Costumes by Karinska

Reviews

"Costumers are ballet's unsung heroes. They can do wonders for a production, yet they seldom receive more than a token credit. With the spotlight trained on the choreographer, designers and costume makers labor in the shadows, as invisible to the public as the craft that makes their metamorphoses possible. Toni Bentley's Costumes by Karinska goes a long way toward redressing this. Her subject, Barbara Karinska (1886-1983), was one of this century's master costumers, a miracle maker who dressed operas, dramas, films, Broadway musicals and even ice shows with elegance and glamour...more than a tribute to a designer and craftswoman and her quest for the perfect tutu; this lavish book is a sumptuous archive of 20th-century theatrical costume."

--The New York Times Book Review