Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies presents the reader with a variety of digital methodologies to help build skills in searching for, analyzing, and discussing vintage design, photography, and writing on fashion, as well as historic and ethnographic dress and textile objects themselves. Each chapter focuses upon a different method, problem, or research site, including:

- Maximalism and mixed-methods approaches to research
- Searching large databases effectively
- Pattern recognition and visual searching
- New trends in academic communication
- Critical reading, use, and citation of social media texts
- Data visualization
- Spatial mapping of fashion and textile data