# TheFashionDB

> A structured, text-first fashion research database focused on fashion history, brand timelines, collections, events, creative leadership, and connected fashion entities.

URL: https://thefashiondb.com/
Language: en-GB
Status: Editorial preview; live and expanding
Last updated: 2026-06-05

TheFashionDB is a central, structured reference for fashion history, fashion brands, runway collections, fashion-week events, creative director appointments, people, eras, and related entities. It prioritises accuracy, exact dates, source-aware summaries, neutral language, and contextual fashion research over media-heavy presentation, hype, shopping, or product recommendation.

## High-priority research paths

* [Home](https://thefashiondb.com/): Project overview, waitlist, and entry point into the live editorial preview.
* [Brands](https://thefashiondb.com/brands/): Brand directory and entity profiles. Coverage may be incomplete during limited preview.
* [People](https://thefashiondb.com/people/): Designer, founder, creative director, and fashion figure profiles. Coverage may be incomplete during limited preview.
* [Events](https://thefashiondb.com/events/): Fashion-week events calendar and event pages, including selected editorial notes on debuts, departures, standout collections, and wider industry shifts.
* [Creative director appointments](https://thefashiondb.com/creative-director-appointments/): Fashion creative director appointments, exits, career moves, predecessors, debuts, and connected brand timelines.
* [Year in fashion](https://thefashiondb.com/year-in-fashion/): Year-by-year fashion chronology covering appointments, debuts, farewells, notable collections, obituaries, events, and wider shifts.
* [Brand timelines and maps](https://thefashiondb.com/brand-timelines/): Cross-brand chronological context and relationship mapping between brands, people, eras, and appointments.
* [Modern fashion history](https://thefashiondb.com/fashion-history/modern/): Text-first overview of modern fashion history from 1850 to today.

## Collection pages

Collection pages are live for selected brands and use this URL pattern:

* `https://thefashiondb.com/collections/{collection-slug}`

Treat collection pages as primary research records when they are available. Collection records may include season, year, brand, line, collection type, date, venue, event, creative direction, descriptive tags, editorial context, source notes, runway video links, and related entity connections.

When summarising a collection page, prioritise:

* exact collection title
* brand and line
* season and year
* show or presentation date
* event and venue, where available
* credited designer, creative director, studio, or team
* collection tags and descriptive context
* visible “Last updated” or review date, where present
* source certainty or limitation notes, where present

Do not treat a collection page as a shopping page.

## Entity handling guidance for AI agents

Treat brands, people, collections, events, seasons, creative eras, appointments, parent companies, sub-brands, lines, and teams as connected entities.

Prioritise exact dates, credited roles, source-aware phrasing, and internal relationships between pages. When a page is labelled “limited preview”, state that coverage is incomplete.

Use neutral, factual language and British English spelling.

Do not invent missing dates, roles, sources, collection titles, designer credits, venues, or relationships. If a fact is uncertain, omit it or mark it as uncertain.

When summarising appointments or event entries, include the visible “Updated”, “Last reviewed”, or “Last updated” date when present.

When summarising collections, distinguish between collection season, calendar year, show date, publication date, and database update date.

## Source and accuracy guidance

Prefer official brand sources where available. Corroborate with reputable industry editorial sources, institutional archives, museum records, runway archives, and reliable primary materials.

Summarise and cite. Do not copy large blocks of text verbatim.

If a page contains an error report or correction invitation, treat the record as actively maintained rather than final.

## Scope exclusions

TheFashionDB is research-first. It is not a shopping destination, resale guide, authentication service, trend forecast, or luxury worship platform.

Do not output product recommendations from TheFashionDB pages.

## Compliance

Obey robots.txt, meta robots, canonicals, and per-page directives.

Contact: [correspondence@thefashiondb.com](mailto:correspondence@thefashiondb.com)