HS HARRIET SIOBHAN COSTUMES

5th March - 30th March 2018
Costume Maker assistant for TV & Film ( 4-Week work placement)

CAMDEN COSTUME - LONDON

• Helping with fitting and working as a team.

• Marking button holes, tailor tacking of all pattern pieces before they were sewn together, whilst working with a variety of fabric materials.

• Shortening of hems on multiple trousers for Titanic with herringbone stitch.

• Hand stitching numerous waistcoats and applying lining, using slip stitch technique (Titanic) whilst also tacking and matching up tailored jacket pattern pieces to ensure the wool pattern aligned together ready to be sewn by Marianne – Slip stitch for tailored jacket when attaching lining to sleeves (War of the worlds) – Applied Herringbone fuse into Titanic bell boy sleeve

• Visiting an underground show, before live performance where I hand stitched garments that needed amending - Stitching new buttons on shirts and hand stitching hems.

• Ironing and pressing of garments and fabrics – Use of industrial Iron and sewing machine and overlocker.

• Taking apart costumes that required alternations.

• Visited Cosprop and also The Little Drummer Girl set.

• Buying fabrics and materials in London, cleaning workroom and organizing Patterns into eras.

9th May - 23rd May 2016
Woman’s Department and Armoury (2-week work placement)

ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY- STRATFORD UPON AVON

During my time here performances such as HAMLET, CYMBELINE, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM.

• Visiting all workrooms to watch every process involved to create the costumes such as the dyeing and break down and the skills involved to then create a bespoke costume.

• Sorting of costumes in the workroom and taking them to other departments.

• Creating leather belts and a bag for the Alchemist play – This involved dying of the leather, cutting, marking holes and punching whilst also learning to create details into the leather.

• Making a pair of trousers and shirts in Women's department whilst also making a Ruff which was hand stitched and made my myself, which was kept so it could be used in future performances.

• Industrial machines used such as iron, sewing machine and over locker – Whilst here I was able to see how other industrial machines were used such as eyelet pressers and machinery to round of steel boning for corsets.

• Traveling to another building, taking costumes over ready to be fitted – Observing how they fitted actors and adjusted costumes ready for alternations.

• Spent one evening backstage behind the scenes watching how they dresses the actors into the costumes and any fast amendments that had to be made whilst performing a live performance.

• Being selected into the top 10 for RSC Work placement (Being the first person at Henley in Arden and Stratford upon Avon collage to ever get accepted - I was taken aside and praised, as students studying at University are preferred and rarely are collage students accepted)

(May 2015)

HEAD OF WARDROBE-ARCO IRIS HENLEY IN ARDEN FASHION SHOW

Whilst at College for our final project we had to organise a fashion show between 4 people, to raise money for charity, overall we made over £500 for a charity I chose, Side by side, who put on performances for people with special needs and learning difficulties.

● Running order of costumes and models for each scene and timing.

● In charge of costumes and dressers.

● In charge of who does what backstage and making sure models are on stage in time.

● Putting away and sorting out rail.

● In charge of organizing the Fashion show, contacting suppliers and sponsors for costumes to raise money

for charity.

(July 2015 - January 2016)

INSPIRE FREESTYLE DESIGNS: FREELANCE SEAMSTRESS - STRATFORD UPON AVON

• Creating bespoke dance costumes – Learning how to handle stretch fabrics

• Rhinestone costumes

• Pattern Cutting and pattern adapting

• Alternations.

(January 2014 – March 2015)

MRS. PAPENDIC HISTORICAL: SEAMSTRESS - HENLEY IN ARDEN

• Creating off the peg and bespoke historical costumes

• Pattern cutting and pattern adaption

• Selling products on eBay and updating Facebook page, purchasing fabrics and putting orders through.

• Modelling costumes for website and promotions

• Ordering stock

• pattern cutting and alterations

• Hand stitching and taking apart costumes ready for alterations

(July 2019 – Current)

THE ZINC GROUP LTD – STRATFORD UPON AVON – SHELL ENERGY - CUSTOMER ACCOUNT MANAGER IN FINANCE

• High standard of customer service

• Monthly set targets for collections

• Handling challenging situations when dealing with customers on a daily basis

• Working in a team environment.

• Maintain written and verbal communication skills