[1] However, the most common and primary purpose for a costume shop is for building and finishing pieces that go onstage.
A large an expansive costume shop style helps work to enable productions to be mounted lavishly and permit study and experimentation at the same time.
[6] Within a costume shop, there are people working on different parts of the creative or accumulative process.
"The Costume Designer seeks inspiration from many sources, including interviews with the actors who will play the characters, and extensive historical and visual research.
This is the entry-level position in a costume shop and often the most common job that is open in a space.
A stitcher will help pick up wherever needed, often stretching out from fittings, pinning, and alteration, to textiles, dye working and errands.