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Costume Designer
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The costume designer collaborates with the director, and is responsible to the producer and director.
Duties:
- Researches time period to ensure period accuracy in costuming to the extent possible
- Collaborates with director on establishing a costume design
- Collaborates with director, set and lighting designers on a color palette
- Takes measurements of all cast members
- Buys, rents or borrows costumes and accessories (shoes, hats, gloves, jewelry, purses, etc.),
- Adapts clothing to suit a character, and the actors’ activities (safety, comfort and movability)
- Sews costumes if necessary
- Attends production meetings
- Supplies rehearsal costumes
- Attends rehearsals as available
- Attends dress rehearsals
- Coordinates dressers for costume changes
- Arranges to repair and clean costumes during the run
- Supervises returns of any borrowed costumes or accessories
- Works within a budget