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costume-designer Occupational skill for the role 'costume designer' (also: costume specialist, costume designer and fashion stylist, fashion stylist and costume designer, fashion stylist & costume designer, costume designer and maker, costume & set designer). Use when the user asks for typical costume designer work such as: typical costume designer responsibilities

Costume Designer

Costume designers develop a costume design concept for events, a performance, a movie or a television program. They supervise the execution of it. Their work is based on research and artistic vision. Their design is influenced by and influences other designs and must be conform with these designs and the overall artistic vision. Therefore, the designers work closely with artistic directors, operators and the artistic team. Costume designers develop sketches, design drawings, patterns or other documentation to support the workshop and performance crew.

Core workflow

How to use this skill

Key competences (essential)

  • adapt existing designs to changed circumstances
  • adapt to artists' creative demands
  • analyse a script
  • analyse music score
  • analyse the artistic concept based on stage actions
  • analyse the scenography
  • coach staff for running the performance
  • communicate during show
  • conduct costume research
  • contextualise artistic work
  • define artistic approach
  • define costume fabrication methods
  • define costume materials
  • design wearing apparel
  • develop an artistic framework

Hot technologies

  • Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Autodesk Revit
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook

Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/d1b1dfdf-7d60-430a-b569-7dd71b2ebeaa), ONET 30.3 (27-1022.00, manual nearest match). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*