Costume Techniques II

Course open to BFA students only.
This course is designed for students who have
basic sewing skills and are familiar with how to
use a sewing machine. This course explores
creative solutions for costume modifications.
Learning the art of complex alterations is a
vitally important part of being a costume
designer; recognizing a bad fit and how to fix it,
utilizing preexisting garments in order to create
a new form out of an old garment is a skill. While
experimenting with reshaping preexisting garments,
students will learn fitting etiquette, emergency
alterations, basic men's suit jacket alterations,
and some basic pattern making skills. (In other
words, learning some tricks of the trade)