22 The Costume Designer Spring 2019
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Common Costume Myths Dispelled
Oh wardrobe!
A wardrobe is a piece of
furniture or 12th-century
word for a closet.
Text: Ivy Thaide
Illustrations: Robin Richesson
You are the Pretty Committee/
Glam Squad/The Vanities.
Though the Costume Department
can make people "glamorous" or
"pretty," the design process can
also call for "filthy," "monstrous," or
even "looking like the living dead."
Halloween must be your favorite holiday?
We design costumes for characters all year long and even
recreate the holiday of Halloween in our shows, so for
some of us, October 31 is a day off.
I would love to shop for a living!
It's all fun and games till you need a Christmas sweater in July.
It must be fun to
keep all those clothes?
As designers, we curate and collect for each individual project
and each design is like a child. We have to let them live on.
