Costume Design and Stage Makeup
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General Reference Books for Theatre: Costume Design and Makeup
Complete Costume Dictionary Costume & Fashion Greenwood Encyclopedia
Ref 391.003 L58cc Ref 391.00962 C8205ch Ref 391.009 G856cc
Historical Encyclopedia Illustrated History of Fashion Oxford Companion
Ref 391.003 R115hi 741.672 M219ih Ref 792.03 Ox24ctp
20th Century Fashion
391.00904 P313b
Additional Reference Titles for Theatre: Costume Design and Makeup
Book of Costume (Kemper) Ref 391 K323c
Complete History of Fashion and Costume (Cosgrave) Ref 391.00962 C8205 ch
Costume Reference (Sichel) Ref 391.00941 Si12c
Encyclopedia of Clothing and Fashion Ref 391.003 En194cf
Evolution of Fashion 391.009 H554
Handbook of Stage Costume Ref 792.026 B4733 hs
History of Costume (Kohler) Ref 391.094 K824
In an Influential Fashion :Encyclopedia of Nineteenth and Twentieth Century 391.00922 In11if
Period Style for the Theater 792.02 R 912p
Schirmer Books Theatre Manuals 792.02 Sch34ma
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