Costume


Patterns of Fashion 3: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women, C.1560-1620
Corsets and Crinolines
Patterns of Fashion 1: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C. 1660-1860
Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing sixteenth - century dress
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Fashion: The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute - A History from the 18th to the 20th Century
Patterns of Fashion 2: Englishwomen's Dresses and Their Construction C.1860-1940
Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries
Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art)
20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
The Cut of Women's Clothes: 1600-1930
The Cut of Men's Clothes: 1600-1900
A History of Costume (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
Costume Close Up: Clothing Construction and Pattern, 1750-1790
Don't Cosplay with My Heart by Cecil CastellucciNerdCrush by Alisha EmrichWhile You Were Dreaming by Alisha RaiBe Dazzled by Ryan La SalaGeekerella by Ashley Poston
YA Cosplay Fiction
9 books — 1 voter

Period Costume for Stage and Screen by Jean HunnisettCorsets and Crinolines by Norah WaughCostume Close Up by Linda BaumgartenPatterns of Fashion 3 by Janet ArnoldPeriod Costume for Stage & Screen by Jean Hunnisett
Costuming Aids
56 books — 15 voters
Hollywood Babylon by Kenneth AngerElvis and Me by Priscilla Beaulieu PresleyThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherWishful Drinking by Carrie FisherAll About All About Eve by Sam Staggs
Hooray for Hollywood (non-fiction)
236 books — 42 voters

Rescued by the Buccaneer by Normandie AllemanDefy Not the Heart by Johanna LindseyThe Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. WoodiwissDevil's Embrace by Catherine CoulterLords of Passion by Virginia Henley
The Puffy Shirt
102 books — 33 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Complete Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCroak by Gina DamicoA Conspiracy of Alchemists by Liesel SchwarzDark Star by Bethany Frenette
Literature Day Costume Ideas
21 books — 2 voters

Jarod Kintz
The best costume is a Security Guard outfit, because it's guaranteed to get you into any party—even if you're not on the guest list. And that's always fashionable. After I put my ducks to bed on Friday nights, I go out partying—even though I’ve not been invited. ...more
Jarod Kintz, Music is fluid, and my saxophone overflows when my ducks slosh in the sounds I make in elevators.

Amit Kalantri
Every girl should have at least two things, fun and fashion.
Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

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