Costume

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Glossary of Technical Theatre Terms
Listing of over 1600 jargon terms

Features

• Costumes on Royal Caribbean Cruises (from Live Design magazine)

Profile of Faye Fullerton, Head of Production Costume, Royal Opera House, London

General Resources

• Wardrobe Supplies.co.uk - A range of products for the costume professional. Including many innovative items that are already proving invaluable on many productions. (London, UK)
• Online Fabric Store.net (USA)
• Society of British Theatre Designers (SBTD)
  
• Costumers Safety Equipment
• The Costume Gallery
• The Costume Site Lots of historical information about costume
• The Costumer's Manifesto Plenty of links all over the web
• International Costumer's Guild Inc - USA
  
• Southstar Supply Co - Resources and catalog for industrial sewing machines (USA)

Research

• Costume Society of Great Britain
• Museum of Costume, Bath
• The History of Costume 1861-1880
• Paris Music Hall collection
• Historical Costuming FAQ
• Elizabethan Costumes
• Historical Costume Patterns
• English Actors at the turn of the 20th Century
• The History and Fashion of Shoes
• Victoriana.com
• StageWork - Resources about the backstage work of the National Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Birmingham Rep
• Khaki Devil - Weapons, Military Uniforms, historical authenticity (Ipswich, UK)

Costume Hire (Sale of masks, wigs, accessories)

• SILLY JOKES - Joke & Party shop
• Bryony Theatrical (Wales, UK)
• Costumia (Birmingham, UK) Over 10,000 costumes in stock, from the wardrobes of Birmingham Rep Theatre.
• Fast Fancy Dress (Clapham, London, UK)
• Haslemere Wardrobe (Surrey, UK)
• National Theatre Hire Department (London, UK)
• Imperial Costumes (Hire & Design, UK)
• Pierre's Costumes (Philadelphia, USA)
• Wig Warehouse (USA)
• Wow Clothes (Stevanage, UK)
  SEE ALSO THE PROPS LINKS PAGE FOR MASK LINKS

Costume Sales

• Ab Fab (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales, UK)
• Ace Fancy Dress (Mail order - Northamptonshire, UK)
• Animal Costumes (UK)
• Costume Cauldron - Halloween and theatrical costumes (USA/Canada)
• Dance World (Bristol, UK)
• Daydreamers Fancy Dress (Essex, UK) Childrens / Adults fancy dress costumes - sales
• LRP Store Live Role Play / Fantasy costumes and props (West Sussex, UK)
• Pierre's Costumes (Philadelphia, USA)
• The Viking Store (UK) Role play & historical costumes

Suppliers

• Croft Mill (Lancashire, UK)
• Curtain Fabrics Online (Reading, UK)
• Dalston Mill Fabrics (London, UK)
• Fabrics Store.com - Mail order fabrics - Hollywood, USA
• John Heathcoat & Co Ltd (UK) Fabric & Haberdashery suppliers in Tiverton, Devon
• KBT (Birmingham, UK) Online fabric purchasing
• MacCulloch & Wallis Ltd (UK) Fabrics & Haberdashery mail-order suppliers in London
• NY Fashion Center (NY, USA) Fabric supplier, New York
• (Coventry, UK) Fabrics from all over the World delivered straight to your Doorstep. FREE MEMBERSHIP
• Online Fabric Store.net (USA)
• StrapTrap - Bra and lingerie strap retainer
• Tentacle Studio - Rubber moulding for props & costumes (London & Amsterdam)
• The Costume Store - Everything for the wardrobe department (E.Sussex, UK)
• Wardrobe Supplies.co.uk - A range of products for the costume professional. Including many innovative items that are already proving invaluable on many productions. (London, UK)
• Whaleys of Bradford (UK) Fabrics by mail order

See PROPS LINKS page for Masks