University Work
Nightmare Before Christmas | 3rd Year | Major Project | May '20
These two costumes were designed and created by me for my final major project at the end of my time at university. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, these were nearly completely made at home due to my university having to close - this is also the reason why photographs had to be taken on mannequins.
They depict the characters Jack Skellington and Sally for a hypothetical live-action remake on the 1993 animation - they are largely fantasy, while Jack is also inspired by the early 20th century, and Sally by the Victorian Era.
The Wilis Ballet Costume | 3rd Year | Minor Project | Nov '19
This ballet costume was created during my final year at university. It is my take on the wilis from the ballet Giselle. The costume includes a romantic tutu, droplet beads, french knots, trapunto and handmade fabric flowers.
Model - Christina Marshall
Photographer - Grace Ede
A Dress for Cleopatra | Work Experience | Jun '19
This dress was created as a reaction to Guido Reni's painting Cleopatra with the Asp, and was put on display at The Bowes Museum (Barnard castle, County Durham) during the exhibition The Power and The Virtue: Guido Reni's Death of Lucretia. The pleats of the fabric were created by pressing tight gathers, the belt was created with dragonscale smocking and hand embroidery.
Model - Alice Clark
Photographer - Grace Ede
Violet Baudelaire | 2nd Year | Specialist Focus | May'19
I made this costume for Violet Baudelaire from A Series of Unfortunate Events - specifically for the first chapter of The Bad Beginning. I decided to set it in the 1910s, but with an unidentifiable geographical setting. During this project I did whitework, goldwork, leather work and fabric flowers.
Model - Molly Frankland
Photographer - Grace Ede
Tailored Jacket | 2nd Year | Tailoring | May'19
In my second year of university I had a tailoring module. The final outcome of this module was this purple lambswool jacket inspired by one worn by Kilgrave in Netflix's Jessica Jones.
Model - Bartek Wawrykow
Photographers - Grace Ede and Abigail Butterworth
Once a Year on Blackpool Sands (2020) | Work Experience/Costume Maker | Oct '18 & Mar '19
In my second year I had two bouts of work experience for Baby Dog Films' debut film, Once a Year on Blackpool Sands. I was first part of a team of seven, who made fourteen pairs of dungarees for the miners of the film. A few months later I created seven 1950s police uniforms with one other student.
Director - Karlton Parris
Company - Baby Dog Films
Peaky Blinders Hats | 2nd Year | Millinery | Jan '19
During this module I learnt a variety of millinery techniques that enabled me to make these four hats inspired by ones worn in the BBC drama Peaky Blinders.
Models - Alice Clark, Ruth Kilby, Emily Deaville and Hannah Larmour
Photographer - April Johnson
Embroidered Shirt | 1st Year | Embellishment | May '18
In my first year of university, I embellished this shop bought white shirt with hand embroidery inspired by Romanian traditional costume for my final piece in our embellishment module. The grapevine represents eternal life, the clover luck, and the wheel represents peace.
Model - Alice Clark
Photographer - April Johnson
Interactive Children's Costumes | 1st Year & Work Experience | Cut & Construction | May' 18 & Feb '19
These pieces were were bought by Auckland Castle in Bishop Auckland, County Durham for immersive learning opportunities for visitors. My first costume depicts Charles I, and is for children aged 11-12 - this costume was also made for one of my final modules in my first year of university in May of 2018. I was shortly afterwards asked to make a costume for a Medieval Lady, to be worn by a teacher/adult. In February of 2019, Auckland Castle approached us again, and as part of a team I made 34 knights tabards to be worn by visiting children.
A Regency Dress | 1st Year | Intro Cut & Construction | Jan '18
This is a historically accurate Regency/empire dress made in my first year of university inspired by the character Elizabeth Bennet, from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice.
Model - Alice Clark
Photographer - April Johnson
