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General

• The Costumer's Manifesto free online book of advice to costumers :

  • INTRODUCTION

  • "The Manifesto" a Statement of Purpose and Ethics for Costumers

  • FAKING CREATIVITY

  • FLEX YOUR HEAD MENTAL AEROBICS

  • IDEA STEALING

  • DEEP THEORY

  • RESEARCH HERESY

  • PORTFOLIOS AND RESUMES

  • COSTUME SHOP & COSTUME SHOP SAFETY

  • TAKING STAGE PHOTOGRAPHS

  • THE COSTUMER WITHIN

  • TRAVEL FOR THE SOUL

  • Salary and Respect

  • COSTUME SHOP QUOTES

  • THINGS NOBODY TELLS YOU ABOUT SEWING MACHINES

• Costume and Trivia Advice

  • What Do You do as a Costume Designer for a Living?

  • Photographing Your Costumes for Your Portfolio, Onstage and in the Studio (handout from Costume College 2004.)

    • Same text as above, but interspersed  with the images that were used as slides for the lecture.

  • How do you make those fluffy elbow ruffles you see on 18th Century Saque gowns?

  • How do you get to visit a study collection of costumes in a museum?

  • I'm in Community Theatre Costume Hell.  How do I get these people to act like professionals?

  • where do I find research materials for 1905 Russian Jews?

  • how to make Big Hair

  • I'm a Heterosexual Transvestite who needs advice on body padding so my dresses will fit better.

  • How do I teach a little girl's soccer team how to tie dye their uniform socks?

  • What is "RIT spray dye"?

• THR 254 Costume Design & Construction Projects at The Costumer's Manifesto

  • Suit Conversions

    • Paint  

    • Applied Decoration

    • Surrealist Pockets 

    • Changing Collars  

  • Masks

    • Plaster Bandage & Foam

    • Foam and Airball on a Plastic Base  

    • Carved Insulation Foam Mask

      • or Foam Mold for Muslin Mask 

    • Wire Sculpture

    • Muslin Mache Mask 

  • Sewing

    • Renaissance Hat  

    • Cape

  • Paperwork

    • Measurements 

    • Building Your Portfolio

Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits: Books: Adam Riggs

The Original Duct Tape Halloween

  Animatronics: A Guide to Animated Displays Setting Up Your Sewing Space : From Small Areas to Complete Workshops

The Costume Book: The Non-Professional's Guide to Professional Results Fiskars 7929 6984 Softouch Shop Shears Lorraine's Favorite 

The Costume Technician's Handbook 3/e

Sadi Thread & Shisha Glass Embroidery: Techniques and Design to Inspire Creative Stitching Finishing the Figure: Doll Costuming, Embellishments, Accessories

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  • Millinery
    • Placemat Hats
    • Amazing uses for a Baseball Hat 
    • Basic Bandeau of Buckram  
    • Edwardian Hat  
    • Hat Made Using Craft Felt  
    • Craft Felt Sculpture  
    • Straw Braid Hat  

    • Thermoplastic Helmet Project  

      • Non Toxic Metal Finishes for Armor  

  • Wigs
    • Beauty School Dropouts & Other Painted Wigs
    • Witch Wig into Samurai Lady
    • Extensions & Hair Rolls  
    • Making your Own 18th Century Men's Wigs
    • Chemotherapy Patient Hats
  • Fabric Modification
    • Fortuny Style Pleating 
  • Foam crafts
    • Airball Sculpture
    • Simple Foam Headpiece  
    • Complex Foam Headpiece
    • Animal/Bird Foot Shoe
  • Other Crafts Projects
    • Plaster Bandage Breastplate 

    • Make your own Geta (Japanese wooden shoes) Project  

    • Copying Period Fans  

    • Sample Sheet of Antiqued Jewelry Finishes

• Costume Properties Construction Handbook

  • Chapter 1 Creating Non-Toxic Metal Jewelry Finishes

  • Chapter 2 A Muslin Mache Mask

  • Chapter 3 Quick Latex Nose (Positive Mold)

  • Chapter 4 Detailed Latex Mask (Negative Mold)

