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Costume Books
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Patterns of Fashion 3: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620 (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as costume)
avg rating 4.59 — 469 ratings — published 1985
Corsets and Crinolines (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 305 ratings — published 1954
Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing sixteenth - century dress (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as costume)
avg rating 4.46 — 506 ratings — published 2006
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 732 ratings — published 2005
Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute - A History from the 18th to the 20th Century (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as costume)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,919 ratings — published 2002
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860 (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as costume)
avg rating 4.64 — 502 ratings — published 1972
Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as costume)
avg rating 4.37 — 742 ratings — published 1998
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940 (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as costume)
avg rating 4.68 — 341 ratings — published 1977
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art)
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avg rating 3.89 — 574 ratings — published 1969
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 190 ratings — published 1968
20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 336 ratings — published 1965
The Cut of Men's Clothes: 1600-1900 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 60 ratings — published 1987
A History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 3.86 — 216 ratings — published 1946
Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.64 — 171 ratings — published 1999
The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as costume)
avg rating 4.52 — 94 ratings — published 1968
Period Costume for Stage and Screen: Patterns for Womens' Dress, 1500 - 1800 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 68 ratings — published
The Costume Technician's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 179 ratings — published 1992
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 236 ratings — published 2006
Medieval Tailor's Assistant: Making Common Garments 1200-1500 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 227 ratings — published 2001
Historic Costume in Pictures (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.93 — 89 ratings — published 1975
Underwear: Fashion in Detail (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 215 ratings — published 2010
Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915 (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as costume)
avg rating 4.03 — 104 ratings — published 1984
Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Womens' Dress, 1800 - 1909 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.56 — 54 ratings — published
What Clothes Reveal: The Language of Clothing in Colonial and Federal America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 105 ratings — published 2002
Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 46 ratings — published 1988
Victorian and Edwardian Fashion: A Photographic Survey (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 4.05 — 459 ratings — published 1963
Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660 (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as costume)
avg rating 4.75 — 171 ratings — published 2008
Hollywood and History: Costume Design in Film (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 102 ratings — published 1987
Couture Sewing Techniques, Revised and Updated (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 993 ratings — published 2014
Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.57 — 127 ratings — published 1988
Patterns of Fashion 5: The content, cut, construction and context of bodies, stays, hoops and rumps c.1595-1795 (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.76 — 66 ratings — published
Stays and Corsets: Historical Patterns Translated for the Modern Body (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.73 — 41 ratings — published 2015
The American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Dressmaking: How to Hand Sew Georgian Gowns and Wear Them With Style (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.55 — 428 ratings — published
The Complete Costume History / Vollständige Kostümgeschichte / Le Costume Historique (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 411 ratings — published 1888
The Queen's Servants: Gentlewomen's Dress at the Accession of Henry VIII (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.58 — 43 ratings — published 2011
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 1 (Women's Dress Patterns #1)
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avg rating 4.80 — 60 ratings — published 2011
Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700–1915 (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.53 — 179 ratings — published 2013
Costume Design in the Movies: An Illustrated Guide to the Work of 157 Great Designers (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 3.87 — 62 ratings — published 1991
The Victorian Tailor: An Introduction to Period Tailoring (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.24 — 71 ratings — published 2011
Ancient Egyptian, Mesopotamian & Persian Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 3.73 — 37 ratings — published 1920
Queen of Fashion: What Marie Antoinette Wore to the Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.17 — 3,590 ratings — published 2006
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
by (shelved 4 times as costume)
avg rating 4.17 — 241 ratings — published 1974
Our New Clothes: Acquisitions of the 1990s (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 8 ratings — published 1999
Tudor Costume and Fashion (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 3.91 — 69 ratings — published 1997
Medieval Costume and Fashion (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.89 — 81 ratings — published 1927
English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century: A Comprehensive Guide with 1,117 Illustrations (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 4.17 — 89 ratings — published 1937
Medieval Costume in England and France: The 13th, 14th and 15th Centuries (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
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avg rating 3.67 — 146 ratings — published 1996
The Basics of Corset Building: A Handbook for Beginners (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 236 ratings — published 2005
Chronicle of Western Fashion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.82 — 135 ratings — published 1991
Elizabethan Costuming (For The Years 1550 - 1580)
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avg rating 4.05 — 56 ratings — published 1991
“When something—a mirror, an inaccurate measurement, or a costume—comes between us and the things we observe, facts can become less apparent, or they can get hidden away.”
― Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS
― Outsmart the Money Magicians: Maximize Your Net Worth by Seeing Through the Most Powerful Illusions Performed by Wall Street and the IRS
“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 over me, colour in my nose with her mascara, and attach a sock she’d stuffed with newspapers to my bottom. Then she’d declare the costume complete and go back to ignoring me completely. Even at age seven, I was aware of how ridiculous I looked. Sometimes I decided to throw on some additional make-up or attach a couple of ears to my head just to avoid confusion, but that was hard work: most years, I just wrote ‘CAT!’ on a sheet of paper and pinned it to my chest for everyone to see. Sophie had less need to explain her identity to our neighbours, but her Ghost disguise – one sheet, two eye-holes – was another classic in the shite costume genre.”
― A Matter of Life and Death
― A Matter of Life and Death
