Bibliography

Below is an abbreviated list of the sources that were used for the color names in our Fashion Color Database. The title of the publication and date published are available. If you want to view full bibliograhical information on a specific color, please click the details link in the database. On the lower right side of the color entry. The biblio information is located in the comments area.

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  • A Lady of Fashion, Barbara Johnson’s Album of Styles and Fabrics
  • American Etiquette and Rules of Politeness, 1882
  • Book of Etiquette, 1923
  • Costume in the Drama of Shakespeare and His Contemporaries
  • Delineator Magazine, Aug. 1861
  • Delineator Magazine, Jun. 1881
  • Delineator Magazine, May, Sept., Oct.1882
  • Delineator Magazine, Mar., Oct. 1883
  • Delineator Magazine, Oct. 1883
  • Delineator Magazine, Aug. 1901
  • Delineator Magazine, Dec. 1902
  • Delineator Magazine, Jan. 1911
  • Delineator Magazine, Apr., May, Nov., 1920
  • Delineator Magazine, Sep. 1921
  • Delineator Magazine, June 1922
  • Dress and Vanity Fair: Nov. 1913
  • Elizabethan Costumes From 1550-1580
  • English Women’s Clothing in the Nineteenth Century
  • Fashioning the Bourgeoise
  • Good Housekeeping, Jun 1928
  • Harper’s Bazar: 1867-1898, Victorian Fashions
  • Harper’s Bazar: Nov. 1907
  • Harper’s Bazar: Nov. 1909
  • Harper’s Bazar: Mar. 1911
  • Harper’s Bazar: Apr., May, Jun. 1914
  • Harper’s Bazar: 1915
  • Harper’s Bazar: 1916
  • Historic Costume for the Stage
  • La Nouvelle Mode July 1912
  • Ladies' Home Journal, The, March 1894, 1912
  • Lane Bryant Maternity Catalog Spring and Summer 1922
  • Language of Fashion, The, 1939
  • Lombard Middy Blouses for the College Girls Catalog, 1923
  • Men's Made to Order Clothing: Sears, 1923
  • Metropolitan Art Series: Masquerade and Carnival, 1897, 1900
  • Montgomery Ward Catalog 1919
  • Our Deportment or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refine Society
  • Peterson’s Magazine: 1856
  • Peterson’s Magazine: 1864
  • Peterson’s Magazine: 1865
  • Peterson’s Magazine: 1882 (entire year of issues)
  • Sears & Roebuck Catalog: 1929
  • Silk Thread Color Chart 1909
  • Standard Mail Order Company 1919
  • Stern’s Catalogue of French Gowns, 1915
  • Wedding Fashions, 1862-1912
  • William E. Weiner, Book of Couture Designs, 1922