Library and Information Services, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

Showing posts with label Wardrobe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wardrobe. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 August 2016

To Be or Not To [Sewing] Bee - Costume Books at the Whittaker Library


A rare and wonderful thing happened today - the music librarian was let loose in the Wardrobe Department. In 28 years, this was a first. (To be fair, she never asked before!) We needed a dummy, you see, and a Regency gown - to enhance our display of costume-making books. Do take a look - this is just a tiny selection from the attractive and informative costume books from the Whittaker Library, and we hope they'll appeal to some of our new students who'll be arriving in just a few weeks' time.

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland is on two sites in Glasgow, the original one in Renfrew Street, and the other at Speirs Locks in Garscube Road. Our Library is in Renfrew Street, but we hope our costume and production students will find time to come and see what we've got, because the drama librarians have gathered these materials together over many years, and there's something for everyone- from beginner dressmakers, to would-be Sewing Bees.  We also have a weekly book-fetching service on Fridays, so staff and students can request books to be delivered to Speirs Locks.

Thursday, 19 June 2014

One for the Wardrobe Department

Now our students are leaving for the summer, presumably those associated with the Royal Conservatoire's Wardrobe department will be turning their attention to their own summer wardrobes.  So we share this, notified to Karen by a sewing friend:-

Free Sewing Patterns - So Sew Easy

Might be useful!

Thursday, 1 May 2014

The Linen, the Stitch and the Wardrobe - Making an early Victorian Shift

The clever people in the University of St Andrews Library Special Collections are blogging their way through a wide range of historic 'how to' manuals.

This week, it's all about following an early 19th century dressmaking pattern and using a 19th century embroidery manual, to make a simple linen shift.

The Wardrobe Department at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland might be very interested in this, as a creative experiment.  Though I suspect busy costume makers don't have time for Victorian embroidery!!

Take a look at 52 Weeks of Historical How-To's - it's a beautiful and intriguing blog.

Friday, 9 August 2013

Kyoto Costume Institute - Fabulous Images from Japan

Do you Work in a Wardrobe?


Costume designers in the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Wardrobe department at Speirs Locks, Glasgow, will be interested in this Japanese digital archive of costume design.  The costumes are from all over the world, not just Japan.

KCI Digital Archive

Monday, 4 February 2013

Costume-making - The Dreamstress





If costume-making floats your boat, you'll love this website. Recommended by our Wardrobe Department!  They say the Dreamstress is "incredible"!


The Dreamstress


Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Costume Inspiration

Whittaker's friends at Nottingham-based firm Sewing Online have suggested a Pinterest site that might interest our costume designers. 

Here it is - Costume Inspiration, in all its multicoloured glory.  Enjoy!

(Do follow @Sewing_Online on Twitter if you're a textile enthusiast!)
Source: ebay.com via The World on Pinterest