Author : Katherine Strand-Evans
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 19,44 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Design
ISBN :
Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915.
Author : Katherine Strand Holkeboer
Publisher : Costume & Fashion Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :
An amazing resource book filled with detailed costume patterns to trace, cut out and assemble. The patterns illustrated range from Ancient Egypt to 1915 and include trims and accessories. The basic pattern shapes allow the designer's creativity free range. Gowns tunics, headdresses, jackets, robes breeches - the patterns will produce an accurate silhouette for each time period, leaving the costumer free to explore variations of cut and surface embellishment within an historic framework. Holkeboar also gives step-by-step instructions for making corsets and hoop petticoats, hats, crowns, and even masks and wigs. The patterns are multiple-sized and easy to adapt and elaborate upon so they may be used opver and over again to create a completely different look each time beause you add the all-important details. The basics are here - just add inspiration!
Author : Katherine Strand Holkeboer
Publisher : Costume & Fashion Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :
An amazing resource book filled with detailed costume patterns to trace, cut out and assemble. The patterns illustrated range from Ancient Egypt to 1915 and include trims and accessories. The basic pattern shapes allow the designer's creativity free range. Gowns tunics, headdresses, jackets, robes breeches - the patterns will produce an accurate silhouette for each time period, leaving the costumer free to explore variations of cut and surface embellishment within an historic framework. Holkeboar also gives step-by-step instructions for making corsets and hoop petticoats, hats, crowns, and even masks and wigs. The patterns are multiple-sized and easy to adapt and elaborate upon so they may be used opver and over again to create a completely different look each time beause you add the all-important details. The basics are here - just add inspiration!
Author : Katherine Strand Holkeboer
Publisher :
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Costume
ISBN :
Author : Jean Hunnisett
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,54 MB
Release : 2024-04-16
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781648374234
Hunnisett provides comprehensive and complete detailed instruction for creating authentic-looking costumes from the Middle Ages through 1500. Includes over 200 drawings, patterns, and photographs.
Author : Mary Fernald
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 39,4 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486449068
Practical, informative guidebook shows how to create everything from short tunics worn by Saxon men in the fifth century to a lady's bustle dress of the late 1800s. 81 illustrations.
Author : Elizabeth Friendship
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 12,35 MB
Release : 2014-10-23
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1408149311
Pattern Cutting for Men's Costume is a practical guide featuring patterns for the most important garments worn by men between the 16th and 19th centuries. Easy-to-follow instructions explain how to cut patterns for 'average' and individual measurements - with expert advice on how to adapt patterns to fit men of all shapes and sizes. Introductions to each section describe the major developments in men's dress - revealing how garments evolved - and patterns for period garments for which there are no actual examples are based on contemporary paintings. Illustrated throughout with hundreds of diagrams, this is a much-awaited and valuable addition to the library of costume-makers in all fields. Features a new system of drafting patterns for men's period costume. Includes patterns for the most important non-fashionable garments (worn from the 16th to the 19th centuries) plus clothes in vogue from the middle of the 16th to the end of the 18th centuries. Illustrated with hundreds of diagrams accompanied by step-by-step instructions for period garments, plus a few versatile theatrical designs.
Author : Barb Rogers
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 29,92 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN :
Enter the fascinating world of conversion costuming. Make your own theatrical costumes for less than a day's rental price and make them your way without any conventional sewing using patterns. Included in this book are more than 110 ingenious costume designs with photos and diagrams.
Author : Barb Rogers
Publisher : Meriwether Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Transform common people into superheroes, movie stars, witches -- whatever illusion you want to create. Creative costuming is all in the details. One garment can take on many totally different looks depending on how you accessorise it. Over the years, the author has learned all the tricks about how anyone can turn leftover clothing into fabulous costumes. This book's numerous drawings explain in detail the costuming process of 'turning straw into gold'. It shows you how to design illusions that you never thought possible. Yes, you can easily do all this -- and at a minimum expense! This is another Barb Rogers must have book for your library of costume ideas.
Author : Alexandra B Bonds
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 20,80 MB
Release : 2019-01-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1351380451
Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture illuminates the links between theatrical attire and social customs and aesthetics of China, covering both the theory and practice of stage dress. Distinguishing attributes include an introduction to the performance style, the delineation of the costume conventions, an analysis of the costumes through their historical precedents and theatrical modifications, and the use of garment shape, color, and embroidery for symbolic effect. Practical information covers dressing the performers and a costume plot, the design and creation of the make-up and hairstyles, and pattern drafts of the major garments. Photographs from live performances, as well as details of embroidery, and close-up photographs of the headdresses thoroughly portray the stunning beauty of this incomparable performance style. Presenting the brilliant colors of the elaborately embroidered silk costumes together with the intricate makeup and glittering headdresses, this volume embodies the elegance of the Beijing opera.
