[COSTUME DESIGN]. HUNNISETT, JEAN. Period Costume for Stage & Screen: Patterns for Women’s Dress, 1800 - 1909. Studio City, CA: Players Press, Inc., 2013. Later printing. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Janette Haslam. Oversize, 8 3/4” x 11 1/4”, 191 pages. Fine as new condition in glossy paper covered boards. A comprehensive book intended to serve as a guide to creating period dress for theatrical and film performances, detailing the construction of garments, undergarments, and outergarments. Most of the emphasis is for women’s costumes, but there are specific items of men’s wear described and patterned as well. Jean Hunnisett has a lifetime’s experience of professional costume making, including work for the Old Vic, Sadlers Wells, Royal Opera & Ballet, Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, the English National Opera, Washington Ballet, Houston Opera, Zurich Ballet, Australian Ballet, and as Principal Cutter for Glyndebourne Festival Opera. She has also worked for BBC Television, BBC Shakespeare Series, BBC Opera, and more. Katharine Hepburn once said that “Jean Hunnisett is the finest costume construction mistress in the world.” Whether you are an amateur, a student, or professional costume maker, this is an invaluable source of patterns and techniques.