Work / Doll’s House
Doll’s House
- Role
- Costume Design & Making
- Year
- 2024
Full-length stage photograph of actor in the realized teal and white Doll's House costume.2024
About
Stage production — designed, built and worn on stage.
A costume designed and built for the production Doll’s House. The design moved from a black-and-white silhouette study to a full-colour rendering — a fitted bodice, full sleeves with blue cuffs and a long teal skirt — before being realised in fabric.
Elise designed the piece and led its construction, doing the majority of the sewing herself while teaching several peers to cut and read patterns, drape, serge, press seams and work with interfacing.
The gallery follows it from sketch through the satin and sheer skirt layers on the stand to the finished costume on stage.
Costumes
Full-length stage photograph of actor in the realized teal and white Doll's House costume. Full stage view of the realized costume worn by an actor on stage, featuring flowing blue skirt and sleeves with detailed white bodice. Light green satin skirt designed and constructed for Doll's House, displayed on a mannequin in the workshop. Completed Doll's House costume on mannequin: gold patterned bodice, light blue puff sleeves with dark blue cuffs, and flowing skirt.
Sketches
Black and white costume design sketch for 'Doll's House' featuring long dress with full sleeves and cinched waist. Full-color costume sketch for 'Doll's House' featuring light bodice, flowing sleeves with blue cuffs, and a long teal skirt.
Process
Light blue sheer overskirt on mannequin during construction.
Patterned fabric pieces with finished serged edges laid out during assembly. Fitting session showing actor wearing partially constructed yellow bodice and teal skirt.
