Careers in Costume

                                         There are many different careers in the costume industry
                                                I have highlighted one but there are many more


                                                              Costume (wardrobe) assistant

                      Wardrobe assistants help to make, alter, find, buy and look after the costumes
                  that are used in all aspects of the industries. You will need an interest in costume
                      and fashion, an eye for detail and have good sewing and organisational skills.

Qualifications:
Costume or fashion Degree course
Apprenticeship
There are no set rules but some form of experience or studies is a good way in.



       Interested and want to find out more, you may find these websites useful.

• ABC Awards
• NOCN
• City & Guilds
• SQA
• The Costume Society
• Design Council
• UKFT
• The Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU)
• Equity, the performers' union, which also represents Costume Designers
• Drama UK
• Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)

               Publications

Drapers
• Performing Arts (CareersUncovered) - Trotman ISBN 1844551318
• Costume: The Journal of the Costume Society
• Screen Daily
• The Stage
• Variety

 

I would like to thank 'Careers in costume' for the all the information

 

 

Bath March 2015

 

 

Bath Fashion Museum

 

 

 

We had a morning in the archives looking at

loads of garments from many eras

Theses are all from the 1950s

these trousers have no zip look how long

the fly is

 

 

Two pockets on the front jacket

 

 

This waistcoat has a lapel, I haven't put

one on mine because of thickness

 

The collar does not go all round the neck it stops

at the shoulder

 

I would like to thank the Fashion Museum, Bath

for allowing me to use their photos

identification number BATMC 11.24.67 +A+B

Hat collection by Meridith Towne

 

Myself and another student went along to

view this collection at the reference

    library in Middlesbrough

 

 

It was a great night, getting a lot of

information as well as lots of laughs

 

 

 

she had a great private collection from

many eras

 

 

We could hold and inspecting how

they were made inside and out

 

 

These feather hats are amazing

look at the detail

 

 

1920s cloche hat

 

It was a privilege to get so close

I would like to thank Meridith Towne for letting me use these images

merry@meridithtowne.co.uk

Beamish Project, Jet Pockets

 

Measurements are crucial at this point,

iron interfacing, fold the fabric, iron then mark the

size required 

 

 

 

Sew on chalk marks

 

 

Sew the other side making sure the measurements

 are the same between the lines

 

 

 

Folding through the inside give it a wiggle

at the corners and tack down (inside) both sides

 

 

 

Add the pocket flap

 

 

Inside the pocket flap

 

 

Both pocket bags from an inside view

 

Beamish Project, Waistcoat

 

 

 Main piece(grey) is the lining the outer

fabric is the facing with

iron on interfacing

 

 

The interfacing is ironed on the front fabric

but always cut out the dart

 

 

Marking where the pockets are going,

interface an extra strip where the

pockets will go, gives extra

strength when cutting the fabric

 

 

Finished pockets

 

 

 

Inside pocket bags

(white is the extra interfacing)

 

Beamish Project, Jacket

 

Front lapels are coming on nicely

 

 

Getting the front measured up

 

 

Lapels need a collar, I think

 

 

For the top collar you need a 'ham' if you don't have one

I would suggest leaving it on the dummy

to get the collar shape  

 

Beamish Project, Trousers

 

 

This is the inside fly front of the trousers,

(pockets are the white fabric)

 

 

 

I attached binding to the pocket bag

 for a professional finish rather than

a bulky over locking stitch

 

 

The side of the front pocket trouser leg

 

 

The finished front fly zip

 

 

Back trouser jet pocket, I was really

pleased with this

 

 

 

 

Side view of the trousers with both

pockets, its all coming

together now

 

My 1950s Beamish Project 2015

 

I am making a three piece suit for the Beamish project, 

firstly...

 

Waistcoat front

 

We have to make a toile to get

the right fit

 

Back of the waistcoat

 

This fitting is the jacket with

sleeves, my lovely model

 

 

 

The shoulders are big this is

why we have fittings to get

the right size

 

 

 

The back of the jacket, the

shoulders need some work

doing to it,

marking it with a pen then i 

know where to sew

 

And the trousers are pinned where the

darts need to go and the waist

measurement