Period Costumes For Stage And Screen

This book is a comprehensive guide to creating period dress. It consists of a series of books detailing the construction of garments, undergarments and outer garments. As well as being accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been prepared so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics and sewing methods, and fit the modern female figure. This book concentrates on women's dress for the periods 1800-1909. It is abundantly illustrated by drawings and photographs and includes scaled patt... [Read More]

Book by Hunnisett, Jean

This book is a comprehensive guide to creating period dress. It consists of a series of books detailing the construction of garments, undergarments and outer garments. The main thrust is women's dress, but in several periods, some of the garments are applicable to both men's and women's costumes and there are also specific items of men's wear described and patterned. As well as being accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been prepared so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics ... [Read More]

This book is a comprehensive guide to creating period dress. It consists of a series of books detailing the construction of garments, undergarments and outer garments. As well as being accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been prepared so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics and sewing methods, and fit the modern female figure. This book concentrates on women's dress for the periods Medieval-1500. It is abundantly illustrated by drawings and photographs and includes scaled ... [Read More]

This book is a comprehensive guide to creating period dress. It consists of a series of books detailing the construction of garments, undergarments and outer garments. The main thrust is women's dress, but in several periods, some of the garments are applicable to both men's and women's costumes and there are also specific items of men's wear described and patterned. As well as being accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been prepared so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics ... [Read More]

Edwardian fashions for women were characterized by the S-shaped silhouette, embellished with lace, tucks, ruffles, tassels, frills, and flounces. This essential book includes 11 detailed projects, which form a capsule collection of clothing and accessories that might have been worn by an Edwardian governess, a woman traveling on an ocean liner, a campaigning suffragette, or a wife overseeing a busy household in a large country house. It explains making sequences in full and advises in detail on ... [Read More]

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Play produced by the Royal Shakespeare Co. in 1985 based on the Laclos novel.