TDF 225: Costume Design
Print Possibilities
Listed below is a sampling of mostly-color picture books. Most are from the GT call number
range. You may also find useful information and pictures in the DA-DE-E-F areas for World
and US History, the N area for Art, the PN area for Film, the PR area for
Theater, and the TT area for costume design. With this sort of class it is best to get a
sense of where in the library you are likely to find worthwhile materials, go to those shelf areas
and flip through the books.
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Dictionary of Costume
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GT 507 .W5
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A History of Fashion
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GT 510 .B53 1975
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20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment
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GT 510 .B6713 1987
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Historic Costume: A Resume of Style and Fashion from Remote Times to the Nineteen-Sixties
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GT 510 .L4 1967
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The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes
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Ref GT 510 .R3313
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Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion
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GT 511 .B37
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Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day
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GT 513 .C58
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A Pictoral History of Costume
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GT 513 .P53 1998
great illustrations, but no text or dates
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Costumes of the Greeks and Romans
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GT 545 .H6 1962
black and white drawings
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Medieval Costume Armour and Weapons
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GT 575 .W293 1962
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Victorian Fashions & Costumes from Harper's Bazar 1867-1898
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GT 595 .B56 1974
excellent black-and-white drawings
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Everyday Fashions of the Twenties
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GT 615 .E93 1981
drawings, taken from print advertising
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Costume and Fashion
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Ref GT 720 .C37 1994
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The Art of Dress: Fashion in England and France 1750-1820
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GT 736 .R53 1995
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Dress in Ireland
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GT 806 .D86 1989
mostly black-and-white, but one of the few books we have on Irish costume
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The Art Book
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Ref N 40 .A775 1994
popular art volume, represents wide time and geographic range, arranged by artist name
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Costumes and settings for Shakespeare's plays
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PR3091 .W48 1982
Other Possibilities
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WorldCat
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The MOTHER of all book databases. If you can't find it in our library, you'll find it here, although
you may need to use
Interlibrary Loan.
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HarpWeek: the Civil War Era 1857-77
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Limited span of US history, but serves as a good source of primary information, particulary the
advertising.
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JSTOR
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Good full-text journal database. Limited to 100 journals, with a concentration in History.
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Yahoo Arts > Design Arts > Stagecraft > Costuming
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It may be worthwhile to research theater companies.
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
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Fantastic art museum, significant Renaissance and Medieval collections. Worth the trip!
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Museum of Costume
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In your spare time, during Spring Break, jet over to the UK to take a look at historical English
costumes from the 17th to 20th century. Or, you could look at a few pictures online.
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Films, films, films....
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F&M has a good
VHS film collection, or you may want to try the local Blockbuster. Look for quality productions that are more likely to be
historically accurate.
 Last updated: 1/22/01 ag,
contact Andy Gulati for assistance, 291-4261
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