The Costume Designer's Toolkit : Routledge : 9780367858285 : 0367858282 : 15 Dec 2022 : "The Costume Designer's Toolkit explores the wide-ranging skills required to design costumes for live performance in theatre, dance, opera, and themed entertainment. Arranged in chronological order to create a design, each chapter describes tools, strategies, and techniques costume designers use to create lively and believable characters within a story environment. The book provides a step-by-step outline of the costume design process beginning with developing as an artist and creating an artistic visionfor a script. It covers a wide range of topics, including: - Assessing the scope of a production - Understanding design thinking and the creative process - Project management and budget forecasting - Collaborating with and leading creative teams - Current practices in costume rendering and communication - Mixing purchased, rented, stock, and built costumes to form a design - Designing a garment with