The purpose of this research was to develop an operational definition of historical accuracy for theatrical costume design. Contemporary Broadway costume designers were interviewed to discover their perceptions of historical accuracy and the characteristics they believe are essential to achieve it. Upon analysis, we determined that Robert Hillestad’s appearance taxonomy provided a vital foundation for understanding their insights, which revealed that, for a costume to be considered historically accurate, all elements displayed in Hillestad’s framework must be authentic to the period the costume represents. With Hillestad’s taxonomy as the basis, analysis of the designers’ words therefore resulted in the following definition: A historically accurate costume is one in which historically accurate articles made using historically accurate materials and processes are assembled on or around a historically accurate body. This definition of historical accuracy in costume design offers a foundation for designers and scholars to explore the discipline.

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历史准确性的基本定义

本研究的目的是为戏剧服装设计制定历史准确性的操作定义。当代百老汇服装设计师接受了采访，以发现他们对历史准确性的看法以及他们认为实现这一目标必不可少的特征。经过分析，我们确定 Robert Hillestad 的外观分类法为理解他们的见解提供了重要基础，这表明，要使服装在历史上准确无误，Hillestad 框架中显示的所有元素都必须是该服装所代表的时期的真实内容。以 Hillestad 的分类法为基础，分析设计师的话，得出以下定义：历史准确的服装是使用历史准确的材料和工艺制作的历史准确的物品组装在历史准确的身体上或周围的服装。服装设计中历史准确性的这种定义为设计师和学者探索该学科提供了基础。