By the Numbers: Fashion and Beauty
knitting patterns in the library at Arizona State
University’s Fashion Institute of Design and
Merchandising in Los Angeles. Photo: Arizona State University’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
London, Milan, New York, and Paris will host their Fashion Weeks throughout September and October.
754
Number of 20th-century vintage sewing and knitting patterns in the library at Arizona State University’s Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in Los Angeles.
1,500
Number of fashion designers whose files can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library. These files represent the history of fashion from the 16th century to today.
75,000
Number of products held in the Leonard A. Lauder Estée Lauder Companies Archives. The archive, founded in 1991, collects cosmetics, documents, and photographs that preserve the history of the makeup company since its founding in 1946.
250
Number of sources interviewed for Anna: The Biography (Gallery Books, 2022), Amy Odell’s New York Times–bestselling title recounting the life and work of longtime Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour.
561
Number of shoes—210 pairs and 141 single shoes—held in the Fashion Institute of Technology’s library in New York City. The prototypes from the Arsho Baghsarian Shoe Design Collection include pumps from Christian Dior, sandals from Margaret Jerrold, and more made between the 1960s and early 2000s.
2,200
Number of cosmetic and personal care items archived in the National Museum of American History’s Medicine and Science Collection. The collection includes makeup, skincare, haircare, and other beauty products dating back nearly two centuries.
248
Number of uniform garments and adornments recorded in the Fashion and Textile Collection at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The uniforms include military jackets and pants, airline stewardess ensembles and pins, and Girl Scouts attire. The Fashion and Textile Collection is home to more than 10,000 pieces of apparel and other forms of textiles.
2022
Year that the International Library of Fashion Research (ILFR) opened in Oslo, Norway. ILFR is growing a collection of print materials—including books, magazines, and historical documents—related to fashion.
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