The costume book : the non-professional's guide to professional results / Mary Burke Morris.

Title:

Non-professional's guide to professional results

Author:

Morris, Mary Burke.

ISBN:

9780764314858

(paperback)

0764314858

Publication Info:

Atglen, PA : Schiffer Pub., c2002.

Description:

160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cm.

Series:

Schiffer book for designers.

Subject(s):

Fashion design.

Costume.

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This beautiful new book guides readers with intermediate to advanced level sewing skills toward the successful creation of costumes for theatrical or dance performances, and for re-enactments and interactive fiction. Nearly 250 beautiful color photographs and detailed line drawings of many types of costumes, along with solid design principles, provide a wealth of easy to understand information and how-to instructions. Practical tips concerning theatrical production teams, lines of authority, budgets, scheduling, and post-production storage of costumes are included. An annotated bibliography and a resource guide are both useful references.

Author Notes

Mary Burke Morris has designed costumes for the American Youth Ballet. She has acted as the primary editor of newsletters for the Washington, D.C., based G Street Fabrics.

Acknowledgments	p. 4
Introduction	p. 5
The Production Team, Lines of Authority, and Basic Design Principles	p. 8
Practicalities: The Budget and the Schedule	p. 26
Costume-Making Techniques	p. 34
Before You Cut	p. 35
The Almighty Gusset	p. 46
The Fabric is Cut: The Die is Cast	p. 50
The Construction Process	p. 51
The Tutu	p. 59
Costumes for People and Critters - Real and Imaginary - Who Must Move	p. 79
Costuming Performers for Competition	p. 90
Costume as Dress: Historic Re-enactment and Interactive Fiction	p. 111
After the Party is Over...	p. 151
The Costumer's Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide	p. 153
Sources for the Basic Shapes of Clothing in Various Places and Historic Periods	p. 154
Theatrical Construction Techniques	p. 157
Other Resources	p. 158
Sources of Specialty Fabrics, Notions, and Trims	p. 159
Specialized Sources for Historical Costumers	p. 160

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