The National Theatre's Costume department is one of the theatre's largest departments. Their skilled practitioners work in a number of areas including tailoring

Slowly I learnt the ways of humans: how to ruin, how to hate, how to debase, how to humiliate. And at the feet of my master I learnt the highest of human skills

What on earth is happening to our planet? And who knows what to do? Certainties are few: every living thing is related to every other living thing; our actions

Written by a well-known costume designer, this book is for anyone who would like to create costumes for the theater, whatever their experience or their budget.