Following our Fashion & Pedagogy State of the Field event in 2019, we began compiling a resource list that includes bibliographies for Fashion and Textile History/Culture, Archives and Databases that contain fashion and textile related materials, Organizations and Collectives useful for research, and Teaching Tools including (but not limited to) methodologies, lesson plans, blogs/websites, podcasts to help navigate social change, health crises, and unexpected circumstances. The content is crowdsourced by members of the FSA community, building upon our workshops and ongoing discussions.


Featured Resources

The Fashion and Race Database Project is an online platform filled with open-source tools that expand the narrative of fashion history and challenge mis-representation within the fashion system. Created by FSA co-founder Kimberly M. Jenkins

Fashioning The Self Created by Jonathan Square

Recuerdos De Nicaragua Created by Jasmine Chavez Helm 

Not Your Momma's History Created by Cheyney McKnight

The 1619 Project Created by Nikole Hannah-Jones for the New York Times.

Social Justice & Museum Resource List Created by LaTanya Autry

Teaching Online

Please do a bad job of putting your courses online Blogpost by Rebecca Barrett-Fox

How To Teach Online: Providing Continuity for Students Online course exploring online teaching for educators designed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

How to Transition to a Virtual Workplace Overnight Blogpost by Fractured Atlas

Teaching in the Context of Covid-19 Open source document with resources for teachers adapting to new online formats. Contributors include: Wernimont, Jacqueline (Dartmouth, USA); Davidson, Cathy N. (CUNY Grad Center, USA)

Art & Fashion History

Art History Teaching Resources A peer-populated platform founded by Karen Shelby and Michelle Millar Fisher

Smarthistory Art history and teaching resource with free digital content

Smithsonian Learning Lab A free, interactive platform of authentic digital resources from the world’s largest museum, education, and research complex.

The Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museum Resources, E-Learning, and Online Collections Resource guide by MCN (Museum Computer Network)

Z.O.M.B.I.E Survival Guide for VCUarts Open-source Google Doc by VCA Arts Faculty Resources

Museopunks Podcast for a Progressive Museum by American Alliance of Museums


We also encourage additional contributions and suggestions from our community. Please fill the form below to submit a resource to our list.