCovers fine textiles in every context: fine art, interiors, and fashion. More years are available in paper format in Webster Library.
Surface design journal
This journal is designed around a theme that may focus on a technique, such as machine embroidery; a genre, as in quilts; aesthetic directions, like open surfaces, or geographical area. Also available in paper format.
Textile history
Includes articles dealing with aspects of the cultural and social history of apparel and textiles, as well as issues arising from the exhibition, preservation and interpretation of historic textiles or clothing.
Textile: the journal of cloth and culture
This journal provides a platform for points of departure between art and craft; gender and identity; cloth, body and architecture; labour and technology; techno-design and practice - all situated within the broader contexts of material and visual culture. Also available in paper version in the Webster Library.
Shuttle, spindle, and dyepot (paper only)
This journal features a broad spectrum of articles about the fiber arts, including design, history, shows, education, products, books, national and international textile news.
The Vogue Archive
A complete searchable archive of American Vogue, from the first issue in 1892 to the current month, including articles, illustrations, and advertisements.
You can also search for fibres-related articles from other journals in the following databases:
Art Full Text (H.W. Wilson)
Some full-text articles, with indexing and abstracting of an international array of art-related publications.
Artbibliographies modern (ABM)
Citations and abstracts covering up to the late 19th century, up to the most recent works and trends in the late twentieth century.
Berg Fashion Library
Berg Fashion Library provides integrated text and image content on world dress and fashion throughout history. In addition to journal citations, you can cross search Berg Encyclopedia of World Dress and Fashion, Berg Dictionary of Fashion History, and The Dictionary of World Fashion, as well as eBooks and thousands of images.
Design and Applied Arts Index (DAAI)
An international index to more than 450 craft and design journals.
Fibres-related web sites
Art Cloth Text
Blog with focus on Canadian textile arts.
Centre design et impression textile
Montreal-based school offering technical instruction in printing and dyeing.
Contemporary Textile Studio Co-op
Toronto-based co-operative studio offering classes, workshops and special events.
Diagonale
Montreal-based artist-run centre focusing on contemporary fibre arts.
Fibre Quarterly
Online publication featuring writing on Canadian textile and fibre arts.
Montreal Centre for Contemporary Textiles
School offering technical instruction in structures-based processes including weaving, machine knitting and sewing.
Musée de costume et de textile du Québec
Quebec museum of costumes and textiles.
Textile Arts Centre
Brooklyn-based centre for textile arts offering classes, workshops and hosting exhibitions, a resource library and an Artists in Residency program.
Textile Museum of Canada
Toronto-based museum of textile arts.