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Gayle MacGregor

• • Costume Cutter
  • Costume Supervisor
  
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  Files

  • Gayle MacGregor CV 2020 pdf document

• Links

  Personal Website

  au.linkedin.com

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Credits

• Education

  Year	Qualification	Where
  1983	Certificate of Fashion Studies	Mt Gravatt College of TAFE

  Equipment

  I own (and can operate):

  Tony Desk top Blind Hemming machine, Industrial Pfaff Sewing machine, Bernina 850 Semi-Industrial Sewing Machine, Union Special 3 thread Overlocker, Union Special 4 thread industrial overlocker, Battistella Industrial Iron, Professional Tailor Mannequins

  Additional Skills

  Supervisory Skills

  •Supervision of all aspects of a wardrobe department

  •Supervision of casual and contracted staff, including outside contractors

  •Planning and collaboration of wardrobe requirements, in conjunction with designers, production management and stage management

  •Planning duties including construction deadlines, fitting schedules, and maintenance of costumes during performances

  Purchasing and sourcing of fabrics

  •Sourcing samples of fabrics for each production and advising on their suitability for the design

  •Preparation of fabrics prior to each build period; includes washing, shrinkage control, pressing and basic dying requirements

  •Buying of contemporary clothing foot wear and accessories, and budgetary reconciliation

  Liaison with artistic / creative personnel

  •Communicating with cast, director, designers, to ensure the effective communication between the wardrobe department and artistic personnel to achieve the best professional outcome

  •Attending fittings for each performer and facilitating communication to achieve the best outcomes for actor, designer and director

  Budgeting, and associated administration tasks

  •Budgeting for all costume requirements, including accessories, footwear, hair and wigs to ensure that the budgetary guidelines are met

  •Expenditure reports against the agreed budget for each production

  •Bump in, and supervision of technical rehearsals as well as backstage and maintenance staff

  Additional Information

  EDUCATION

  Certificate of Fashion Studies (1982-1983), Mt Gravatt College of TAFE (now

  Metropolitan South)

  Fashion, Culture and the Body (ARTT2114), University of Queensland, (Grade of 6)

  PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

  Costume Colloquium: A Tribute to Janet Arnold (November 2008 - Florence, Italy)

  •An international Conference on the study, research, design and construction of historical costume and its applications to the recreation of historical costume for theatre and film

  Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship (2005)

  •Study in the United Kingdom of the Construction of Historical Clothing 15th-18th Centuries

  Industry Awards

  Queensland Performing Arts Centre Award (2005)

  •For Outstanding Contribution to Theatre Costume Design and Wardrobe Management

  Matilda Awards, Backstage Award (2004)

  •Peer recognition award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre Costuming

  Referees

  Available on request.

  About me

  •High level skills in the cutting and construction of period and contemporary costumes for film, television and the stage.

  •Highly advanced skills in the interpretation of costume design and design realisation for the stage

  •Highly advanced skills in fast, efficient and accurate patternmaking and the cutting of costume within tight timelines and budgetary parameters

  •Highly advanced skills in the supervising of costume builds, the fitting of costumes, and of communication with designers, artists and other artistic personnel in the fitting of costumes

  •Highly advanced skills in the finishing of costumes, also incorporating quick change requirements

  •A proven ability to work harmoniously and efficiently as part of a wardrobe team

• Skills

  Years in industry

  • 6+ years