Book recommendations for historical costumers from beginners to advanced. Comment down below about your favorite costuming books.
Beginner-
Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century, Taschen- (there are many listings and versions of this book- They are all the same so get whatever is cheapest)
Dover Publishing Company- [ Ссылка ]
Vogue Sewing Book or Readers Digest Complete Guide to Sewing
American Duchess Guide to 18th Century Fashion- [ Ссылка ]
Books Every Costumer should have (at some point)
Bradfield, Nancy; Costume in Detail
Waugh, Nora; Cut of Women's Clothes; Corsets and Crinolines
Arnold, Janet; Patterns of Fashion 1-5
Hunnisett, Jean: Costumes for the Stage and Screen
Shaeffer, Clarie B.; Couture Sewing Techniques, 1994 (or updated version), Taunton Press
My Personal Favorites
Revolution in Fashion 1715-1815, 1989, Abbeville Press
V&A Fashion in Detail Series
Salen, Jill; Corsets: Historical Patterns and Techniques, 2008, Costume and Fashion Press
Palmer, Alexandra; Christian Dior: History and Modernity 1947-1957, 2018, Royal Ontario Museum
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