Costume Designer

Job Description:

Costume designers design costumes for theater, movies, and television. This can include actually making the clothes, sourcing historical clothes, or just designing costumes.

Salary: $10,782 to $288,999

Occupational Outlook:

There are a few job openings, which are easier to find when you have connections, or are already working on local projects.

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Educational Requirements:

Usually a Bachelors in costuming or fashion.

California institute for the arts

Address:

Website: https://cala rts.edu/

Information on the Major: https://the ater.calarts .edu/progr ams/costu me-design

Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama

Address:

Website: https://ww w.drama.c mu.edu/

Information on the Major: https://ww w.drama.c mu.edu/pr ograms/un dergraduat e/design-c ostume/

NYU Tisch School of the Arts

Address:

Website: https://tisc h.nyu.edu/

Information on the Major: https://tisc h.nyu.edu/ design/cou rse-offerin gs/costum e-design

Soft Skills, Characteristics, and/or Abilities Need For This Career:

● Creativity ● Love for fashion ● Good at sewing and fashion design

Software Knowledge Needed For This Career:

There are a few online softwares that are used for costume design that are learned in college.

Pros and Cons to Choosing This Career

Pros (Positives to this Career)

Can work in theater

Can work with a lot of people

Big potential for earning good money

Cons (Negatives to this Career)

Hard to make it big

Hard to make good money

Irregular hours

Typical Working Conditions For This Career:

: mainly inside working on the design, but may be out in the field helping get actors ready. Irregular hours because of the schedule.

Magdalena Colby

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