on Film, TV and Theatre shows, including costumes for The Huntsman and Dr Who, as well as for West End musicals such as The Lion King, Kinky Boots, Aladdin, Dream Girls and 42nd Street.
After leaving Warlingham School having studied both GCSE and A Level Art Design and Art Textiles I went on to a year’s Art Foundation Course (UAL Camberwell) which allowed me to explore new areas of art and design ranging from fashion, theatre, photography, graphics, to print making and fine art etc. This experience allowed me to identify the area of the arts that I wanted to pursue, which led on to the Wimbledon Collage of Art UAL, where I studied a degree in Costume Interpretation. This course introduces students to professional costume making for theatre, film, television and live performance. On this course, I learnt skills such as wig making, corsetry, tailoring, dressmaking, and pattern drafting as well as print, dye and costume breakdown. Since having graduated from Wimbledon in July 2016 I have been working as a freelance costumier, Page 38
In addition to my freelance costume work, I am also working at The BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology as the Textiles / Costume Technician. Being dyslexic and having struggled with most academic subjects throughout my schooling I found that both Art and Textiles at Warlingham gave me the option to develop my creative skills …the reason I originally enrolled at the school was because of the facilities art and textiles had to offer! And thank goodness I did, as I believe otherwise I wouldn’t have ended up pursuing a career that I absolutely love in the creative industry!
Harriet Crome