Stage costume reading list

Anderson, Barbara with Cletus R. Anderson. Costume Design. Thomson Learning, 1998

Anderson, Jack with Janet Light, Malcolm McCormick. The Ballet Russe De Monte Carlo: The Golden Age of Costume and Set Design, 1938 to 1944. Hudson Hill Press, 2003

Huaixiang, Tan. Costume Craftwork on a Budget: Clothing, 3 - D Makeup, Wigs, Millinery and Accessories. Focal Press, 2007

Huaixiang, Tan. Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-by-step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers. Focal Press, 2004

Ingham, Rosemary with Elizabeth Covey. The Costume Designer's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Designers. Greenwood Press, 1992

Motley, Mullin, Michael, ed. Designing and Making Stage Costumes. Herbert Press, 1992

Nadoolman Landis, Deborah. Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design. Harper Collins Press, 2007

Nadoolman Landis, Deborah. Fifty Designers/ Fifty Costumes: Concept to Character. Academy of Motion Arts and Sciences Press, 2004

Peacock, John. Costume 1066 to the Present: A Complete Guide to English Costume Design and History. Thames and Hudson, 1986

Warne, L. Roland. Costume (EyeWitness Guides). Dorling Kindersley Publishers Ltd, 1992

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton

8 February – 22 April 2012

Featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by royal photographer Cecil Beaton, this exhibition celebrates Her Majesty in her roles as princess, monarch and mother and coincides with the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

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Costume design for Anna Pavlova (Custom print)

Costume design for Anna Pavlova (Custom print)

Costume design for Anna Pavlova in Oriental Fantasy by Leon Bakst (A4 Satin print)

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Event - Create! Costume Design

Sat 18 February 2012–Sat 25 February 2012

YOUNG PEOPLE'S EVENT: Create a range of costume designs for a live music concert, dance show or stage performance. Using the Theatre and Performance collections as inspiration, find out how to capture ideas on paper for a collection of outfits needed for a show and learn how to create and communicate a concept for a performance.

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