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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2026     Views: 143

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How to create an account

As a first time user, before you can access the Fashion and Race Database please follow the registration steps outlined below to register for an account.

Locate the registration information for the Fashion and Race Database on our Other Usernames and Passwords page.

Click on the register with the Fashion and Race Database button.

 

Fashion and Race Database registration web page with terms of use and initialize your account features highlighted

From the Fashion and Race Database account registration web page for Birmingham City University, tick the checkbox to confirm that you have read and accepted FRD's subscriber terms of use.

Enter the following details:

  • Email address (please use your BCU email address)
  • Choose your password
  • Confirm your password

Click on the initialize your account button.

A confirmation page will display to confirm your Fashion and Race Database account registration.

Fashion and Race Database account registration confirmation web page

You will also receive a confirmation email from the Fashion and Race Database.

 

Logging in without a password

After you have created an account with the Fashion and Race Database, you have the option to log in without your password. To do so, click the "Or go passwordless" button on the Login page.

Fashion and Race Database login page, with the "Or go passwordless" button highlighted.

Then type in your BCU email address and click the "Send me the link" button.

Fashion and Race Database webpage, with the "Send me the link" button highlighted.

You will then receive an email from the Fashion and Race Database. This email will contain a code that you can enter into the box and then click "Submit".

Fashion and Race Database webpage, with the "Submit" button highlighted.

Alternatively, the email will also contain a link. If you would like to use the Fashion and Race Database on the device you are viewing the email on, you can click on the link to open the database on that device, with you already logged-in.

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