8:00 AM 4/13/2021
by
Cathy Whitlock
COVID-19 hasn’t stopped these institutions from teaching Hollywood’s next generation of costume designers.
Courtesy of SCAD; Wayne Reich/Courtesy of School; Courtesy of SCAD; Angeliki Matsi/courtesy of Wimbledon College of Arts/UAL
Clockwise from far left: Veteran costume designer Ruth E. Carter in front of the SCAD exhibition “Afrofuturism in Costume Design”; a student at work in the costume shop at UNCSA; a performance of Little Women at SCAD; a costume design lineup by Wimbledon alum Angeliki Michaelidou Matsi.
Sure, nothing can beat hands-on experience, but learning the basics and technology of costume design can offer the skills to meet the unique demands of virtually any type of project. Just ask Emmy Award-winning costume designer Jane Petrie (