Costume Design 101

This is a little bit astray from this blog's territory, but since I'm hoping to direct another short in April, and hopefully a feature next year, I checked out Richard La Motte's COSTUME DESIGN 101, to get a handle on what costume designers do. It's a clear and (I believe) comprehensive book setting out what you, the costume designer, need to do on a show, from breaking down the script to creating characters through their clothes to dealing with budgets, and so on. If you're thinking of doing a short yourself, and you don't have an experience costume designer, check it out.