That’s the title of this post by Dresden Codak webcomic author Aaron Diaz, and it’s… very readable, actually. I’m not a graphic artist, but Diaz’s analysis of costume design, its goals, and its pitfalls was easy to follow along, and made a good deal of sense to even a non-initiate. Quite worth looking at.
Now, if only he could manage to draw a darn comic more than once a month…