History Costumes For Schools

Survey of Historic Costume, 6th Edition, is the best-selling introduction to Western dress from the ancient world through the twenty-first century. Each chapter presents social, cross-cultural, environmental, geographic, and artistic influences on clothing. With visuals, illustrated tables, and in-depth discussions, readers come to recognize recurring themes and concepts and understand the role of dress from a diverse, global perspective. The new edition features more than 1,000 full-color photo... [Read More]

A versatile black dress costume that can be used to portray 19th century American figures such as Harriet Tubman and Susan B. Anthony. The dress comes with components to customize your look. Included are a lace collar and a ruffled collar and a pair of lace cuffs can be put on or taken off. Also comes with a hair warp and cameo pin. Tubman: Lamp and shoes not included. Anthony: ruler and shoes not included.

Tracing the evolution of fashion — from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today — Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style is a stunningly illustrated guide to more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of clothing. Containing everything you need to know about changing fashion and style — from ancient Egyptian dress to Space Age Fashion and Grunge — and information on icons like Marie Antoinette... [Read More]

“[A] superb history.... In these thrilling, highly readable pages, we meet Rasputin, the shaggy, lecherous mystic...; we visit the gilded ballrooms of the doomed aristocracy; and we pause in the sickroom of little Alexei, the hemophiliac heir who, with his parents and four sisters, would be murdered by the Bolsheviks in 1918.” —The Wall Street Journal   Here is the tumultuous, heartrending, true story of the Romanovs—at once an intimate portrait of Russia's last royal family and a gripp... [Read More]

Red, white, and blue Betsy Ross costume dress with cap and apron; glasses available separately; IMPORTANT! Costumes are not sized the same as clothing, do not use age to determine size, consult Forum Child Size Chart before purchase.  Forum’s History costume kits allow you to step back in time in one complete boxed set. Great for school plays, Independence Day parades, Presidents Day, Halloween, and more. Look to Forum Novelties for all of your Halloween, luau, Christmas, Mardi Gras, and St. ... [Read More]

Our obsession with the antics of royal bedrooms, births, and the succession of the British throne is nothing new. Historian Dr. Lucy Worsley, Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces, gets into bed with past British monarchs to uncover TALES FROM THE ROYAL BEDCHAMBER, examining the creation of private chambers, exploring the backstairs politics, and looking at the increasingly lavish design of Royal State beds themselves.

It takes hard work and courage to settle the frontier. The Early American Girl costume includes a dress, apron and bonnet cap.