Designed especially for costume designers, this unique notebook contains templates useful for sketching, planning, and organizing costumes for theater productions. This 6 x 9" journal with a total of 120 pages includes 100 two page spread template pages for organizing costumes and information, including sizes and measurements, for each actor/actress and character plus 20 extra blank and blank lined pages for sketching, design, and extra notes . With a cute durable matte softcover in lime green, this costume design notebook is also an awesome gift for costume designers and aspiring costume designers involved in school, community, and professional theater as well as anyone who likes to sketch and design costumes.

Written by an industry venteran with 40 years of experience, this book is the new edition of Costume Design

Learning how to sew has never been simpler! Enjoy this beginner's guide that takes you by the hand like a personal instructor and teaches you how to sew using hand stiches as well as sewing machines. Filled with detailed descriptions of materials and tools, the easy step-by-step instructions for all the basic sewing techniques will have you creating projects like aprons, pillows, and even pants and shorts in no time. Five simple projects will introduce sewing skills like hems, seams, balancing tension, and how to use a pattern; skills you will use often as you continue to learn.With First Time Sewing, soon you will be stitching amazing gifts and projects with confidence.

Unbuttoned: The Art and Artists of Theatrical Costume Design documents the creative journey of costume creation from concept to performance. Each chapter provides an overview of the process, including designing and shopping; draping, cutting, dyeing, and painting; and beading, sewing, and creating embellishments and accessories. This book features interviews with practitioners from Broadway and regional theatres to opera and ballet companies, offering valuable insights into the costume design profession. Exceptional behind-the-scenes photography illustrates top costume designers and craftspeople at work, along with gorgeous costumes in progress.

Fashion is the ultimate visual guide to everything ever worn. From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, discover more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of style. Tracing the evolution of fashion — from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today — this book is a stunningly illustrated guide to the art of clothing.Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style uses stunning photography to trace the history of changing fashions and styles. Truly vast in scope, taking in everything from from ancient Egyptian dress to Space Age Fashion and Grunge, and including stories about icons like Marie Antoinette, Clara Bow, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Alexander McQueen, Fashion catalogs the history of what people wear. It reveals how Western fashion has been influenced by design from around the world and celebrates all forms of costume and haute couture. Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style is sure to inspire.

The Costumes of Burlesque: 1866-2018 is the first volume to inclusively document burlesque costume from its birth in the 1860’s through the global burlesque movement in 2018. This lushly illustrated book presents the history and development of this American art form by documenting the origins, influencers, and genuine articles that created its aesthetic. Showcases of legendary performers, including Lydia Thompson, Gypsy Rose Lee, Sally Rand, Bettie Page, Kitten Natividad, and Dita Von Teese, demonstrate costume styles through the years. This guide gives readers a clear view of how burlesque costume looked and why. It teaches collectors, burlesque performers, and fans alike to recognize vintage pieces for what they are and to design their own costumes with inspiration from the originals. By including detailed costume documentation, over 400 images, and interviews with prominent costume designers such as Catherine D’Lish and Garo Sparo, The Costumes of Burlesque brings 150 years of burlesque costume history to life.

Express your personal style - and with garments that fit you perfectly. When it comes to fashion and clothes, you have your style. You know what you like. And you're all about making it yourself. Bravo! But…if the pattern is off - and we all have those experiences - then so is the final garment. The fit, the look, the impression you hoped to make misses the mark. That's why we all need Sarah Veblen in our lives! Drafting, adjusting, refining, completing - this pro will walk you through every step in one master class. For more than twenty-five years, Sarah Veblen has been designing and making clothing for her private clientele, specializing in fit, innovative pattern design and quality construction. In Styles from a Master Bodice Pattern, Sarah shows you how to use a master pattern - a properly fitted, basic bodice pattern - as the foundation for creating many styles. Because every new design is based on the master pattern, a great fit is built in. With this approach, you can spend your time creating new looks, rather than adjusting different patterns for fit. Learn how to: Transform a basic bodice design into multiple new styles such as: turn a darted bodice into one with princ... [Read More]

Introducing Technical Sourcebook for Designers STUDIO--an online tool for more effective study!~Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips~Review concepts with flashcards of terms and definitions and image identification ~Practice your skills with editable style flats in Adobe Illustrator and Corel Draw that can be imported into blank tech pack templates to create your own tech packs~Enhance your knowledge with industry standards for seams and stitches and costing spreadsheets~Access downloadable images of photos and figures from the book, clip art, and examples of completed tech packs

Two dolls and 32 lavish outfits for evening and day wear include Schiaparelli's dark blue wool suit; an Adrian cocktail dress in crepe; a four-tiered wool dress by Germaine Monteil; and much

Two lifelike paper dolls and 30 haute couture outfits by Chanel, Paquin, Jacques Heim, Mainbocher, Pauline Trigere, Givenchy, Cardin, Norell, other greats. Publisher's Note.

"See-through" dress, miniskirts, bold bright colors, "kooky" accessories, and more for two dolls. Spectacular apparel by Mary Quant, Paco Rabanne, Oscar de la Renta, and others. Captions. 32