La 4e de couverture indique : "A comprehensive guide to making period clothes for living history, re,enactment, plays and pageants..."

Since its first publication in 1980, The Costume Technician's Handbook has established itself as an indispensable resource in classrooms and costume shops. Ingh

Introduction -- Dictionary -- Appendix A: Garment types -- Appendix B: Garment by country -- Appendix C: Garment types by era