Stage Costumes and how to Make ThemInstructions for making stage costumes for productions set in any era from Saxon times to the 1930's. |
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Alice band armhole attached back seam basic pattern bodice bonnet bottom brim buckram bustle calash CALIFORNIA/SANTA CRUZ centre back centre front chapter circle cloak close-fitting coat collar colour contrasting Copydex costume crinoline crown CRUZ The University cuff curved diagram Double Fabric doublet dress Elizabethan farthingale fashion fasten finished flared Fold frill garment godet hanging sleeve hennin hips hood hoop houppelande insert interlining inwards jacket join Katharine of Aragon lace length lining lower edge lower sleeve machine match material neck neckline padded peplum petticoat piece plain Plantagenet pleats puffed sleeves pyjama raw edges ribbon round selvedge short houppelande shoulder seams side seam skirt slash slip-stitch stitch straight strip style tabard tack taffeta Trim Tudor Tudor bonnet Tudor period tunic under-sleeve underskirt University Library UNIVERSITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA/SANTA velvet waist wear wide width wire worn yards of 36 yards of 45 yards of 54