  • Chapter 5 Flexible Paint on Latex

  • Chapter 6 Cast Acrylic Jewels

  • Chapter 7 A Sculpted Foam Rabbit Head

  • Chapter 8 1910 Lady's Hat of Buckram

  • Chapter 9 A Shop-Made Edwardian Hat Pin

  • Chapter 10 A Felt Hat Made from Craft Felt

  • Chapter 11 Celastic Greaves

  • Chapter 12 Shop-Made Corset Bones

  • Chapter 13 Hexalite Helmet (now called Veraform) 

  • Chapter 14 Non Toxic Metal Finishes for Armor

  • Chapter 15 Distressing a Standard Man's Shirt

• Costume Patterns, Tips: Make-up, masks, historical, fantasy, foreign...

• TOAS - Costuming Articles (LOTS of good how-to info)
• TechShop is the SF Bay Area's Only Open-Access Public Workshop -- What Do You Want To Make at TechShop?

• YouTube - Playlist - How-to Costume & Makeup

• Making a contract for custom sewing work? Good guidelines at Custom Sewing Licenses and Regulations in Nebraska, CC393

• Simplicity - How to Make a Regency Era Bonnet

• More than you'll ever want to know about measurements, size conversion tables, and choosing pattern sizes.

• Costuming For Larger Figures
• Costume Goddess How-To Tips
• How to make Steampunk Goggles, Threadbanger | ThreadBanger
  • YouTube - SteamPunk Goggles for Less then $10: Threadbanger Crossover
• makerfaire.com Maker Faire
• craftzine.com CRAFT The first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance in the world of crafts.
• Beginner Costuming
• Crafty Tips Arts & Crafts Directory 
• Gabriel - site showing a costume for the angel Gabriel, with process pictures of chain mail, wing and wig construction
• How to Make a Tutu for Ballet or a Halloween Costume Tutu

• Creativity-Portal.com - Learn for free - Explore Arts, Crafts, Music, Writing & Creativity

• YouTube - How to make a Fat Suit!
• YouTube - Build Samurai Armor! Become an ancient warrior the indie way
• YouTube - Halo Armor, Master Chief DIY : BFX : Build
• YouTube - Gatling Gun Arm Costume : BFX
• YouTube - Halloween Bigfoot Costume : BFX : Build
• craftzine.com CRAFT The first project-based magazine dedicated to the renaissance in the world of crafts.
• Costume Shop FAQ- American Repertory Theater Costume Shop
• Costume Patterns, Tips - Instructions, make-up, masks, accessories...
• Google Directory - Recreation > Parties > Costumes > Construction
• The Costume Workshop Featuring Books, Videos and Costume Designs
• HOW-TO: Knitting, Sewing, Lace making, Ribbon work, Tatting and Crochet patterns and instruction
• How do I make fake icicle wings for a costume Ask Metafilter
• makezine.com MAKE Technology on Your Time
• Placemats « Crafty Tips & Crafty Websites  Great Crafting Tips and Websites
• ReadyMade Blog » Blog Archive » Gross Anatomy

• PROPTOLOGY: The Journal of Props Professionals

• www.theatrecrafts.com

• Textile dictionary and automatic translator for any combination of English, French, Italian or German!

• Cockeyed.com Incredible Stuff - Hot Glue and Super 77
  • Cockeyed Presents: Incredible Stuff - California (Map of the State) Costume Part 1
  • Cockeyed Presents: Incredible Stuff - Giant Costume Wings

• Tigermeep!'s place: Info on Mascot creation, period costuming & theatrical makeup

• Recommended How-To Books

• marthastewart.com

• 1950—How to Make Gloves—Table of Contents

• Classroom Outline for Lessons in Costume Construction

• Harvard Law Legal Brief on The copying of fashion design originals – “knocking off” 

• The LARPer

• JAPANESE KIMONO History and How-to info with animations of Obi tieing
  • How to tie the Obi by use of gif animation
• Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page: Tips, Tricks and Useful Sites
  • How to make a Hakama at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
  • How To Tie An Obi at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
  • A Thermoplastics Primer at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
  • Wearing Wigs (for long-haired people) at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
  • Making Prop Swords at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
  • Tips for Building Mascots at Sarcasm-hime's Cosplay Page
• Green Theater: How-To: Costumes « ecoTheater
• Etsy Labs: Dress Form Tutorial: Want to make an exact replica of your body for custom work?

