 | Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers by Linda Tain
Buy new: $44.00 / Used from: $13.13 Having trouble understanding my tutorial? Pick this book up. For some reason it doesnt show up when I do an Amazon search, but here it is. FIDMers get this with tuition.
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 | Patterns for Theatrical Costumes: Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Egypt to 1915 by Katherine Strand Holkeboer
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $16.30 Um, this one is given to the FIDM 3rd year class, but it does no help. See my review on the page for more info.
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 | Tudor Costume and Fashion by Herbert Norris
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $12.00 If this book goes out of print and you did not aquire a copy, I will mock and laugh at you for being so stupid. BUY IT!
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 | The Art of Dress: Clothes and Society 1500-1914 by Jane Ashelford
Buy used from: $28.30 Great for historical references between garments and period clothing. More of a text book than pictoral reference.
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 | Textile Art of Japan by Sunny Yang
Buy used from: $73.29 Like Noh?
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 | Creating Texture With Textiles by Linda McGehee
Buy used from: $1.66 Always important...especially on stage when things tend to look FLAT. Like Debut 2004.
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 | The Edwardian Modiste: 85 Authentic Patterns With Instructions, Fashion Plates, and Period Sewing Techniques
Buy new: $30.66 / Used from: $21.85 If you can look past the cut and pasted body-head combos of these books, they're a great pattern source.
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 | Draping for Fashion Design (3rd Edition) by Hilde Jaffe
Buy used from: $45.00 FIDMers get one of these books. Not the edition (or title?) I have, however.
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 | The Magic Garment: Principles of Costume Design by Rebecca Cunningham
Buy new: $41.88 / Used from: $15.10 I just bought this. Dunno if it works out yet. We'll see.
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 | Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women's Dress 1500-1800 by Jean Hunnisett
Buy new: $59.00 / Used from: $29.95 Whats a list without a Jean Hunnisette book? Beware...they's expensive for such tiny little things, so go out and try to find a used copy on ebay. :D
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 | Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century by Kyoto Costume Institute
Buy used from: $58.40 How did Japan end up with the biggest and best collection of historical western garments? I dunno, but they're all in this book.
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 | 9 Heads: A Guide to Drawing Fashion by Nancy Riegelman
Buy used from: $38.95 A must for fashion. FIDMers not only get this with tuition...but they can also have the author as a teach.
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 | Great Fashion Designs of the Forties Paper Dolls in Full Color: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Hattie Carnegie, Adrian, Dior and Others by Tom Tierney
Buy new: $6.95 / Used from: $3.20 |
 | Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art) by James Laver
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $4.98 |
 | The History of Costume: From the Ancient Mesopotamians Through the Twentieth Century (2nd Edition) by Blanche Payne
Buy new: $66.77 / Used from: $40.00 |
 | The Costume Technician's Handbook: A Complete Guide for Amateur and Professional Costume Technicians by Rosemary Ingham
Buy used from: $19.70 |
 | Everyday Fashions of the Twenties as Pictured in Sears and Other Catalogs (Sears Catalogs)
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.94 |
 | 20,000 Years of Fashion The History of Costume and Personal Adornment by Francois Boucher
Buy used from: $47.95 |
 | The Complete History of Costume & Fashion: From Ancient Egypt to the Present Day by Bronwyn Cosgrave
Buy new: $27.70 / Used from: $9.99 |
 | J. J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science Swatch Kit: Seventh Edition by Joseph J. Pizzuto
Buy new: $48.00 / Used from: $89.92 |
 | Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire Shaeffer
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $13.93 |
 | Sewing with Knits: Classic, Stylish Garments from Swimsuits to Eveningwear by Connie Long
Buy used from: $23.94 |
 | A Guide to Fashion Sewing by Connie Amaden-Crawford
Buy new: $38.56 / Used from: $15.00 A must for sewing.
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 | Patternmaking for Fashion Design (3rd Edition) by Helen Joseph Armstrong
Buy used from: $49.00 |
 | Pants for Real People: Fit and Sew for Any Body (Sewing for Real People series) by Pati Palmer
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $13.56 |
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