| Early morning arrive at the studio. The
actors are in their dressing rooms with the clothes they will wear for the day.
Their hair and make-up get done and cameras are ready to roll.
Up stairs in an office costume designers are
plotting out the needs of the day. Which actors do we need to fit today? What
fabric do we need to buy? What costumes need to be "put into work". A team of
pattern makers, tailors, and sewers are waiting to use their skills to make
these specialty items.
It is fun to fit actors. It's good to have
an array of choices on the dressing room wall, so they can see the clothes as
soon as they walk in. We try things on, and we pin, alter, hem, and accessorize.
It's a great feeling when an actor loves his or her costume.
Now it's time to shop. It's like a treasure hunt,
trying to find the perfect thing for each scene, even down to the earrings or
purse. It's fun to go into vintage shops and look for antique accessories.
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A costume
designers job:
A costume supervisor breaks down the scripts,
attends a daily production meeting and alerts the costume crew on what is coming
up tomorrow.
When an original costume is being made, a sketch
is drawn first, some times on the computer. Then a professional costume
illustrator does the finished sketch. Then ideas must be approved. The final
choices of fabric and trim are made, and then the workroom gets ready to make
the costume.
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