Building Costume Equipment

• Duct Tape Double (custom dress form)
  • Freebie Instructions
• Clone Yourself A Fitting Assistant
• Duct Tape Dummy
• Duct Tape Dummy
• Workshop Publishing - Plans, Books, Videos - Home Page
• Amazon.com: buying info: Wood Plans IFS-#1013 Sewing Center Cabinet
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• Dream Sewing Spaces : Design & Organization for Spaces Large & Small
• Sew A Craft Tool And Paint Brush Holder
• Make your Own Thread Racks
• Sewing Rooms and Sewing Helpers
• Kristina Tollefson - Accessory Bag Project
• Kristina Tollefson - Shopping Handbook Project
• Sewing Machines

How To Draw Costumes

• See Costume Rendering Tips and Links

Saris: An Illustrated Guide to the Indian Art of Draping

• More online info about: Saris: an Illustrated guide to the Indian Art of Draping

Fashion (Oxford History of Art)

Men's Garments 1830-1900 : A Guide to Pattern Cutting and Tailoring

The Halloween Handbook : 447 Halloween Costumes

Character Costume Figure Drawing : Step-by-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers

Art to Wear

Costume Design

Fashion Design Drawing Course Period Costume for Stage & Screen : Patterns for Women's Dress, 1800-1909

Fashion Design

Draw Fashion Models! (Discover Drawing)

Fashion Rendering with Color Caricatures (Learn to Draw)

Unusual Materials & Plastics

• See also Links on Wearable Computing, Smart Fabrics and Electronic Clothing

• Martha Stewart: Crepe Paper Costumes
• Yahoo! Groups : Fetish_Sewing
• How to make a wing tip collar out of a Clorox bottle
• This to That (Glue Advice)
• Instructional Videos: TAP Plastics
• Cardboard King Set Designs on a Budget
• Littleboxofbones - The Vacuum Table Page
• The Foam Book : An Easy Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets
• Moldmaking With Clear Silicone Rubber - Instructables - DIY, How To, craft, art
• Replicating body parts in plaster - Instructables - DIY, How To, craft, art
• Ralis Kahn's Vacuum Form Table Plans

• American Science & Surplus

• NeonString EL Wire & Drivers - Electroluminescent Wire, aka el wire, glowstring, inverters
• Opus Framing and Art Supplies - How to Library
  • 2 Part Plaster Moldmaking (PDF)
• Workshop Publishing - Plans, Books, Videos - Home Page
• DH2 - How-to Costume and Prop Building (Star Wars, Star Trek & other movie costumes)
• Resin Casting and Mold Making/The Alchemy Works
• Hirst Arts Mold Making Page
• Latex mold making
• Build a Foamcutter
• Latex Mold Rubber
• How to make a Ghillie Suit (the best instructions on the net!)
• HobbyCast - Casting Resin, Silicone Rubber, Moldmaking Materials
• Bio-Armor Construction Area: How to make Cast Body Armor, step by step
• Construction Info and Posts on making Star Wars and other Movie Prop replicas
• A Thermoplastics Primer at Sarcasm-hime's (very small) Cosplay Page
• Maggie & Mike Percival's Costume Library (with tips on wing making!)
  • Elwings Wings
• Animated Guide to Making Chainmail
• Vacuumforming Plastic
• Building a Vacuumform Table
• How to Solder EL Wire
• Craft Foam Armor Tutorial
• The Realm of the Jedielfqueen (Tutorials on craft foam armor, fabric paint embroidery, templates, and many things for making LOTR and Star Wars fan costumes)
• Armormaking 101 - Main Page (Craft Foam sheet and Polystyrene sheet armor)
• BioWeapons.com Guyver BioArmor (Cast Armor) Construction Site
• Studio Creations: (How to info for making Vacuuform armor)
• AA's Prop Armor
• Amethyst's Walk-in Prop Closet
• Fun Foam
• Sam - Orc Armor (Making LOTR fan armor from leather and craft foam)
• Armor of God
• Dark Victory Armory
• warmplastic.com Vacuum Forming
• Kevin's Costuming Work
  • Giant Robot Costume
  • Neon Man / Neon Anubis
• FAIRBANKS NON-TOXIC CRAFTS COOKBOOK
• DH2 - Definitive How To make Star Wars Costumes (Vacuuform)
• The Complete Guide to Glues and Adhesives
• PROPTOLOGY:Papier Mache Rediscovered
• PROPTOLOGY: Breakdown and Distressing
• metallic surfaces
• How to Work with Celastic
• How to Make Lava Lamps - Oozing Goo

