Over 1,000 illustrations of suits, coats, dresses, hats, shoes, neckwear, patterns and fabrics for women s and children s apparel and accessories. Entertaining "windows to the past" for nostalgia buffs. "

Since its first publication in 1980, The Costume Technician's Handbook has established itself as an indispensable resource in classrooms and costume shops. Ingham and Covey draw on decades of hands-on experience to provide the most complete guide to developing costumes that are personally distinctive and artistically expressive. No other book covers the same breadth of necessary topics for every aspect of costuming, from the basics of setting up a costume shop to managing one and everything in between.

An illustrated guide to collectibles, including collecting hints, histories, references, clubs and museums.