Theater Studies
Costume Design Handbooks
The following is a selective list. To find even more works in the library catalog, do a subject search on the terms "costume design."
The Costume Technician's Handbook by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks TT507 .I47 2003ISBN: 0325004773Publication Date: 2003-07-30
The Magic Garment: Principles of Costume Design by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks TT507 .C92 2009ISBN: 9781577666134Publication Date: 2009-03-01
Featured Reference Works
20000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT510 .B6713 1987ISBN: 0810916932Publication Date: 1987-09-01
Common Threads by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT605 .H35 1992ISBN: 0821219006Publication Date: 1992-11-01
The Complete Costume History by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT510 .R3313 2006ISBN: 9783822850954Publication Date: 2006-08-02- Costume of the Western World by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT510 .L3 v.3
The Cut of Men's Clothes, 1600-1900 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks GT1710 .W3ISBN: 0571085946Publication Date: 1964- The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT504 .W385 1968ISBN: 0571085946Publication Date: 1968
The Dictionary of Fashion History by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT507 .C86 2010ISBN: 9781847885340Publication Date: 2010-11-15
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT507 .E53 2005ISBN: 0684313944Publication Date: 2004-09-22
Fashion in the Middle Ages by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks ND3344 .S36 2011ISBN: 9781606060612Publication Date: 2011-06-07Historic Dress in America, 1607-1800 by
Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT607 .M2 1904, MH Stacks GT607 .M2 1904Publication Date: 1904- History of Costume : from the Ancient Egyptians to the Twentieth Century by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Cutter Collection - Requestable (Closed Stacks) WV +P293Publication Date: 1965
A History of Costume in the West by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT510 .B68 1987ISBN: 9780500279106Publication Date: 2004
The History of Dress: Late Gothic Europe, 1400-1500 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT575 .S35 1980ISBN: 9780391021488Publication Date: 1981-01-01
The History of Underclothes by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks GT2073 .C8 1992ISBN: 9780486271248Publication Date: 1992-05-26
The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Costume and Fashion by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT730 .C37 1994ISBN: 0289800935Publication Date: 1994-12-31
Mediæval Costume and Life by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks GT732 .H3 1931Publication Date: 1931
Men's Fashion by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT1710 .P43 1996ISBN: 0500017255Publication Date: 1996-11-01
Patterns of Fashion, 1 : Englishwomen’s dresses and their construction, c. 1660-1860 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT504 .A7 1972 (1)ISBN: 089676026XPublication Date: 1977-12-01
Patterns of Fashion 2: C.1860-1940: Englishwomen's Dresses & Their Construction by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT504 .A7 1972 (2)ISBN: 9780896760271Publication Date: 1977-01-01
Patterns of Fashion 3: The Cut and Construction of Clothes for Men and Women C. 1560-1620 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT504.6.G7 A76 1985ISBN: 0896760839Publication Date: 1985-04-01
Patterns of Fashion 4: The Cut and Construction of Linen Shirts, Smocks, Neckwear, Headwear and Accessories for Men and Women C. 1540-1660 by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT504 .A76 2008 TT504 .A76 2008ISBN: 9780896762626Publication Date: 2008-10-01
Queen Elizabeth's Wardrobe Unlock'd by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio GT734 .Q43 1988ISBN: 0901286206Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns Book One by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT520 .S48 2011 (1)ISBN: 9781851776313Publication Date: 2011-04-01
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns Book Two by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks Folio TT520 .S48 2011 (2)ISBN: 9781851776856Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Twentieth Century Fashion by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT596 .P39 1999ISBN: 0500015643Publication Date: 1993-09-01
The Visual History of Costume: The Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks GT733 .V57 1983ISBN: 9780896760769Publication Date: 1986
The Visual History of Costume: The Sixteenth Century by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Stacks GT733 .V57 1983ISBN: 0896760766Publication Date: 1983-09-01
The Worldwide History of Dress by Call Number: Mount Holyoke College Main Library Reference GT511 .A63 2007ISBN: 9780500513637Publication Date: 2007-11-30
Find More Books and Articles
Call numbers to browse for books
You'll find books about clothing and fashion in these Library of Congress call number ranges:
- GT500-2370 (Costume. Dress. Fashion) - located on level 2 of the South Stacks
- TT490-695 (Clothing manufacture. Dressmaking. Tailoring) - located level 7 of the North Stacks
See the Floor map and stack locations page for more info and visuals to help you navigate the stacks!
Databases to search for more books as well as articles
Discover
Discover, which searches the Five Collge Libraries Catalog as well as many of the MHC library's subject databases, is a good place to start. To find additional works on clothing and dress in Discover, try using the subject terms "costume," "fashion," or "clothing and dress." You can narrow further by adding the time period (e.g., "20th Century") and/or geographic area (e.g., "United States") in which you're interested. Not finding enough in Five Colleges? Try WorldCat - you can use the MHC:Get it! & the Link to Request Form link to request books from beyond the Five Colleges via interlibrary loan.
- Discover This link opens in a new window
A combined database made up of many individual resources including the library catalog and the majority of our subject-specific databases.
Related databases
Databases listed in the following subject guides may also be useful for finding articles and books about clothing and fashion history. Note: many of these are already searched by Discover.
Image Databases and Web Sites
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowJSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, still images, moving images, audio, and primary sources. It now includes the contents of ArtStor.
- AP Newsroom This link opens in a new window
AP Newsroom contains breaking news, feature stories, photographs, graphics and audio clips produced by the AP’s network of award-winning journalists, who operate in more than 250 locations worldwide. Includes 170 years of news stories, 12 million historical and contemporary images and an extensive collection of audio clips.
- Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of ArtSearch or browse the collection by Artist/Culture, Object Type/Material, Geographic Location, Date/Era, or Department.
- The Museum at FITSearchable online collections of the Fashion Institute of Technology's museum.
- V&A Fashion CollectionVictoria and Albert Museum's searchable online collection.
- Fashion Resources: Clothing & Fashion HistoryA listing of freely available Visual Resource Collections on the Internet compiled by Kent State University Libraries.