Period Costume for Stage & Screen

<h3>Use This Complete Guide as Your Resource for Costuming</h3><p>Jean Hunnisett's three-volume<em> Period Costumes for the Stage & Screen</em> is the ultimate resource for the accurate costuming of women. Spanning fashionable and common dress from medieval times to the early 1900s these guides detail the patterns of the ages. </p><p>Reflecting knowledge gained from 25 years of making costumes for theater film and television Hunnisett provides scaled patterns step-by-step instructions and working drawings. Mindful of purpose the designs not only provide the right look for the times but are also fashioned using modern fabrics and sewing methods to fit the modern female figure. </p><p>This second volume covers the 16<sup>th</sup> through 18<sup>th</sup> centuries. Part one provides instruction on technique: choosing fabric taking measurements fitting and finishing. The remaining three sections cover the three centuries with special attention given to corsets ruffs surcoats collars cuffs and petticoats. An appendix provides information on equipment and supplies. </p><p>With hundreds of illustrations and photographs this guide provides all the essential information for creating authentic-looking costumes for the period. </p><p>This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a hardcover (ISBN 1648374271).</p>