Dressed

Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design is an amazing book full of illustrations by some of the most successful designers throughout Hollywood history! Covering the golden age of cinema and continuing to the present day, it is a cohesive encyclopaedia to Hollywood actors/actresses and their costumes, whilst also giving insight into the characters they played. Even if you don't like costume design it is amazing purely for the photographs, the designs, the various drawing techniques used and even for reference purposes, as it contains nearly every time period and is therefore a good reflection of fashion throughout history! I rented mine from the university library for now but I'm pretty sure I'll get round to buying it soon. It really is a beautiful book.