The Wearing of Costume: The Changing Techniques of Wearing Clothes and How to Move in Them, from Roman Britain to the Second World War

Rating:
Summary: Good, not great
Review: This book has some golden nuggets of very interesting info that you're not likely to find elsewhere (I found the info on how to carry oneself when wearing period clothing to be especially interesting) but the quality and thoroughness of the treatment seemed somewhat inconsistent to me.

Rating:
Summary: A useful resource
Review: While it's not a book on creating costumes, or what exactly people wore, this should be in every reenactor's library.

Instructions on managing skirts, cloaks, corsets, swords, all of the facets of historical dress, do not come with the clothing, and aren't always instinctive for the modern person.

Meant primarily for actors, this is still a handy little book to have around for those who just like to dress up.