PERIOD COSTUME FOR STAGE & SCREEN is a comprehensive guide to creating women's dress from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

As well as being historically accurate, Jean Hunnisett's patterns have been adapted so that they can be readily made up using today's fabrics and sewing methods, and to fit the modern female figure.

The book includes scaled patterns for each costume as well as step-by-step instructions and detailed working drawings.

Patterns are also included for all the correctly shaped corsets, crinolines, bustles and petticoats which are essential to make each costume look right for its period.

Whether you are an amateur, a student or a professional costume maker, this book is an invaluable source of practical patterns and techniques.


Jean Hunnisett has a lifetime's experience of professional costume making, including working for the Royal Opera House, the English National Opera, the BBC and on such films as 'The Slipper and the Rose' and 'Joseph Andrews'. She has also taught period costume cutting at the London College of Fashion and is now Principal Cutter at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera.