LibGuides: Theatre Design & Technology: Costume History

Relevant Databases

Film Database

Internet Movie Database

Online Resources for Costume History

Cornell Costume and Textile History
"Includes more than 9,000 items of apparel dating from the eighteenth century to the present, as well as a substantial collection of ethnographic textiles and costume."
The Drextel Digital Museum Project: Historic Costume Collection
" The FHCC represents over 200 years of historic fashion and textile design. Shoes, millinery, lingerie, and other accessories represent an opportunity to study an entire period ensemble. The Collection is estimated to contain more than 10,000 items. Most significant fashion designers of the 20th century are represented."
The Costume Institute
More than 75,000 costumes and accessories from seven centuries and five continents. Fifty highlights from the collection are presented online in chronological order by creation date.
The Costume Page
"There are over 1,000 unique links listed on these pages. Some of them cover more than one area of interest."
Fashion Era
"Fashion-era contains 890 content rich, illustrated pages of Fashion History, Costume History, Clothing, Fashions and Social History."
THE HISTORY OF COSTUME By Braun & Schneider - c.1861-1880
"The "History of Costume" or "Zur Geschichte der Kostüme" was printed from 1861 to 1880 in Munich by the publishing firm of Braun and Schneider. It was originally published as individual plates in a German magazine titled "Münchener Bilderbogen". Later, these plates were collected and bound into book form. The total publication consisted of 125 pages, with four pictures per pages, for a total of 500 costume designs. These plates consisted of historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century."

Suggested Subject Headings

Costume

Costume designers

Church vestments

Children’s costumes

Masks

Theatrical makeup

Dress Accessories

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Some Reference Sources

A Handbook of Costume Drawing by Georgia O. Baker; Helen R. Pullen (Illustrator)
Call Number: OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION TT509 .B35 2000
ISBN: 0240804031
Publication Date: 2000-03-29
The Historical Encyclopedia of Costumes by Albert Racinet
Call Number: OTTERBEIN FOLIO GT510 .R3313 1988
ISBN: 0816019762
Publication Date: 1988-09-01
Encyclopedia of World Costume by Doreen Yarwood
Call Number: OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION GT507 .Y37
ISBN: 0684158051
Publication Date: 1979-01-01

Other Books from our Collection

Costume in Greek Classic Drama by Iris Brooke
Call Number: OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION PA3203 .B75 2003
ISBN: 0486429830
Publication Date: 2003-08-15
Fashion in Costume, 1200-2000 by Joan Nunn
Call Number: OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION GT580 .N85 2000
ISBN: 156663279X
Publication Date: 2000-02-14
Medieval Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris
Call Number: OTTERBEIN MAIN COLLECTION GT575 .M43 1999
ISBN: 0486404862
Publication Date: 1998-11-28

Fashion & Clothing Popular Journals

Vogue

Esquire

Glamour

Harper's Bazaar (UK)

Vanity fair

Fashion & Clothing Scholarly Journals

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture

Fashion and Textiles

Critical Studies in Fashion and Beauty

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Surface Design Journal

Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture

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