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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

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