Costume and design with an focus on recycling and sustainability

Experience

 

Rambling Rose Repairs - 2024

 

Repairs and alterations undertaken on a freelance basis. Communicating with customers and ensuring they are satisfied with the intended outcome.

 

Customer Services Assistant - The Fashion & Textiles Museum, London - 2024

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Providing customer service to visitors to ensure an enjoyable experience and they are aware of the content of current exhibition. Manning front of house and greeting and engaging with customers.  Operating the POS at the front desk and shop for tickets and products.  Ensuring the museum shop is tidy, organized and stocked according to policy.  Operating the scanning device ensuring that tickets are current and concession tickets have supporting documentation. Engaging with visitors in the gallery to provide information, ensure security of the exhibition and safety of the visitors.

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Sales Assistant, Havens Reloved - 2024 

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Assisting with retail sales in a busy vintage shop.  Operating the till and providing customer service in an efficient manner.  Ensuring the shop floor is tidy and organized with regard to health and safety.  Ensuring the displays are rotated and stock is displayed in a creative and aesthetic manner.  Sorting, pricing and displaying stock with regard to store policy and process.  Greeting and assisting customers find suitable sizes and garments and ensuring they are informed and communicated with.

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Sales and Alterations Assistant, The Dressmaker, Leigh on Sea - 2022 - 2023

 

Part time role assisting a busy bridal wear boutique for alterations and finishing of garments.  Being able to work quickly and efficiently to deliver garments on time to customers.

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The Royal Opera House - Oct. 2022 (Work Experience)

Casual role supporting the construction of costumes for the production of Cinderella.  During this time I undertook a variety of hand finishing tasks, cutting out tulle, preparations for stringing tutus, steaming tutus and supporting the Costume Supervisor in cleaning and refurbishment of tutus.

East 15 Acting School, Essex University - Oct. 2022 (Work Experience)

Alterations, repairing, dyeing and maintenance of the costume stock room to support a busy schedule of student productions at the Clifftown Theatre.  Being able to respond quickly to requests for costume changes and ordering accessories and supplies.

Kinetika 2019 - 2023 (Voluntary)

Participating on a voluntary basis in a community based arts project such as Tilbury Carnival (2019) Land of the Fanns (2020) and Beach of Dreams (2021) as well as the Platinum Jubilee celebrations (2022) and Natural Dyeing workshop (2022).  Skills practiced included using a batik was resist process to represent different community arts groups on flags, banners and costumes.

Cyber Security Officer, Bank of Montreal, London 2004 - 2018

The role required supporting 250 staff on a Trade Floor environment and ensuring their ability to continue trading successfully whilst meeting regulatory (GDPR and FCA) restraints and data security boundaries.  The ability to communicate and take responsibility for complex technology ideas and explain them in layman's terms to business executives and advise them of different scenarios and outcomes.

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Skills

Sustainability

 

My character profiles try to include the upcycling and recycling of materials already being used within the circular environment.  My upbringing of 'mend and make do' has always been in the back of my mind and is the way I operate with costume, fashion and all things textiles and material based.  I find already used materials have a history and more integrity to help tell a story to support the character.  I enjoy the challenge of problem solving by thinking outside the box and using materials from other areas or uses.

Design

 

I enjoy the design process and research of character profiling to add to any storyline.  I have a natural curiosity of social history and am interested in the facts behind the character and their story and social standing.  Whether it be what they wore or how they wore it and the accessories necessary to achieve a believable story.

Textiles

My love of colour and textures supports my work with textiles, appliques, embroidery and embellishments to add mystery and depth to any character.  I particularly enjoy sourcing different materials to use in my costumes to create the illusion of the character.  Aluminium cans, for example for beadwork and an evening bag for supporting background embellishments.

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Additional Skills

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• Adaptable to changing needs

• Enthusiastically collaborative and strong team leader

• Extremely organized with strong work ethic

• Love to problem solve and be challenged

• Thorough attention to detail

• Love to help and confident with the public

• Very positive attitude

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