Costume breakdown techniques

On 23rd and 30th January, I completed a costume breakdown course with well established Costume Breakdown Artist - Rosi Flood. As well as learning dyeing techniques and advanced colour theory, I learned essential breakdown techniques used for TV and film.

Sweat, grass stains, mud on dip dyed linen & jeans & blood on broken down suede:

Jeans having been frayed & 'knocked back' using dye & a stitch un-picker

Mud mixed & ready to try out on some samples:

Jeans having been broken down with mud, grass stains, dust & other break down techniques:

DJ having been broken down using dirty down dust & hairspray:

Bag breakdown:

Bag before breaking down

After breaking down, using sandpaper

Shirt:

Shirt before breakdown                       After dirtying down the collar

Costume Breakdown experience

In March 2022, I worked on the film the Game as a Costume Breakdown Artist.

I can't show you all of the costumes as it will break the terms of my contract, but I can show you some of the work that I've done, minus the actors:

I had to break down and dye a lot of costumes, so I gained a lot of experience