The Costumer

Fall 2026

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help. I think we all share similar communication styles and genuinely like each other. It makes the work feel so much less intense and stressful even on the hardest and craziest of days. We have such a fun and friendly crew on this show, and we are always doing fun things on set to keep morale high like theme days, bake-offs, and playing Music League." Cooper got her start at Western Costumes working in the Halloween Store but also comes from a film family. "I can't ignore that I come from a family who have all worked in the entertainment industry and my mom, 16 FALL 2025 Aura Sperling uses various fabrics from the Costume Designer, the ACD, and the Shopper to pattern them into a skirt for the character Morgan, played by Kaitlin Olson. Valerie Laven-Cooper, is a fellow Costumer and longtime member of 705 while my dad worked as a camera assistant. My grandfather was a composer for films. I, however, came to work in costumes on my own while working in New York in college as a background extra. I was no stranger to the Costume Department and how it worked and I was always interested in that world growing up and my time hanging out on set as a kid. I joined 705 at the end of 2016. I was so lucky to have been one of the groups of costumers who worked at Western Costumes at the Halloween Store. It is still something I look back on so fondly. Western is such a special place, and the Halloween Store was the only time that the public got to experience just a tiny sliver of what they have to offer." Cooper's job on set is to keep track of the main cast's continuity, along with her set partners, Megan Klimkos, and Background Costumer Lindsay Chelsom, who has been her right hand for years on 9-1-1: Lonestar and now High Potential. "I look aer half of the main cast, including Kaitlin Olson, Judy Reyes, Deniz Akdeniz, Steve Howey, and Taran Killam. Kaitlin is so funny, smart, and kind; I always am happy to go above and beyond to make sure her needs are met and that she can look and feel amazing in her costumes. I love when Kaitlin's character Morgan is establishing in a new costume. The excitement of seeing what Sandra has come up with and what lile details Kaitlin and her have decided on the shoes and earrings and belt options. The smallest detail that I've been assigned to is the "pom continuity" which is oen deciding which color fuzzy pompom Morgan (Kaitlin Olson's character) has on her purse's bag charm for each

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