This year the fifth Costume Symposium will be held from Friday 6 – Sunday 8 September at Nottingham Trent University, with the usual format of a day of talks followed by two days of workshops. Find out about registration here.
Keynote speaker for the Talks day (Friday 6 September) will be Caroline McCall, a BAFTA and Emmy award winning costume designer best known for her work on Downton Abbey (2010) and His Dark Materials (2019). Also speaking will be costume maker Jane Law, who works with a small team producing costumes for high profile international productions with some of the world’s most talented costume designers. Recent projects include Mission Impossible 5, Alice Through the Looking Glass Cinderella, Jupiter Ascending, Kate Bush: Before the Dawn and Mad Max: Fury Road.
A demonstration, Creating Drama: Deconstructing Period Costume, will be presented and there will be a panel discussion in which tailors, costumiers, costume cutters and makers will talk about how they started out in the industry.
Two days of practical workshops (Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September) will be led by Sean Barrett (Millinery), Gillian Carew (Men’s Period Tailoring) , Michele Carragher (Embroidery Embellishment), Enda Kenny (Dyeing and Enhancement), Kunza (Corsetry), Riina Oun (Handmade Gloves), with a new tutor and workshop this year: Lucy Sturley (Costume Making for Stop Motion Animation). The workshops offer an unrivalled opportunity for makers to develop their skills. Find out about the workshops here.