Patterns

• The Omnigarment Convertible Multi-use Costume
• Costume Pattern Links Online

Makeup

• Many more links on the Makeup Page

Hats

• Costuming 101-Making a 14th Century Hood
• How do I make a big showgirl-type headdress?
• More How To make Hat Links
• Constructing The Perfect Turban (Sikh)
• Akal Sangat (Sikh Turban)
• Tyeing a Turban (Belly Dance)
• Anyiams Creation: Headwrapping Step-by-Step (African)

Hair & Wigs

• P s y c h e d e l i c S h e e p: Crazy hair from crazy bitches

• The Wig Advice Page

• NotJustWigs.com How to Style a Wig

• Cornrows.co.uk
• Quinnster's Token Pages (All about Hair Extensions)
• Transvestite Transformation - a guide to wigs

• Hair Dressing Instructions 1849

• Knitted Elvis Wig Pattern
• More Hair and Wig How To- & Info

Expression [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]

Somerset Studio [MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTION]

Amazon.com: Books: Altered Books, Collaborative Journals, and Other Adventures in Bookmaking

Amazon.com: Books: Artists Journals and Sketchbooks: Exploring and Creating Personal Pages

Where to find Supplies

• Costume Supplies
• Costume Sewing Resources
• Touring a Professional Theatre Company Costume Warehouse

Cleaning and care

• Clothing Care - Historical Reenactment - 2/14/99
• Stain Removal Guide
• Stain Removal
• Clean It Fast, Clean It Right : The Ultimate Guide to Making Absolutely Everything You Own Sparkle and Shine

• The Vintage Connection

  • Photographing Your Collection of Antique & Vintage Fashions

  • How To Clean, Store, & Display Antique & Vintage Fashions

  • Cleaning & Storing Antique & Vintage Clothing, Fashion

  • If You're Pestered By Pests

• More info at Museum Links

Tying, Pleating and Wrapping

• Wrapped in Pride - wrapping a Kente Cloth
• Faking Fortuny "Delphos" Pleats
• Crushing Silk

Computers

• Seven Steps for Making a Costume Shop Web Page

• How to make your own web page

• eGroups : patternmakingsoftware
• My Album Maker
• How to support the costs of hosting your costume site through affiliate programs

Painting, Dyeing & Distressing

• FAIRBANKS NON-TOXIC CRAFTS COOKBOOK

• 3.4 how can i paint my leather jacket or shoes?

• Color Copier Transfer Paper

• Fabric Dyeing And Painting at UAF

• Many more how to dye links on the Dye Page

• Reference Images for Costume Distressing

• Distressing and Weathering Pages
• I've figured out the best way to stencil EVER. A must read. (tutorial and pics)

Education & Career Development

• Arts and Crafts Classes at Crafty College

• Tips for Starting a Costume Business

• What Do You do as a Costume Designer for a Living?

• Resume Design for the Theatre Designer - Theatre Resources from Artslynx
• Theatre Design Portfolios - Theatre Resources from Artslynx
• Props Timeline and Product Usage
• Who does what in the theatre - Theatre Resources from Artslynx
• Stage Design and Theatre TechnologTheatre Resources from Artslynx

Jewelry

• Coronet how to make
• Society of American Silversmiths - Photo Tips for Metalsmiths
• Carl Lemke Unique Jewelry: Heraldic Reproduction Jewelry
  • Coronet how to make
  • Making wax seals

