Wardrobe Managing for A View from the Bridge

In the fall of 2012, I wardrobe managed for Hunter College's production of A View From the Bridge by Arthur Miller. It was directed by Antonio Edwards Suarez and the costumes were designed by James E. Crochet. It was set in the 1950's Red Hook, Brooklyn.
This was one of the more complicated shows that I have ever managed because of the significant costume changes and accessory pieces. I made many excel spreadsheets to keep track of all items. In total my inventory included 500 articles of clothing, including clothes, shoes, hats, belts, jewelry, and purses. Enjoy the photographs.

Metamorphoses

This is my first rendition for Metamorphoses by Mary Zimmerman. It was created using various media which include acrylics, watercolors, markers, and colored pencils. 

  

Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle

Here you can see my collage rendition for Bertolt Brecht's Caucasian Chalk Circle. I used paper, fabric and drew in part of the costumes.

            

 

Dyeing for Antigone

For my second show at Hunter College, I worked more hands on with the costumes for Antigone by Sophocles. It was directed by Tia Alagic and designed by Jenny Fulton. I was assigned a project that involved dying fabric. I quickly gathered resources for research from books and YouTubed many tutorials to begin working tediously on several pieces for this project. Antigone was set in Afganistan, therefore the costumes had to resemble the attire used in the middle east. The costume designer asked me to give the costumes a look in which the clothing was washed over with desert sand. For this show, I learned the hot and cold dying process. It was a matter of sampling colors on muslin pieces, in order to achieve the right colors. 

The Sentry's hat was dyed to a dark brown.

Tiresias'  clothing was created of muslin which was dyed to a yellowish brown.

Both hats were dyed with different levels of pearl grey.

The darker hat was dyed using a combination of pearl grey and black.

Intimate Apparel

Mrs. Van Buren's corset portrayed by Rebecca Lynn David

In the Fall of 2012, I began working on Intimate Apparel By Lynn Nottage. It was directed by Adrienne Williams and designed by Deepsikha Chatterjee. Our journey began with tons of research on the period, as well as research on the construction of the garment. For this show I swatched many fabrics in the Garment district for the construction of the corsets and robe. For the corsets, we used a silk dupioni and for the robe, a printed polyester satin. For this production, I also made the extension to Esther's cape. 

 Costume renderings by Deepsikha Chatterjee

Mayme wearing her hand made corset and silk robe. 

Mayme and Esther

Mayme wearing her hand made corset which was also embroidered.

Esther wearing the cape with the extended pleats created by me.