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handbag_data/international_collections/INTERNATIONAL_ACCESS_GUIDE.json

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{
  "generated_at": "2025-11-11T03:50:52.118Z",
  "api_access": {
    "europeana": {
      "name": "Europeana Fashion",
      "registration": "https://pro.europeana.eu/page/get-api",
      "documentation": "https://pro.europeana.eu/page/search",
      "data_coverage": "50 million+ cultural items including extensive French fashion",
      "search_examples": [
        "sac à main (French handbag)",
        "Hermès, Chanel, Louis Vuitton",
        "Palais Galliera collections"
      ],
      "note": "Provides access to Palais Galliera (Paris Fashion Museum) collections"
    },
    "rijksmuseum": {
      "name": "Rijksmuseum Amsterdam",
      "registration": "https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/",
      "documentation": "https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/object-metadata/api/",
      "data_coverage": "500,000+ objects including fashion and textiles",
      "search_terms": [
        "handtas",
        "tas",
        "beurs"
      ],
      "note": "Dutch museum with extensive fashion collection"
    },
    "gallica_bnf": {
      "name": "Gallica - French National Library",
      "url": "https://gallica.bnf.fr/",
      "api": "https://api.bnf.fr/api-gallica-de-recherche",
      "documentation": "https://api.bnf.fr/en/",
      "data_coverage": "Millions of digitized documents including fashion illustrations",
      "search_examples": [
        "sac à main",
        "maroquinerie",
        "mode française"
      ],
      "note": "Historical French fashion documents, requires French language searches"
    },
    "kci_kyoto": {
      "name": "Kyoto Costume Institute",
      "url": "https://www.kci.or.jp/en/archives/digital_archives/",
      "data_coverage": "13,000 items from 17th century to present",
      "access": "Online: 300 items publicly accessible; Full access: reservation required",
      "brands_included": [
        "Chanel",
        "Balenciaga",
        "Hermès",
        "Japanese designers"
      ],
      "note": "Includes both Western and Japanese fashion, particularly strong in haute couture"
    },
    "paris_musees": {
      "name": "Paris Musées Collections API",
      "url": "https://apicollections.parismusees.paris.fr/",
      "documentation": "https://apicollections.parismusees.paris.fr/en",
      "data_coverage": "280,000+ works including Palais Galliera items",
      "access": "Open API, no key required",
      "note": "Includes Palais Galliera Fashion Museum collections"
    }
  },
  "datasets_on_github": {
    "fancy_dataset": {
      "name": "FANCY - Fashion Show Dataset",
      "repo": "https://github.com/youngseungjeon/FANCY",
      "size": "302,772 images",
      "coverage": "Vogue fashion shows 2010-2019",
      "brands": "987 brands including Chanel, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Prada, Fendi",
      "attributes": "146 fashion attributes, 25 style groups",
      "note": "Comprehensive French and Italian luxury brand coverage"
    },
    "louis_vuitton_data": {
      "name": "Louis Vuitton Web Scraped Data",
      "repo": "https://github.com/databoutique/Louis-Vuitton-web-scraped-data",
      "status": "Commercial dataset",
      "note": "Product catalog snapshot"
    },
    "gucci_data": {
      "name": "Gucci Web Scraped Data",
      "repo": "https://github.com/databoutique/Gucci-web-scraped-data",
      "status": "Commercial dataset",
      "note": "Product catalog snapshot"
    }
  },
  "french_brands_coverage": {
    "major_brands": [
      "Hermès",
      "Louis Vuitton",
      "Chanel",
      "Dior",
      "Celine",
      "Goyard",
      "Longchamp",
      "Balenciaga (Spanish-French)",
      "Yves Saint Laurent"
    ],
    "data_sources": [
      "Europeana Fashion (Palais Galliera collections)",
      "FANCY dataset (fashion shows)",
      "Gallica BNF (historical documents)",
      "KCI Kyoto (haute couture pieces)"
    ]
  },
  "italian_brands_coverage": {
    "major_brands": [
      "Gucci",
      "Prada",
      "Fendi",
      "Versace",
      "Bottega Veneta",
      "Salvatore Ferragamo",
      "Valentino"
    ],
    "data_sources": [
      "FANCY dataset (fashion shows)",
      "Europeana Fashion",
      "DeepFashion2 dataset"
    ]
  },
  "translation_requirements": {
    "french_terms": {
      "handbag": "sac à main",
      "purse": "bourse / porte-monnaie",
      "bag": "sac",
      "leather goods": "maroquinerie",
      "fashion": "mode",
      "luxury": "luxe",
      "vintage": "vintage"
    },
    "italian_terms": {
      "handbag": "borsetta",
      "purse": "borsellino",
      "bag": "borsa",
      "leather goods": "pelletteria",
      "fashion": "moda",
      "luxury": "lusso"
    },
    "dutch_terms": {
      "handbag": "handtas",
      "purse": "beurs",
      "bag": "tas",
      "fashion": "mode"
    },
    "japanese_terms": {
      "handbag": "ハンドバッグ (handobaggu)",
      "purse": "財布 (saifu)",
      "bag": "バッグ (baggu)",
      "fashion": "ファッション (fasshon)"
    }
  }
}