A practical guide that outlines the differences between designing for for devised and scripted workCostumes designed and made for devised or physical drama, for contemporary circus or for dance, differ radically from the more traditional costume work produced for naturalistic performance. For those [...]

This title is a guide to using basic costume and modern clothes to recreate the styles of the past. Each chapter offers a brief insight into the political or social moves that influenced the design ideas of the particular century or era before going on to explore the ways in which the period can be [...]