Jill Van Brussel, Costume Designer
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Jill Van Brussel, Costume Designer
Home
Portfolio
Our Town
Sense and Sensibility
All's Well That Ends Well
Nine
On the Verge
The Shape of Things
Legally Blonde
Time Flies
Medea
Once Upon a Mattress
Ordinary Days
Stories from the Southwest
The Last Five Years
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Blithe Spirit
Iphigenia and Other Daughters
Arabian Nights
Taming of the Shrew
Design for Dance
Costume Technology
Renderings
Graduate Gallery
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DRAPING AND CONSTRUCTION
Grecian drapery-inspired bodice of draped lycra on stretch base, High-waisted stretch pants
Both with painted texture treatment
1940s STRIPED DAY DRESS
Striped shirt dress with yoked, fitted bodice, A-line skirt and Peter Pan collar. Elbow-length puffed sleeves with netting header. Piping trim and various chevroned striped treatments. Front button placket in yoke and side zippe
Clytemnestra
Draper, Cutter, Stitcher and Craftsperson
Strapless pieced and boned corset-styled bodice on coutil base with hook and eye tape closures. Gathered skirt, shaped gorget, cape with arm straps and buckram headpiece.
Draper, Cutter, Stitcher
Lined bolero jacket with pagoda sleeves, frog closures, and velvet trim, Boned, shaped bodice on coutil base with sheer overlay, stand collar, hook and eye tape closure.
Draper, Cutter, Stitcher
Boned, shaped bodice on coutil base with lace overlay, stand collar, puff sleeves, hook and eye tape closure. Lace overlaid five gore skirt with small train.
CRAFT WORK
PAINTED LEATHER
Medea costumes painted with Deca permanent fabric paints and craft acrylics to create highlight, shadow and texture.
CRAFT WORK
PAINTED FABRICS
Medea costumes painted with Deca permanent fabric paints, acrylics and shoe spray to create stylized highlight, shadow and texture.
MILLINERY
1880s TRAVELING SUIT HAT for DOLLY LEVI in The Matchmaker.
AFRICAN GELE-INSPIRED FANTASY HAT for
OBERON in A Midsummer Night's Dream.
RUSTIC VALOIS BONNET for BOTTOM
RED SKY AT MORNING ART JACKET
100% cotton pique thrifted jacket, upscaled to art piece as textile dying project. Inspirational imagery drawn from the saying "Red sky at morning, sailor take warning."