Contents
List of Images
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 - Introduction: arguing costume design
Chapter 2 - Material Truths: directors, historicism, and Shakespearean designs
Chapter 3 - Frocks and Fictions: actresses, personae, and costume design
Chapter 4 - Writing the Modern Body: the queerness of costume stage directions
Chapter 5 - Life Imitates Art: couture, costumes, and commercialism
Chapter 6 - Body as Art(ifact) or Machine: visual artists design for the Ballets Russes
Chapter 7 - Postlude: designing modernism
Biography
Annie Holt is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Philosophy, University of Central Oklahoma, USA. Her research focuses on costume design and embodiment, including articles in Studies in Costume and Performance, Theatre and Performance Design, and Mime Journal.