Wings

• Wing Tutorial
• Rulok the Gargoyle - Wings
• How do I make fake icicle wings for a costume Ask Metafilter
• Gabriel - site showing a costume for the angel Gabriel, with process pictures of chain mail, wing and wig construction
• Flights of Fancy--Wings
• YouTube - Flapping Wing demo (no sound)
• Links to sites on making wings
• Simplicity - HOW TO MAKE WINGS
• Simplicity Patterns for Sewing Projects - Making Halloween Wings of wire
• Iolanthe wing construction
• The Avariel Site (Making Wings for costumes, forum, tips, etc.)
• Cockeyed.com Incredible Stuff - Hot Glue and Super 77
  • Cockeyed Presents: Incredible Stuff - Giant Costume Wings

Fursuits & Fake fur

• Welcome to... Fursuit.co.uk!
• The German Fursuit Page - Welcome
• Ciker costumes - Mascots!
• WWW.FURRY.ORG.AU is here!
• WebRing: FurRing
• Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits: Books: Adam Riggs
• Welcome to Casa Mai (home of costume and fursuit hobbysts)
• realistic werewolf costume - Instructables - DIY, How To, craft, art
• Costume Crafting
• Nic's Fursuit Pages - Welcome to the Site
• Yahoo! Clubs fursuiterden
• Faux Fur Fabric
• Yahoo! Clubs fursuitingworkshop
• Yahoo! Clubs for Furries
• Fursuit FAQ
• The Foam Book : An Easy Guide to Building Polyfoam Puppets
• The Griffin Fursuit
• Pierre's Mascots & Costumes
• Related Link: The Monster Makers

• Fur Happens . com - Custom Mascot and Costume Design
• FURSUIT - The Furry Costume Information Exchange
• Fursuit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• YouTube - Midwest FurFest 2006 Fursuit Parade

Movie Fan Costumes

• Frodo Costume Details by Carolyn
• LOTR Costume Research Home
• Borg costume guide
• Star Trek Uniform Guide
• Build Your Own Light Saber - Main
• DH2 - Costume and Prop Building Star Wars Series
• Building An Evil Ash Costume
• Jedi_Robes.page
• The Padawan's Guide to Star Wars Prequel Costuming
• Star Wars FX
• Kin-Char Bamin, Jedi Knight
• Many More Links like this may be found at my Movie Pages: Men With Big Hair

Miscellaneous

• Portfolios on Dyeing, Cutting, Painting and Costume Crafts

• Dumpster Diver Decor

• How do you get to visit a study collection of costumes in a museum?

• Food Ideas for Costumer's Parties

• Basic Grommet Setting Tips

• Welcome to the Costume Plot Database!
• USITT Costume Storage Ideas and Images Database Waiting for Submissions
• Brass Goggles- SteamPunk Links
  • Brass Goggles » How-To Costume Goggles
• LLOYDIAN MODELLING TIPS (Making models for miniature war scenes-good info for scenic model making and more)

• How to Cut Quill Pens from Feathers

• Cast Shop - Supplying Casting Products To The UK And Beyond...Making "casts" for stage
• CONCERT JUMPSUITS (Kits for making Elvis Impersonator suits)
• Knitted Elvis Wig Pattern
• PROPTOLOGY: The Journal of Props Professionals

• The Art of Kiltmaking - Celtic Dragon Press

• Instant Magic Costume Changes
  • Instant Magic Costume Changes by Award winning Magician Monica Monique Monros
• David & Dania Present Quick Change Products
• YouTube - Quick Change Act
• YouTube - QUICK CHANGE COSTUMES
• YouTube - Quick Change
• QUICK-CHANGE - COSTUME-CHANGE - TRANSFORMATION - book

• Anglo-Saxon and Viking Crafts - Manuscript Production: Quills

• Dare to Repair: A Do-It-Herself Guide to Fixing (Almost) Anything in the Home

How-to Videos for sale:

• How to Service Your Own Sewing Machine H-2

• Introduction to Sewing Machine Repair #1

• How to Service Your Own Sewing Machine-Singer Featherweight H-1

• You Can Make It - Learn To Sew - Level 1

• Shirtmaking Techniques With David Page Coffin

• Sewing Seams Simple for Teens: V. 1 - Elastic Waist Pants

• Sewing With Sergers-Basics

• Vogue & Butterick's - Designer Sewing

• Needle & Craft: Sew a Wardrobe in a Weekend

• Amazon.com: VHS / Crafts & Hobbies / Sewing

• Amazon.com: VHS / Needlework, Knitting & Quilting