IELTs 6.0 with minimum of 5.5 in each component
Develop the skills you need to become a versatile costume designer and maker. You will study areas such as corsetry, pattern cutting, tailoring, millinery, costume props, puppetry, textiles, fabric knowledge, costume breakdown and print and dye. You will also explore visual research, character analysis, contemporary design development and innovative 2D to 3D realisation.
As a costume student you will collaborate with students across our Design for Stage and Screen courses, as you personalise your learning journey and tailor your skills to meet your career aspirations in this exciting global industry.
Collaboration across courses
This course offers our new innovative collaboration module. This gives you the opportunity to work collaboratively with your contemporaries from a range of different art and design subjects and beyond. You’ll be working alongside artists, designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, and filmmakers on daring and creative projects that prepare you for a rewarding career in your chosen industry.
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Year One
Design for Stage and Screen: Introduction
Contextual Studies: Introducing Research
Skills Passport
Year Two
Design for Stage and Screen: Exploration
Contextual Studies: Research and Impact
Co Lab: Research, Exploration and Risk-taking
Optional module
You will also choose one module from below:
Millinery: Object and Narrative
Model Making: Object and Narrative
Storyboarding: Visualising the Story, Enhancing the Narrative
Ethical Design
Final year
Design for Stage and Screen: Exposition
Contextual Studies: Research and Professional Practice
Graduate destinations have included costume designing and / or making for prestigious companies such as Angels Costumiers and the BBC, and freelance or in-house costume designing, making and assisting for a myriad of stage and screen companies, events and performances both large-scale and small-scale. These include everything from Outlander to Not Just Fish & Ships, Lichfield Garrick Pantomimeto wardrobe on a cruise ship, and making props on the latest Marvel feature.
Connecting with industry
Live projects or competitions could offer you the chance to gain professional experience and raise your profile. Organisations and programmes the course has collaborated with include:
Making Costumes for the Curve, Leicester
Working at Lichfield Garrick Theatre on Cinderella
Working with Bruce Asbestos and Nottingham Contemporary on live art catwalk
You’ll also be encouraged to participate in national competitions and costume events, seeking out opportunities to work with local cultural centres.
Industry experts who have recently lectured on this course include:
television costume designer, Debbie O’Brien
specialist costume designer / maker, Ivo Coveney
Downton Abbey costume cutter, Sarah Humphrey
Society of British Theatre Designers Chair, Fiona Watt
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
