Survey of Historic Costume
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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]
Basic Sewing for Costume Construction: A Handbook
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All students of costuming need to learn basic sewing techniques to build costumes for theatrical performance. Basic Sewing for Costume Construction teaches just those fundamentals. Cunningham brings decades of classroom experience as she guides readers with clearly laid-out projects covering hand stitching, fasteners, pinning, sewing, and seams. Additional material on measurement, fabric selection, and use of commercial patterns, as well as three complete construction projects, round out the Sec... [Read More]
What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society
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What People Wore When combines the studies of two classic nineteenth-century illustrators Auguste Racinet and Friedrich Hottenroth for the first time. Their works are presented first by chronology and then by subject, so that illustrators, historians, and students alike can choose to follow the path of fashion through the centuries, or study in detail the contrasting styles of individual clothing and accessories. Silhouettes reveal the shape of style through the ages, detailed cross-references d... [Read More]
Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style
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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]
Doll making step by step lessons: Part five - Costume (Doll making step by step tutorials Book 5)
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The fifth volume of Private Lessons, the full doll making course by Elena Kunin, is devoted to doll costumes: sewing, pattern cutting, and fitting. I hope that this volume will be interesting to both beginning and experienced doll makers: it contains 475 step-by-step photos, which show all the stages of making various doll costumes: modern and historical, simple and complex. We shall also sew underwear, in particular, using antique patterns.You will learn:how to choose fabrics for an outfit depe... [Read More]
Costume: Performing Identities through Dress
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What does it mean to people around the world to put on costumes to celebrate their heritage, reenact historic events, assume a role on stage, or participate in Halloween or Carnival? Self-consciously set apart from everyday dress, costume marks the divide between ordinary and extraordinary settings and enables the wearer to project a different self or special identity. Pravina Shukla offers richly detailed case studies from the United States, Brazil, and Sweden to show how individuals use costum... [Read More]
Jeash Outdoor Large Capacity Sport Water Resistant Lightweight Packable Backpack Durable Folding Travel Hiking Trekking Camping Cycling Foldable Backpack Daypack Collapsible Backpack (Blue)
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The Costume Technician's Handbook 3/e
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The classic book on costuming is back and better than ever! In the third edition of The Costume Technician's Handbook, Rosemary Ingham and Liz Covey once again draw upon their many years of hands-on experience in costume design and technology. Now they add information gleaned across the country from shop managers and staff about their methods and supplement it with images of some of the very best theatrical costume work to be seen today. And they continue to provide the most complete guide to... [Read More]
Fashion History from the 18th to the 20th Century (Bibliotheca Universalis)
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Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. With one of the world’s most extensive clothing collections, the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments, underwear, shoes, and fashion accessories dating from the... [Read More]
Dover Fashion and Costumes: Historic Costumes in Pictures : Over 1450 Costumes o
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Survey of Historic Costume by Tortora, Phyllis G., Marcketti, Sara B.
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Antique Doll Costumes 1840-1925 What Finespun Threads
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Anna Traveling Classic Child Costume
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- Model: 85258
- Color: BlueBlue/Pink
- Size: X-Small (3T-4T)3
Set out to save your sister as the lovable Anna from Disney's Frozen. Featuring a dress with a matching capelet, this costume is the perfect ensemble for your daughters fairytale adventure. Costume features:Dress with character Set out to save your sister as the lovable Anna from Disney's Frozen. Featuring a dress with a matching capelet, this costume is the perfect ensemble for your daughters fairytale adventure. Costume features:Dress with character
Snow Angel Child Costume L
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- Model: 882838LG
- Color: MulticolorMulti
- Size: L
Let your little girl play dress up in this adorable Snow Angel Costume. This costume includes a halo, wings, feather-trimmed over dress, under dress and belt. So even the coldest nights can be filled with fun, laughter and family Snow Angel Child Costume L
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