Costume designer

A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume designer works alongside the director, scenic, lighting designer, sound designer, and other creative personnel. The costume designer may also collaborate with hair stylist, wig master, or makeup artist. In European theatre, the role is different, as the theatre designer usually designs both costume and scenic elements.

Designers typically seek to enhance a character's personality, and to create an evolving plot of colour, changing social status, or period through the visual design of garments and accessories. They may distort or enhance the body—within the boundaries of the director's vision. The designer must ensure that the designs let the actor move as the role requires. The actor must execute the director's blocking of the production without damaging the garments. Garments must be durable and washable, especially for plays with extended runs or films with near-real time pacing (meaning that most costumes will not change between scenes) but whose principal photography phase may stretch across several weeks. The designer must consult not only with the director, but the set and lighting designers to ensure that all elements of the overall production design work together. The designer must possess strong artistic capabilities and a thorough knowledge of pattern development, draping, drafting, textiles and fashion history. The designer must understand historical costuming, and the movement style and poise that period dress may require.

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Interview: Chinese stories need to be told in a global language: celebrated Chinese TV producer

Xinhua 23 Apr 2019

The second part of the recipe is to incorporate unique Chinese elements into the show, Yu said, adding many of the inspirations for costume design came from a trip to Suzhou, an eastern Chinese city with a long tradition of fine handcraft....

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Hall Passages: Sentinel spring musical skewers corporate America

Missoulian 23 Apr 2019

Since February, they’ve been busy building sets, designing costumes, choreographing dance numbers, and rehearsing every day after school. Sentinel’s ongoing renovations added some challenges this year, said junior Peyton Smith, who heads the show’s costume department....

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‘Undiscovered Country’ a Shakespeare-Wild West mashup

San Francisco Examiner 23 Apr 2019

Among them are the exquisite costumes (by Brooke Jennings), so period-perfect that a “historic weapon and leather consultant” (JD Durst) is credited in the program. Revolvers, Bowie knife, silver flasks, chaps, holsters, hats, harmonica, boots, petticoats — the attention to details of costumes, props and set design is impressive....

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'All My Sons' review: Tracy Letts and Annette Bening lead a rich revival of Miller classic

AM New York 23 Apr 2019

'All My Sons' runs through June 23 at the American Airlines Theatre. 227 W. 42nd St., roundabouttheatre.org ... A visit from Ann's brother, George (Hampton Fluker, in his Broadway debut) adds to the explosive atmosphere ... Period costumes, an extensive exterior set design and video projections between scenes further enrich a fine production. Eat it. Drink it....

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REVIEW: Quality casting can’t redeem poor writing of ‘Someone Great’

The Daily Nebraskan 23 Apr 2019

The Netflix original film “Someone Great” released on April 19, grabbing audiences with its interesting premise and well-known cast ... Throughout the film, Jenny attempts to pull herself out of this depressive state ... This issue mainly falls on the writers and costume designers who decide to dress these mature women in crop tops and thigh-high boots ... ....

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Marriage, scandal and heartbreak in Monaco's royal family - the legend of the Grimaldi curse

Irish Independent 23 Apr 2019

Costume designer Helen Rose (L-R) Alexandra of Hanover, Dimitri Rassam, Charlotte Casiraghi, Pierre Casiraghi, Beatrice Borromeo, Tatiana Casiraghi and Andrea Casiraghi attend the Rose Ball 2019 to benefit the Princess Grace Foundation on March 30, 2019 in Monaco, Monaco....

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Costume Designer William Ivey Long Talks Translating 'Tootsie' for Broadway

The Hollywood Reporter 22 Apr 2019

“Though there are images that are indelible, that was 30 years ago.” Also, Long estimates he’s worked with director Ellis upwards of 30 times in a long career that includes six Tony Awards for designing costumes for The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Grey Gardens and Cinderella....

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Kit Harington sits on Iron Throne

The Mercury 22 Apr 2019

Kit believes the people who are the real keys to the success of the show are those who work behind the scenes, such as costume designer Michelle Clapton and prop master Brian MCGraw ... "The costumes, the areas we go to ... Weiss are thankful that the production designers have upped their game for the show's final season....

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Cincinnati Ballet Season Finale – Bold Moves

The Cincinnati Herald 22 Apr 2019

April 25-28, 2019 ... “Just the physical investment alone is huge – new sets, costumes and the music ... The one-act ballet also features original set design and brand-new, spectacular costumes. It’s a whimsical, courtly world created by contemporary choreographer Jirí Kylián, complete with powdered wigs and 18th century costumes ... ....

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Sansa Stark’s leather armor shows why you shouldn’t underestimate her

Vox 22 Apr 2019

It was truly a fan’s dream episode, and doubly so for those of us who live for the costume details ... Costumes are never an afterthought on this show, and GoT ’s costume designer Michele Clapton has been building Sansa up for this moment over the last eight seasons....

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Irish singer-songwriter Liv Monaghan: 'Originality comes from honesty'

France24 22 Apr 2019

Pulling from jazz, soul, rock and romanticism to create an alternative, sometimes experimental, often poetic and always original sound, Liv Monaghan is a singer-songwriter and costume designer from the Emerald Isle. Living and working in France since 2012, her latest album "Slow Exhale" was released at the end of last year ... ....

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How curator Salma Tuqan is raising the art profile of the Middle East

The National 22 Apr 2019

Subsequently, she was the curator for contemporary Middle East design at the Victoria & Albert, London’s design museum, where she was also the first person to be appointed to that role ... Before she left, for example, she acquired one of the rare costume designs made in the 1980s by Egyptian artist Chant Avedissian, who died last year....