Costume Interpretation with Design

This degree leads the way in producing costumiers for the entertainment industry by equipping you with the skills in costume design and construction you will need alongside bespoke skills of millinery and tailoring.

The degree is built on strong industrial relationships and you have the opportunity to work on live projects, and placements and collaborate with students from a range of our other courses including acting, film, TV and theatre production.

There are dedicated fitting rooms, sewing rooms with industry-standard equipment and wet rooms for dyeing and distressing fabrics. You will work with experienced industry practitioners who continue to work within television, film and theatre. The School has a costume study collection - with garments and accessories from the 1800s onwards - providing a rich primary source for understanding and learning about the construction of clothing through different periods.

With great industry links, we welcome visiting guest lecturers throughout the course. Recent guests have included Amber Butchart A Stitch in Time BBC, Michele Carragher Game of Thrones and Patrick Grant The Great British Sewing Bee BBC, Community Clothing. By the end of your third year of study, you will be able to design, source materials and create full costumes and outfits with accessories.

There is also the opportunity to exhibit your designs to an audience of industrial practitioners.

You will receive full training in the skills and techniques that you need to create costumes for film, television, theatre and performance, including: · Costume-making · Costume-construction · Millinery (hat-making) · Tailoring · Leatherwork (leather moulding/embossing) · Mask-making · Corsetry

CAREER DESTINATIONS

Entertainment industries Disney, Tussauds Group Freelance designer & constructor Costume houses RSC, Angels, Cosprop, Opera houses Theatres, television & film production Heritage industries museum exhibition/proprietor Castles/stately homes re-enactment and entertainment

Costume preservation Teaching & education

ALUMNI PRODUCTIONS INCLUDE

• Downton Abbey • Benidorm • Peaky Blinders • Victoria

• Inspector

George Gently • Vera

• Gunpowder (Kit Harrington) • Killing Eve • Doctor Who

• Poldark • Into the Woods

• Star Wars, Rogue One • Harry Potter • RSC Matilda

• Shrek the Musical

• The Lion King

ALUMNI CAREERS

Fleabag (BBC) starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge His Dark Materials (BBC) starring James McAvoy Death in Paradise (BBC) starring Kris Marshall

Gentleman Jack (BBC) starring Suranne Jones Into the Woods (Disney) starring Meryl Streep

Sherlock (BBC) starring Benedict Cumberbatch Wolf Hall (BBC) starring Damien Lewis Victor Frankenstein starring Daniel Radcliffe Beowulf (ITV) starring Kieran Bew Victoria (ITV) starring Jenna Coleman Star Wars Rogue One (Disney) starring Felicity Jones

SS-GB (BBC) starring Sam Riley Endeavour (ITV) starring Shaun Evans The English Game (Netflix) starring Edward Holcroft

Unforgotten (BBC) starring Sanjeev Bhaskar The Split (BBC) starring Stephen Mangan Exodus: Gods and Kings (20th Century Fox)

Fashion with Body Contour BA (Hons) Fashion Creative Direction BA (Hons)

Fashion designer. Garment maker.

Trend shaper. Pattern cutter.

Shaper former. Clothes tell a story, construct yours with us.

BA (Hons)

3 Years Full-Time

UCAS Code: W232 UCAS Tariff: 96-112