OK, so try "Historic Costume for the Stage" by Lucy Barton. Since it concerns the basic "look" or silhouette for stage productions, it may be just what you're looking for.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sylvia Rognstad Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 10:25 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: What would *you* use? (was Re: [h-cost] Racinet I think that there are a lot of very good experts in historical costuming on this list who may very rightly feel that it is almost impossible to cover all periods in one book and I agree to an extent. It's just that I keep hearing that over and over after I've explained that I'm teaching a class in the costume and fashion industries and can only devote a very small segment of the time to costume history. Next semester when I'm teaching a class just in costume history naturally I will use more resources, but now I'm just trying to provide a good overview and I myself don't have time to pore over lots of books to review my own understanding. I only found out I was teaching the class 2 weeks before it started. Sylrog On Sep 1, 2006, at 10:30 PM, Catherine Olanich Raymond wrote: > On Saturday 02 September 2006 12:56 am, Sylvia Rognstad wrote: >> Since nobody seems to think there is one really good textbook, maybe >> I'll consider writing one myself! Of course they are all too general >> to people like us who specialize in historical costumes, but sometime >> you really need just a good overview, which is what I need now. > > Well, but hold on. How much information do you think constitutes "a > good > overview"? What would you like to see in such a book? Maybe such a > book > exists, but none of us understands what you're looking for so we don't > know > how to respond. > > -- > Cathy Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > "A civilized society is one which tolerates eccentricity to the point > of doubtful sanity." --Robert Frost > > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
