The Fashion Library provides specialized resources in fashion design and merchandising to support the students and faculty of the Fashion School, the University, and the larger Community. For assistance from a Fashion Librarian, email fashionlibrary [at] kent.edu.

During the summer, the Fashion Library is Open By Appointment. Patrons may drop material off at any Kent State University library and our drop boxes located in the second floor atriums of Rockwell Hall. Fashion Library books and materials may be requested through KentLINK and picked up at any open Kent State University Library pickup location.

Research Tools

• Have a research question or need an online reference appointment?  Email fashionlibrary [at] kent.edu and a librarian will get back to you!
• KentLINK | OhioLINK | Journal Finder
• Databases (newspaper, journal and magazine articles & forecasting sites)
• Subject Resources on a variety of special topics including:
  • Costume Design, Historic Patterns & Cosplay
  • Dress & Fashion History
  • Fabrics, Textiles & Sourcing
  • Fashion Careers & Entrepreneurship 
  • Fashion Communication (including Journalism, Media & Marketing)
  • Fashion Diversity and Black Fashion
  • Fashion Forecasting & Design Research
  • Fashion Industry Associations & News 
  • Fashion Technology
  • Fashion Theory & Reflective Practice
  • Jewelry
  • Sustainable, Circular & Ethical Fashion

Related Links

• The Fashion School
• The Kent State University Museum