Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Womens' Dress, Medieval - 1500

by Jean Hunnisett, Kathryn Turner (Illustrator)

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 patterns as well as step-by-step instructions. Whether you are an amateur, a student or a professional costume maker, this book, and the series it belongs to, is an invaluable source of patterns and techniques.

Genres: Sewing, Fashion, Reference, Nonfiction, Fashion History, Medieval

192 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1996

Reviews

[Sarah]

It should be noted that while this is called "period costume," the medieval costumes don't use period patterns, fabric layouts, etc. Don't use this for documentation of medieval styles, but absolutely use for theatre or if you're just going for a look. A very valuable resource for costumers everywhere, along with the rest of the series.

[Alessandra]

Good, solid sewing and pattern information. May not be wholly historically accurate.