Kara Monroe works at Studio 317, a creative product development company in Portland, OR.

Kaitlin Fara Smith is the Production Process Supervisor at Unbox the Dress. She is also currently pursuing her MBA. Previously she has worked at University of North Carolina School of the Arts, University of Kentucky, Wake Forest University, Stages St. … Read more

Jennifer Jacobis currently the assistant women’s chorus costume supervisor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.She also works as an assistant costume designer on and off Broadway and is an award-winning freelance designer. Her favorite project is designing and … Read more

Jane Reichard is a client services associate for UBS Financial in Charlotte, NC. She was also contracted to sew hundreds of masks in various job-specific styles for her alma mater, Berry College, in the summer of 2020. She received her … Read more

Jade Bettin Papa is the Curator at the Design Center located on the campus of Philadelphia University. She also teaches History of Costume and Textiles there and 20th Century Fashion Designers. In her previous life, she worked as a professor … Read more

Jacki Blakeney Armit, a Mississippi native, is the Associate Professor of Costume Technology for Florida State University School of Theatre. She received her MFA from the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.Jacki has worked as a professional costumer for … Read more

Iisha Lemming worked as a first hand for Hugh Hanson at Carelli Costume in New York and as a patternmaker at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, moved back to the south and taught briefly at The University of the … Read more

Hui-Lin (Lydia) Huang is on leave from the National Taiwan College of Performing Arts. She is recently married and living in Holland with her husband. She is planning to start a millinery business in her new location.

Erin Torkelson is the costume technology professor and costume shop manager at Baylor University in Waco, TX. She spent seven seasons working at the Utah Shakespeare Festival where she served as a stitcher, wardrobe technician, and assistant costume shop manager … Read more

Erin Rodgers is a professor of costume technology and history at Clemson University. Previously she worked at the University of Florida as the Costume Shop Assistant, draping and assisting the costume shop manager. While at UNC, she was a draper … Read more