Costume Design

 In designing the costumes for Knighted, I wanted to emphasize the idea that the best friendships are based, not off of being exactly alike, but being different in a way that compliments and balances each other. The characters are all so vastly different, making each person endearing as both an individual and a group of friends. Each of the costumes are representative of how the character interacts with both themselves and the world, which is all the more important when the characters’ world gets flipped upside down!

Early on in the design process, the director and I decided on a limited color palette for the costumes (represented by the graphic design on the first slide to the right). As a result, I played a lot with different color combinations and texture to flesh out each of the characters and the relationships they have with each other. 

The show was both double cast and under sever budgetary restraints (totaling $150), resulting in a show that was entirely secondhand, which presented the exciting challenge of preserving the integrity of my designs, the vision of the director, and quality of costumes as many of the costume pieces could not be shared between actors for sizing and laundering purposes.