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RUTH NORWOOD
Costume Designer Maker
Pattern Drafting
I have a strong understanding of pattern drafting, which I have used on production and on personal projects. This skill is the base of any well fitted costume.
The
Lobster Dress
Elsa Schiaparelli Lobster Dress Recreation
Lobster painting by Mayzey Green
For The Richard Burton Company’s Production of Flora The Red Menace
2023
Book by George Abbott and Robert Russell
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by Georgie Rankcom
Costume Designed by Yuqi Liu
Set Designed by Phoebe Smith
Lighting Designed by Sophie Erin Moore
Photography by Kirsten Mcternan





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I flat pattern drafted a dress using pattern blocks and altering them to fit the actor.
1640s Corset
1640s Corset Construction
Pattern from Patterns of Fashion 5 by Janet Arnold
Photography by Nico Venables
Modelled by Mayzey Green




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I flat pattern drafted a corset from a books measurements and then altered the toile in a fitting to fit the model.

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