A Handbook of Costume Drawing, 2nd Edition

Preface

Clothes may or may not “make” the man or woman. However, clothes do change the shape of the human body through the different periods of costume history. The purpose of this book is to help the students of costume design and costume history do what Ingham and Covey call “seeing accurately.” By seeing how fashion changes the human form to create a “desirable” shape or image for an historical period, they can more easily make the transition from a contemporary look to a period silhouette in costume research and sketching. These period images can be utilized to create the “mood” of a play or playwright.

This text looks at changes from a “normal” silhouette to the waist, neck, shoulders, arms, and hemlines throughout costume history. Whatever ...