Resources

Sign up for news alerts

Careers

Contact

Chinese language site

Dress

The Journal of the Costume Society of America

Volume 39 (2013), 2 issues per year

Print ISSN: 0361-2112
Online ISSN: 2042-1729

Dress, the journal of the Costume Society of America, has been in publication since 1975. It represents the highest level of scholarship and addresses many diverse areas of study including examinations of dress in art, social history, anthropology, and material culture. The journal also invites work on fundamental concerns such as theory, research methods, and analytical and interpretative papers that describe and place dress in cultural or historical context.

Areas of interest...

• Material culture studies
• Dress in its many contexts: social, cultural, historical
• Scholarship in the exhibition of dress
• Art and design of dress
• Dress historiography, research methodology, and theory
• Forums for topics that shape the field of dress scholarship

Join the Costume Society of America

Follow the CSA on Twitter

Join the CSA on Facebook


Promotional flyer

Follow our costume & textiles board on Pinterest
Read More
Journal News

Increase in Frequency
From 2013, Dress is increasing from 1 to 2 issues per year.

Online archive
From 2013, the complete archive for Dress from Volume 1, 1975 will be available online for institutional subscribers.

Notice for authors - intention to digitize back issue of Dress

Join the Costume Society of America!

Take out an institutional subscription to Dress from 2013 and you will automatically become a member of the Costume Society of America! Click on the Subscribe button above to become a member. If you do not wish to receive promotional material from the Costume Society of America, please email 'optoutcsa' to k.smith@maneypublishing.com.

Studies in the History of Costume & Textiles e-journal bundle – 10% discount for institutions
Get the best value for money for your library by subscribing to all three Maney journals within this subject area:

     •  Costume
     •  Dress
     •  Textile History

Visit our bundles homepage for more information on our bundles, including prices and how to subscribe.

Read More