Finding Books about Costumes
To find books and articles about costume design and history, try the following search terms to start.
- Costume -- history
- Costume design -- History
- Dressmaking -- Patterns
- Clothing and dress -- History -- 18th century
- Fashion -- history
Libraries organize books on the shelf by category.
- Costume, dress, fashion, GT500-2370
- Clothing manufacture, dressmaking (includes design) TT490-695
- Sewing, embroidery TT697-927
- Textiles NK8800-9505.5