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What do you all think of Historic Costume for the Stage, by Lucy Barton?
Sharon C.
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next semester.
Kate
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I think that there are a lot of very good experts
What do you all think of Historic Costume for the Stage, by Lucy Barton?
Sharon C.
I think the answer to your question lies within what you hope to accomplish
with the textbook. One of the things I found disappointing with Survey of
Historic
Costume: A History of Western Dress by Tortora and
OK--this was my first thought:
Well, why don't we *ALL* do it--working together! A Costume Wkipedia!
Those who are experts in one time period would write what they know
about best. Just like 'Wiki,' anyone else could contribute or edit. I
don't know if the Wiki owners run into contibutors
By then, it will probably be on disc, so much more portable. :-)
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What do you all think of Historic Costume for the Stage, by Lucy Barton?
Sharon C.
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On Saturday 02 September 2006 12:34 am, Sharon at Collierfam.com wrote:
What do you all think of Historic Costume for the Stage, by Lucy Barton?
It happens to have been one of the first costume books I read.
My recollection is that it's not bad. It uses redrawings almost exclusively,
but
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
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
, September 01, 2006 10:25 PM
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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
looking for.
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I think that there are a lot of very good experts
I am agreeing with Dawn on these two books, not sure about the third, I
don't own it.
The Survey of Historic Costume comes up to modern times, I think the late
1970's/80's and has quite a bit on modern fashion that should be helpful
when tying the course into the rest of your fashion program.
Susan B. Farmer wrote:
Quoting Sylvia Rognstad [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
In light of the negative responses to this question, what book would you
use?
The current favorites, based on a quick web survey of posted class
syllabi, are:
The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through
In a message dated 8/30/06 7:02:01 PM GMT Daylight Time,
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In light of the negative responses to this question, what book would you
use?
history of costume by james laver
(actually has a couple of names, depending on the version, as it's been
re-issued a couple of
Costume
Subject: Re: What would *you* use? (was Re: [h-cost] Racinet
If you don't think much of Racinet, what about Kohler? ALthough his
book was written in the twenties, he appears to have a lot of primary
sources. I find his diagrammed patterns of clothing interesting,
although they are conjecture
On Wednesday 30 August 2006 10:51 pm, Dawn wrote:
The list seems to have eaten my first response:
The current favorites, based on a quick web survey of posted class
syllabi, are:
The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth
Century. Payne, B., Winakor, G., and
The problem with costume books is that they are all too general. If you want
to see the most artwork-- use Davenport. However, the book is in BW, the
pics are small and the text is gossipy. If you are looking for specific
periods , a how to : The Janet Arnold books, Norah Waugh, The Tudor Tailor,
I just finished a college level program that used Survey of Historic
Costume: A History of Western Dress by Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith
Eubank. It's current and it brushes past history and costume, combining
social and political influences. As someone who was already very
interested in
I am aware of the generality problem and will definitely use more
sources when I teach a costume history class next semester, but the
class I am currently teaching just requires a broad overview of
history, something that will only require a couple of weeks at the
most.I was really trying
I used the James Laver book last semester to teach a general Western
European/American clothing history class. It was cheap, which is always
good for the students, but it's very much a brief history and has about
five pages on the entire middle ages. It was extremely lacking in
details, and
That is correct.
On Aug 30, 2006, at 10:44 AM, Susan B. Farmer wrote:
Quoting KLH [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It really would depend on the time period I was teaching, and the
geographical area. There's so many choices...
The assumption that *I* was making is that it was a survey of Western
If you don't think much of Racinet, what about Kohler? ALthough his
book was written in the twenties, he appears to have a lot of primary
sources. I find his diagrammed patterns of clothing interesting,
although they are conjecture. They seem well thought out.
Sylrog
On Aug 30, 2006, at
The list seems to have eaten my first response:
The current favorites, based on a quick web survey of posted class
syllabi, are:
The History of Costume: From Ancient Mesopotamia through the Twentieth
Century. Payne, B., Winakor, G., and Farrell-Beck, J. New York:
HarperCollins, 1992.
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