The costume house: the inside story of Cosprop : from A room with a view to Game of thrones

Abstract

The costume house opens the doors on one of the most globally important institutions of the film and television industry: Cosprop. A world-revered supplier and creator of costume, Cosprop was founded by John Bright, an Oscar- and BAFTA- winning costume designer, collector and philanthropist. The costume house explores some of the highly acclaimed productions in cinema and television history from Merchant Ivory films to Downton Abbey, Game of thrones and Peaky Blinders. Featuring interviews with leading costume designers, costumiers and actors, this books is an unprecedented first-hand insight into costume design and making, and their significance to stage and screen worldwide.

Contents

Preface / Dame Judi Dench -- Foreword / Chris Garlick -- A history of a costume house : 60 years of Cosprop -- Christopher Prins 1949-2005 : an appreciation / Tom Rand -- The redesign of the costume drama : 1965-1999 -- Merchant ivory : the renaissance of the costume drama -- The world of Jane Austen : designing for the Regency era -- Inside the costume house : the workrooms -- Making a golden age : television costume drama -- Raising the curtain : costume for stage -- New frontiers : Cosprop in the twenty-first century.