Costume


Patterns of Fashion 3: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620
Corsets and Crinolines
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860
Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing sixteenth - century dress
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute - A History from the 18th to the 20th Century
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940
Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art)
20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930
The Cut of Men's Clothes: 1600-1900
A History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790
Period Costume for Stage and Screen by Jean HunnisettCorsets and Crinolines by Norah WaughCostume Close Up by Linda BaumgartenPatterns of Fashion 3 by Janet ArnoldPeriod Costume for Stage & Screen by Jean Hunnisett
Costuming Aids
56 books — 15 voters

Majesty by Katharine McGeeRoyal Wedding by Meg CabotRivals by Katharine McGeeThe Heir Affair by Heather CocksThe Accidental Beauty Queen by Teri Wilson
Ladies wearing a crown or tiara
66 books — 9 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCroak by Gina DamicoA Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel SchwarzDark Star by Bethany Frenette
Literature Day Costume Ideas
21 books — 2 voters

T.J. Klune
“ I am Lulu Deerdancer and I am twenty-nine years old and I am perfectly legal to enter this here homosexual establishment and partake in beverages and repetitive techno music.” “Because you both have been here before.” “Yes,” I said. “Hmm,” the bouncer said. Then Paul sneezed and his mustache flew off his face and landed on the cheek of the bouncer. The silence that followed was slightly awkward. “Huh,” Paul said. “I guess that’s easier than shaving. It’ll certainly revolutionize the facial hair ...more ”
― T.J. Klune, The Queen & the Homo Jock King

Andy  Marr
“ Like many other things, I blame my aversion to Halloween on my mother. My earliest Halloween memories are of my mother locking the front gates and plunging the house into darkness to deter any guisers who were stupid enough to think of calling on us. A few years later, when Sophie and I began guising ourselves, my mother always made the absolute minimum effort required to justify sending us onto the streets in search of sweets. The results were horrific. Every year, she’d throw a black bin liner ...more ”
― Andy Marr, A Matter of Life and Death

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