The Costume Designer's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Designers - Hardcover

Ingham, Rosemary; Covey, Liz

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9780131812710: The Costume Designer's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Designers

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ISBN 10: 0131812718 ISBN 13: 9780131812710

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, 1983

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Newly revised and updated, The Costume Designer's Handbook is now more comprehensive than ever and is the backbone of any costume designer's library since its original publication in 1983. Features of this new edition include:

a foreword by Arvin Brown, Artistic Director of the Long Wharf Theatre
guidance on how to read and analyze a play
plans for establishing a costume plot
insights into working with directors and other designers
resources for doing historical research
a discussion of the properties of color
sketching, drawing, and drafting techniques
an 8-page color insert
150 black-and-white photos, drawings, and charts
a complete, up-to-date reference section

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About the Author:

Liz Covey is a freelance costume designer whose work has been seen in England's and America's leading theatres. She has taught at Barnard College, Columbia University, Marymount Manhattan College, and Bennington College.

From Library Journal:

The Costumer's Handbook (1980), the bible of theatrical costumers, has been out of print for a while. It is resurrected here in a much expanded version as two essential reference/hand/text books, one for designers and one for technicians. Both are superbly illustrated and contain both an extensive annotated bibliography and a lengthy shopping guide. The Designer's Handbook follows the process from script to production, also offering contains a chapter on the profession. The Technician's Handbook begins with setting up a costume shop and goes on to such topics as safety, fabrics, pattern-making, con struction, fitting, dyeing, and sections on hair, hats, and accessories. Both titles are required purchases for theater collections.
- Thomas E. Luddy, Salem State Coll., Mass.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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