Costume Research

Costume Choices:
The Director wants   an   Elegant Twentieth Century Couple  with a  flair your choice is:
example one example two example three
19th century couple The illustration on the left comes from:
20,000 years of fashion


to find other books with historic fashion you may use the following LC SUBJECTS:   Costume -- History


Costume is a very broad subject with many books

if you want to find fewer books,
subdivide your subject and
search for a specific century

Costume -- History -- 15th century
Costume -- History -- 16th century
Costume -- History -- 17th century
Costume -- History -- 18th century
Costume -- History -- 19th century
Costume -- History -- 20th century










      example two
Your resource doesn't need to come from a book
it may be:
  • your own drawing
  • a photograph you took
  • an advertisement
  • a postcard


The Art Library has many books,
which are good sources for portraits
  • black and white photography books offer pictures of
    • high fashion
    • low income
  • most portraits are of wealthy people
  • some landscapes show outdoor working class








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sloppy 20th century couple
early 20th century couple Resource:
Title: The elegant beast / Leonard Lubin
LC SUBJECTS: Costume -- History



you may also subdivide a subject by geographic area:
Costume -- Great Britain
Costume -- United States


You can look for clothing or costume by occupation:

Church vestments
Domestics -- Costume -- History
Domestics -- Great Britain -- History
Work clothes
Working class -- Costume







     Remember your resources can be from:
Your Resources can be from:

Books:
Postcards
Magazines
Advertisements
Photographs

  Your imagination. . . You decide

But you need to use common sense when you determine if any of the above are an "elegant twentieth century couple



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