Romy McCloskey
912.507.9111
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Dedicated, detail-oriented creative designer and hand embroidery artist with cross-functional expertise in couture costume and fashion design, precision patternmaking and couture construction, highlighting a mastery of intricate hand embroidery and beadwork.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Wardrobe Development and Design
- Special Occasion and Red Carpet
- Hand and Tambour Embroidery and Beadwork
- Textile Design
- Garment Breakdown/Aging and Distressing
- Custom Fabric Dying
- Sketching and Illustration
- Draping and Patternmaking
- Hand and Machine Costume and Apparel Construction
- Garment Fittings
- Proficiency with Illustrator and Photoshop
- Project Budgeting
Experience
Film
Costume Designer
Positive (post production)
Director: Kate R. Phillips
Costume Supervisor
Postman (2019)
Director: Minkyu Kang
Assistant Costume Designer/Principal Cast Embroiderer
New Haven (2017)
Director: Robert L. Jones
Producer: Chip Hourihan
Television
Wardrobe Stylist
East West Bank (Commercial, 2019)
Fortune Communications
Theater
Costume Design
Full Cast
Frozen Jr. (2020)
Director: Stacy Jones
Costume Design
Full Cast
A Christmas Story The Musical (2019)
Director: Keith Brumfield
Costume Design
Ms Trunchbull
Matilda The Musical (2019)
Director: Keith Brumfield
Costume Design
Mad Hatter, Queen Lillian, King Harold
Shrek The Musical (2019)
Director: Keith Brumfield
Celebrity Clients
Christine D’Ercole
Motivational Speaker and Athlete
Sibongile Mlambo
Actress
Luke Forbes
Actor
Prema Cruz
Actress
Guyviaud Joseph
Actor
Fashion and Costume Design
Faden Design Studios • Savannah, GA • 2002 – Present
IMDB recognized designer specializing in gender and size inclusive couture design and hand-embroidery for film, stage, television, and private commission.
Private Label Sourcing • New York, NY • 2001 – 2003
- Designed and developed over a dozen cut and sew and knit, ready-to-wear womenswear labels for Target Stores.
- Created presentation boards, trend layouts, line sheets, technical flats, factory specs, colorways, printed and embroidered textile options, as well as graphic artwork for other embellished designs.
- Acted as Color manager, responsible for color/lab dip and printed pattern approvals for overseas factory production and maintained color archives.
Assistant Fashion Designer
Nah Nah Collections • New York, NY • 1992 – 1996
- Responsible for production specs, technical flats and post- production lot inspections.
- Assisted head pattern maker during pre-production fitting.
- Aided in product development and design of high end size inclusive evening wear.
- Liaison between head designers, pattern drafters, sample room staff, production and sales staff.
Assistant Designer
Tait Mates • Connecticut • 1988 – 1992
- Aided in product development and design of all garments and textiles produced by the studio and factory.
- Responsible for production specs, technical flats and post- production lot inspections.
- Assisted in sample and production fittings.
- Designated cutter for all sample garments of high end Petite, Missy and Plus size evening and special occasion wear.
- Maintained fabric, trim and embellishment library for the studio.
Organizations
The Embroiderers’ Guild of America, Member
The Textile Society of America, Member
The Costume Society, Member
IMDB, Member
Education
Savannah College of Art and Design • Savannah, GA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design
Minor, Art History