Costume Design

Course Number:

THR 308

Articles & eResources

In order to find scholarly journal or popular magazine articles, you need to search the online databases or consult print indexes.

Suggested Searches in the Databases

costum* and renaissance
costum* and classical

(costum* or dress* or fashion*) and wom?n

Recommended Databases for Theatre and Costume Design:

EBSCOHost

General subject/Humanities subject databases; both full text and citations. To search databases simultaneously, try clicking on the boxes next to: * Academic Search Elite, * MasterFILE Premier, * Art Abstracts, * Communication & Mass Media Complete, * Humanities International Index, and * MLA International Bibliography.

Bibliography of the History of Art

Citations only. An art database, useful for finding articles and research on your costume topic.

CAMIO - Catalog of Art Museum Images Online

This database offers images, text and multimedia representing a broad range of works of art from the collections of prominent museums.

Cinema Image Gallery

A great image database for film -- contains publicity images as well as film stills.

A database dedicated to the performing arts; primarily full text.

JSTOR

Good arts focus; primarily full text.

New York Times Archive

Full-text access to the New York Times from 1851.

Oxford Art Online

An online art encyclopedia -- contains numerous image links; also a very strong entry on "Dress."

Project MUSE

Good arts coverage; primarily full text.

WorldCat

The best source for finding books and other materials that are available at other libraries worldwide -- like searching our catalog, but with access to a global library. Use this in conjunction with Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Using the Library Catalog

Click here to search the Library Catalog

Scoped Searching

Use the Library Catalog to search for books, videos, DVDs, CDs, and other library materials located at Randall Library.

Unscoped Searching

To search for items located at UNCP or FSU, "unscope" the catalog by selecting "UNC Coastal Library Consortium" from the dropdown menu below the search box (http://uncclc.coast.uncwil.edu/).

To request an item located at UNCP or FSU, click into the full record for the item. Then click the "Hold Item" button located at the top of the screen and log in with your name, university ID number, and library PIN (for help with your library PIN, please see: http://library.uncw.edu/faq/how_do_i_create_my_library_pin).

Suggested Search Strategies:

Keyword Search

costume

corsets

costume and theater
costume and design

(costume or dress or fashion) and design

Subject Search

Suggested searches:

costume

Websites

ACRL: Internet Resources: GladRags.com: Fashion and costume

A directory of links to other websites related to costume and fashion -- these websites have been vetted by librarians.

Google Images

Search directly for images on websites available via the Internet.

NYPL Picture Collection Online

"From the New York Public Library, this is a 'collection of 30,000 digitized, public domain images from books, magazines and newspapers as well as original photographs, prints and postcards, mostly created before 1923.'"

American Memory Project

"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity."

Costume Page

"A directory of thousands of costume and costuming-related links, for the benefit of those who make and/or study costumes A directory of thousands of costume and costuming-related links, for the benefit of those who make and/or study costumes."

Elizabethan Costume Page

"A searchable site that includes information, drawings, and photos about clothing for peasant, middle, and upper class men, women, and children from the Tudor and Elizabethan periods (sixteenth century) in English history."

Fashion Plate Collection

"'This collection includes 417 fashion plates from 1806-1914 from some of the leading fashion journals of the times.' Stylistic periods include Empire (1806-1813), Georgian (1806-1836), Regency (1811-1820), Romantic (1825-1850), Victorian (1837-1859), Late Victorian (1860-1900), and Edwardian (1901-1915)."

History of Costume

"'For students who are studying the history of fashion and for costume designers.' Book of 500 full-color plates showing 'historical dress from antiquity to the end of the 19th century.'"

London College of Fashion Cordwainers Shoe Collection

"The shoes cover the period from 1780-1990s and include examples produced by important makers e.g. Pinet, (late 1870's), Joseph Box (1890's), James Taylor (c 1900-1910) and W.L. Douglas (1900, 1920). Many of the men's shoes are important because their rarity. Other well-know makers are represented including Bartley (c 1885-1920), Bata (1960's), Clarks, (1965-71) Flack and Smith (1890's), Peal (1920's and 1930's), Ravel (early 1970's), Rosenthal and Doucette (1930's) and Sacha (c 1973). The collection, although incomplete, includes many items which illustrate the history of shoe fashions and shoemaking constructions and techniques."

London College of Fashion Paper Patterns

"The London College of Fashion's Paper Patterns collection has accumulated over the years until it numbers some 800 dating from the 1920s to the present day. In an effort to preserve the collection and to make it more accessible, the collection has been catalogued and digitised. The ephemeral nature of the original materials means that collections are at risk and their volume and lack of bibliographic details means that they are difficult to organise. The information they can provide though about the history of fashion, the cascade of couture down to everyday wear and the culturally significant phenomena of home dressmaking in Europe and America makes them worthy of preservation and promotion."

London College of Fashion: The Woolmark Company

"The two thousand or so black and white photographs date from the 1940's through to the early 1980's and capture both the fashion of the time and the style of photography.The press releases, which in some cases are still attached to the photographs, give additional information about the garments, designers/manufacturers, the photographer and any points of interest reflecting the promotional style and language of the time."

Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History

"The Milwaukee Repertory Theater Photographic History provides a visual chronicle of the artistic productions of the Milwaukee Repertory Theater in the years 1977-1994. The collection presents 1,800 images documenting 195 performances during these 17 seasons."

Works of Art: The Costume Institute

"'The world-renowned Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum [in New York] possesses more than 75,000 costumes and accessories from seven centuries and five continents.' This site provides a brief overview of the collection and images of 50 specially selected items."