The costume designer is responsible for the design and oversight of all costumes in a theatrical production. This includes research, thumbnail sketches, selecting fabrics, providing pattern details, overseeing fittings, selecting accessories, and overseeing hair and makeup design. Costume designers like William Ivey Long have designed costumes for many famous Broadway musicals. Theatrical makeup design has expanded in recent decades, though actors typically apply their own makeup, with assistance from makeup artists for complex designs.

1. THE
DESIGNERS
PART SIX
The Costume Designer
Chapter 6

2. The Design Process

3. The Costume Designer

4. Responsibilities of
Costume Designer
• Research
• Thumbnail Sketches
• Select fabric
• Provide pattern detail
as needed
• Oversee fittings
• Select accessories
• Oversee the design of
hair & makeup

5. Research

6. Thumbnail Sketches

7. Provide pattern info as needed

8. Oversee
fittings

9. William Ivey Long
The Girl in the Yellow dress
From Contact

10. William Ivey Long
Designs for Edna Turnblatt
From Hairspray

11. William
Ivey
Long
From The Boy From Oz

12. William Ivey Long
From Guys and Dolls

13. William Ivey Long
Roger as the Chrysler Building
The Producers

14. The
Costume
Shop

15. Costumes specialties

16. The Producers

17. The Pearl Girls The Producers

18. The Producers

19. THE MAKEUP DESIGNER
This area of theater & film design has really expanded in the past
30 years.
•In film and television, makeup designers and artists are
employed to apply makeup on nearly all of the actors.
•On stage, there is a long standing tradition of actors applying
their own makeup. It is considered a pre-show ritual where the
actor begins to get into character.
Recent theatrical shows with more extensive make-up have
employed make-up artists to design – but the actors still do the
application. CATS is a great example.
Complex makeup, such as that required for PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA will sometimes require a makeup artist to assist the
stage actor.

20. Make up
Phantom of the Opera
CATS