Textile & Costume
Textile and costume design focuses on the creation, structure, and use of fabrics and wearable art within the field of design. This subject includes the study of materials, textile production methods, dyeing processes, and the artistry involved in designing costumes for everyday wear, stage, or historical reenactment. Readers gain knowledge of both traditional craftsmanship and contemporary practices that define how textiles and costumes shape our cultural and visual landscape.
To further refine your exploration within textile and costume design, consider focusing on specialized areas such as textile printing, fabric technology, costume history, or sustainable materials. These subtopics allow readers to investigate different facets of the discipline, compare approaches, and understand the intersections between functional use and creative expression in textile arts.
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Appearances: Memory, History, Clothes
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The Tailors Classical and Infallible Text Book of Cutting all Garments Worn by Men, Women and Children
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Chinese Dress in Detail
Staging Personhood: Costuming in Early Qing Drama
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Futurliberty: Liberty Fabrics and the Avant-Garde
The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850
The Texture of Change: Dress, Self-Fashioning, and History in Western Africa, 1700-1850
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What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume from Ancient Times to the Nineteenth Century for Every Level of Society
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Gloves: Their Annals And Associations; A Chapter Of Trade And Social History (1883)
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Kids of Cosplay
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Anna May Wong's Lucky Shoes: 1939 Australia Through the Eyes of an Art Deco Diva
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A Dark, a Light, a Bright: The Designs of Dorothy Liebes
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Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students
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The World of Peter Dunham: Global Style from Paris to Hollywood--A-List Interior Designer's First Book Reveals His Singular Approach to Colorful, Patt
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Liberty.: Design. Pattern. Color.
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World Textiles: A Concise History
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Design with Japanese Obi
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Costume in Detail: Women's Dress 1730-1930
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The Sunbonnet: An American Icon in Texas
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Wearable Wonders
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A Perfect Fit: The Garment Industry and American Jewry, 1860-1960
Qing Imperial Costume Design: Yin-Yang Philosophical Influences
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Jute, Fibre to Yarn
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