ABOUT | juliejencostume

Cutting 'As If' dress

Me in front of "the sun", the ship I lived and worked on for 6 months.

Pattern drafting

Cutting 'As If' dress

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CONTACT

juliejencostume@gmail.com

ABOUT ME

I am a costume maker, graduated from Arts University Bournemouth, with a BA (hons) in Costume and Performance Design.

While still at AUB, I reached out to costume designer Silje Kise, who was working on a concert performance called “Sustain” at the time. I volunteered to help her out the weeks I was at home on holiday, which both her and the rest of the crew gladly and gratefully accepted.
I had a wonderful time working on this show, helping with both costumes and props, and I was happy to learn they had appreciated my work as well:

"Julie was a good addition to our team. She brought a lot of energy into her work, and really contributed a lot in these two weeks. She understood quickly what was needed, and worked independently." (from my letter of reference, written by Silje Kise).

After graduating in 2018, I returned home to Bergen and started as a costume freelancer in my home town.

My first big job out of university was with Bergen Borgerscene. I designed the costumes and made masks for their fourth production, “NAV Betaler”. This play premiered at the Bergen International Festival in 2019. After finishing the costumes and designs, I went on to do a six-month contract with Norwegian Cruise Lines, as a wardrobe supervisor.
This too was a great experience as I was in charge of the costumes by myself at sea, and worked as a one-woman costume department for the cast. I was their dresser, costume laundry and seamstress.I really enjoyed being in charge of my own little workroom and costumes for these short musical shows, and I learned a lot from it.

I have been working as a freelancer here in Bergen since autumn 2020. I have had the opportunity to explore different areas of entertainment, such as puppetry, dance shows, and film!

February 2023: Wardrobe Supervisor for Platos Symposium at the Vestnorske Teater

February 2023: Costume alterations for Open Window Theatre’s production Panopticon: Freak Show.

October - December 2022: Costume consultant and dresser for A Kiss For All The World, by Fargespill Bergen. I was brought on to this production to lift the scenic expression of this show, in collaboration with director Vibeke Flesland Havre and lighting designer Silje Grimstad. I followed the process of creating this show (which had 80 performers on stage), from the summer of 2021 to our last performance at the Norwegian Opera and Ballet in Oslo, December 4th 2022.

September - December 2022: Seamstress and dresser for The Magic Flute, at Bergen National Opera

September 2022: Seamstress for the play Irma Vep at the Theatre Ibsen

May – July 2022: Seamstress and costume assistant at the wardrobe department in Kristiansand Zoo and Amusement park. Best described as a small kind of Disney-land in the south of Norway. I worked with the shows for the youngest, which included making costumes for the actors who were playing animals in a forest.

April – May 2022: Costume designer for Platos Symposium at the Vestnorske Teater

April – May 2022: Costume Supervisor for the short film Can Somebody Tell Me That Everything Will Be Fine

February – April 2022: Seamstress and dresser for The Merry Widow, at Bergen National Opera

November – December 2021: Seamstress for Christmas Magic. I made three candy costumes out of foam for this children's Christmas play. I also helped the production team with the last makes in the few days right before the premiere

August - November 2021: Costume consultant and dresser for A Kiss For All The World, by Fargespill Bergen. This was the first year we did this show, with its first premiere in Bergen in November.

13 September 2021 – 22 October 2021: Seamstress and dresser for Rusalka, at Bergen National Opera

June - July 2021: Costume maker for Kvinner på Randens' anniversary show (premiereing in September 2021).
April - May 2021: Costume Supervisor for the short film "Tempest", shown as a part of Bergen International Festivals final concert.
January - May 2021: Costume Designer and maker for the production "Hole and Son".
August 2020 - April 2021: Costume assistant for Silje S. Kise.
I worked with designer Silje Kise and assisted her with making and sourcing costumes for productions "Tjernet", "Hammock concert at Fløyen", "Bedehus", "Jølster Hotell" and "Røyst - eller Bodil Sluttar med innestemme"
September - October 2020: Costume Designer and Maker for the performance "Masker", Salhus Trikotasje Museum.
January 2020: Production assistant. "Sustain", Grieghallen.
May 2019 - December 2019: Wardrobe Supervisor. Norwegian Cruise Lines, on The Norwegian Sun.
Costume designer and mask maker. "NAV Betaler", Bergen Borgerscene. January - May 2019.
September 2018: Production assistant. "Sustain".

January - May 2018Costume maker. "Ghostly White", AUB (photoshoot).
April - May 2018: Costume maker. "Fermented Honey", AUB.

March 2018: Assistant on Mandy Barrington's corsetry workshop at USITT
September - November 2017: Costume maker. "Clybourne Park", AUB.
April - May 2017: Production assistant. "Sustain".
June 2017 and December 2017: 10 days work experience at Den Nationale Scene in Bergen,
April 2017: Co-designer and costume maker. "Marzanna" (photoshoot).
February 2017: Dresser. BIC wedding show, Mojgan Bridal Couture. (x)
November 2016: Dresser. "The Ash Girl", AUB.

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