Dress codes: from the inside out, two design books take measure of the very social art of costume.(new books)(Character Costume Figure Drawing: Step-By-Step Drawing Methods for Theatre Costume Designers)(The Ingenue in White: Reflections of a Costume Designer)(Book Review)

American Theatre, February, 2005 by Clancy, Elizabeth Hope

CHARACTER COSTUME FIGURE DRAWING: STEP-BY-STEP DRAWING METHODS FOR THEATRE COSTUME DESIGNERS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] by Tan Huaixiang, Focal Press, Burlington, Mass. 294 pp, $39.95 paper. THE INGENUE IN WHITE: REFLECTIONS OF A COSTUME DESIGNER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] by Marcia Dixcy Jory, Smith & Kraus, Lyme, N.H.

160 pp., $17.95 paper. More costume designers should write books. Because of our uniquely intimate role in a production, we have great stories to tell. After leaving school, you don't often get to hear other costume designers' war ...