Stage costumes

Author: (English) Mary T. Kidder
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Publish Date: 2000-03-01
Features: Stage Costume guides you on how to design and create costumes for various major theatrical periods and styles. With rich illustrations, detailed instructions, and exquisite professional costume photographs, this book is an ideal reference for both professional and amateur stage costume design and creation. The book introduces five basic shapes: rectangle, semicircle, trapezoid, T-shape, and bodice shape. Various garments, such as pants, skirts, shirts, and coats, can be made using one or two of these five basic shapes. By disassembling the garments into basic shapes and making simple adjustments, it becomes easy to create different styles of costumes, such as theater-style underskirts with hard supports and simple Roman toga outer robes. The book presents typical costume styles from major historical periods and provides small sample photos of fabrics and colors used at the time. Each garment is illustrated with visuals to explain the process of making it from the basic shape and how to properly match accessories. In the book, you will learn simple and quick methods of construction and how to modify existing garments to achieve the best results with limited funds. Whether it's a play like Hamlet, Cinderella, or The Three Musketeers, Stage Costume is a necessary guide for creating professional-level, impressive stage costumes.