THTR 2360: Intro to Costuming

Comprehensive and detailed history and sourcebook of 20th-century fashion with over 1100 full-color illustrations.

Uses descriptions and over 2,000 full-color drawings to cover every kind of high-fashion male and female accessory for both day and evening wear.

Contains over 3,000 illustrations in black and white and color that detail the styles and designs of the 1920s.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1940 to 1929.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1930 to 1939.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1940 to 1949.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1950 to 1959.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1960 to 1969.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1970 to 1979.

Costume drawings of women's and men's clothing from 1980 to 1989.

A world history of evening dresses, beginning with the 19th century through La Belle Epoque, the languid tango, the impetuous Charleston, right through the fabulous '30s.

Captures the changes in mood and style of each era since World War II through fashion.

Comprehensive record of fashion accessories throughout the 20th century with over 2000 full-color drawings.

Photographic survey of all the preeminent couturiers and fashion houses from the era before the Great War through the revolutionary changes wrought by the Jazz Age and the Swinging Sixties to designers at work today.