The Role of the costume designer is to work towards creating different outfits for the characters in the Film/Series/Production to suitably balance the scenes with texture and colour and make important points within the story. Costume designers often bring out the personality of the character through their sense of style in the form of garments and accessories.

I have a keen interest for this line of work as I adore the effect different costumes and accessories can bring and how they can change everything for the character and storyline, just like when Cinderella first gets her ball gown granted to her by her fairy godmother.

One of my recent obsessions has been period dramas where the costumes of each character resemble what would have been worn in late 1800’s or early 1900’s. I Couldn’t get enough of the outfits from the Netflix series Bridgerton or BBC’s Victoria series following the reign of Queen Victoria throughout her days in power. I am obsessed with the past and adore how fantastical the flowing gowns and dresses can be, even the bright blazers and hats for the Dukes and Princes.

Ellen Mirojnick is an American costume designer known for her work in countless Film and Television productions including; Maleficent, Bridgerton, The Greatest Showman and What Women Want. In the morning show Australia, when talking about her work with the team at Bridgerton, she explains how important it is for the different designers to work together to bring the many different ideas to life, how all of the team have to be on the same page in order for the aesthetics of the scenes to come to life in a suitable and brilliant fashion. Ellen Is responsible for bringing  an astounding 7500 different costume pieces onto the set of Bridgerton, with the main character Daphne claiming to be wearing more than 100 of them throughout the series. When I first heard of the large figures of garments within this series I was immediately shocked at the sheer amount of time and effort needed to bring this project together.
When Ellen Mirojnick describes how she first begins to design the costumes, she says that she first reads the whole script in its entirety to get an initial impression of what the different outfits may look like to her. She will then check the brief for the project, but it is noted that the brief will vary for every different project, including the level of freedom to design that she has to work with. After this, she will begin creating a look book full of mood board examples and ideas to guide her towards dressing each character.

To conclude, I believe I would like to have a job in this line of work as I feel like I am able to take the descriptions and scripts out of the story and imagine their appearance on the screen/in the production. I would love to be responsible for creating key pieces in different stories and I would quite like to be involved in the construction of them.