Selected Projects in Costume Design

I started my collegiate career as an art major in 2-D design with the intent that I would be an art director for an advertising agency. I took a costume construction class two years into my major and I promptly left 2-D design for costume design. Costume design is a wonderful combination of my love of art, history, sewing, drawing, design and creating. I have been fortunate to have had the opportunity to design four different shows during my time at Utah State University. During my time as a costume designer at Utah State University I designed costumes for four productions. In the four plays there were a total of almost 100 costumes designed. 16 were constructed in the costume shop and the rest were purchased, borrowed or pulled from our costume stock. I learned that skills are required when pulling costume pieces from stock. How the elements are combined can transform the piece and give it a new life. In each experience I have had the chance to help tell the stories of the characters on stage by dressing them in a way that they might dress themselves. What would the characters have in their closet? This challenge is one of my favorite aspects of costume design