Few books on costuming enjoy the reputation for excellence to the same degree as Lucy Barton's. It is more than a book of costume design. It is a complete guide to costuming for the theatre. Over 600 pages of illustrations and information dealing with costumes and accessories for plays and productions from the Egyptians into the 20th century. Here, the director and costumer will find information about what people in a given time were likely to be wearing, and advice on making garments that will resemble those originals.
Egyptian -- Biblical -- Greek -- Roman -- Byzantine and Romanesque -- Early Gothic -- Late Gothic -- Renaissance -- Elizabethan -- Charles I and Commonwealth -- Restoration -- Early Georgian -- Late Georgian -- Directoire and First Empire -- Romantic -- Crinoline -- Bustle -- Fin de Siecle -- New century -- Some notes of the construction of costume.
