“Of all the skills required of a costume designer, the ability to draw figures and illustrate garments meaningfully is one of the most essential. The designer must be able to work out ideas and convey to the director, the actors, and the costumer the real proportion, emotional content, and construction detail necessary for each to understand the aspects of the costume that most affect them.”1
Rebecca Cunningham, The Magic Garment
In the previous weeks, the students have engaged with design information in a variety of formats, building up a picture of the design process dot by dot. By now, the dots should be so close together that there is little struggle to connect metaphor, design elements, script analysis, and research. ...
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