Last week I was browsing the internet for part time jobs and came across an ad for "Costume designers and makers wanted - would suit fashion/costume students or anyone wanting to expand their portfolio".... So I sent an email explaining that I am a first year Fashion student at the Institute and am keen to be involved...
So after various meetings and conversations with the organizer (who is also the director of the play) I have established how much time I am able to put in, after coursework which is priority. I think if I manage my time well I will be able to work on the costumes either every Sunday in the week, or perhaps swap this for a couple of nights during the week.
Taking on this extra project will mean I may have a bit of a heavy work load up until mid January, when the play is showing in the West End, but this is an incredible opportunity for me at this stage in my professional career development, which is just too good to miss!!
As of now there will be 6 of us in the costume department, 1 one which I have met and later today we will all be meeting together to establish our initial ideas for the costumes. From then we have until next monday to produce our individual design ideas, which we will then put forward to the group and perhaps decide on aspects of everyones designs to bring together and come up with one final design for each character.
We have 6 weeks to produce about 35 costumes!! So it will be hectic but really exciting. And some of the costumes can be made quite simply as they do not need to be too elaborate, eg: clothing for the towns people may be a simple blouse and full skirt for example, which won't take too much time to make.
The director suggested that Franco Zeffirelli's version of the famous play is closest to what they are trying to achieve in their production, so I took this out of the library last night and watched it at home. I gained lots of inspiration from the 1968 film and the Oscar winning costume design, and it also helped me brush up on my knowledge of the story and its characters, which will be important when designing the costumes as their characters may need to be reflected within the clothing.
I will keep posting to update on the progress of the project so watch this space!!
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