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Thanks for visiting the blog for The Work Room. We're a fabrication studio specializing in building costumes, interiors and soft scenic goods for the entertainment, event and advertising industries. We also offer product development consulting. Please check out some of our work below.

Showing posts with label costume builders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label costume builders. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Custom Designed Tree Suit

Tree Costume-Front
Tree Costume-Without Jacket


We designed and built this conceptual white oak tree costume for a prominent environmentalist and  guest of honor  of Bette Midler's annual Halloween party this year. It is hand painted and eco friendly fabrics and those are real oak tree leaves that we painted and waxed.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Streb dance costume

We designed and made this cover up athletic suit for Streb Action Mechanics. We silk screened Strebs logo onto the custom made outfit in their colors.

THE RIDE light up ballerina dress


This is a battery powered light up ballerina dress we designed and made for THE RIDE in Times Square. The dress has hundreds of LED lights inside the dress. The dress wirelessly communicates with the shows controls which programs and animates the lights which change color and sparkle to the music.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Wireless Mic Packs



Today we're making a bunch of  custom wireless mic belt packs. We make a lot of custom belt packs for theatrical shows. We make them out of elastic, strong cordura nylon and insert plastic film pouches inside of the nylon pouches to protect the transmitters/receivers and batteries from sweat and water.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

Sasquatch Costume




We named him Sassy. With the aid of a complicated interior structure of foam, splines and big fake feet, this costume will make any average man 7' tall.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Princess Diana wedding dress for Perez Hilton Royal Wedding Special



We made  a recreation of Princess Diana's wedding dress for Perez Hilton to wear on WeTV for a Royal Wedding Special. We only had 4 days to build it then it had to fly out of the shop! No time to get a full length picture... check it out on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy8uj8Aatro

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Angry Birds Costumes


We love getting phone calls that start with "I have a crazy question" and that was the case with these Angry Birds costumes that we did for Glamour Magazine. Our friends at Glamour were doing a special meeting in a matter of days and they decided that they wanted to dress up in Angry Birds costumes to do their presentation. We knew the costumes were looking good when two fifteen-year-old boys who happened to be in our studio yelled "Cool!" upon seeing them.

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Moisty the Snowman Costume


This is Moisty from Moisty The Snowman Saves Christmas, an original musical that ran in December of 2010 at Dixon Place Theatre in NYC. For more information on Moisty the Snowman and his upcoming performances, please click here.

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New material for Blue Man Group.



Our founder, Chase Tyler, has designed costumes for Blue Man Group for many years. We just designed and made Calypso costumes for new material going into many of the long running Blue Man Group shows.

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Blue Man Group Band Costumes


The Work Room builds the Blue Man Group band costumes. The costumes are built to withstand the constant movement of the band members. They must be strong, durable and able to be washed over and over again.

Monday, January 10, 2011

Jaggedy Ann Costume


This is a costume we built for the theatrical production of Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas. The musical was originally performed at The New York Musical Theater Festival in 2009 and played to packed houses at New York City's legendary Dixon Place Theater last holiday season. This costume is for Jaggedy Ann, a lovable misfit toy that is too sharp and toxic for kids to play with, and as a result has landed on the Isle of Misfit Toys. For more information on Moisty the Snowman Saves Christmas, please visit Moistythesnowman.com

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Friday, October 1, 2010

Opera Dress Costume

Originally designed and built for the project THE RIDE, this opera dress was created to withstand the elements. This costume would be worn by an opera singer, performing in the round at Columbus Circle, during various seasons.

Monday, July 12, 2010

Title of Show on Broadway


Our founder, Chase Tyler, designed Title of Show on Broadway and we made the costumes. You can't see it in the picture but the letters in the sandwich board light up and chase using hidden electronics and battery power! 

Monday, April 5, 2010

Disco Ball Suit


This disco ball suit was created for Blue Man Group's live touring show. The suit is made of individual pieces of mirrors sewn into the suit of the guitar player. The Work Room also produces all Blue Man and Blue Man Band costumes.

Monday, March 1, 2010

Live Wire Dress



This dress was created for Blue Man Group's first live tour. Worn in this photo by Annette Strean from Venus Hum, the dress was built to pulsate light along with the music.

Monday, February 1, 2010

Mix-Master-Mustard Costume


Mix-Master-Mustard was originally created for an advertising campaign to promote the opening of Blue Man Group's Chicago production. The character came back to life years later when the images were used for another online campaign created by Blue Man Group for the theonion.com, which ended up being one of the most successful campaigns theonion.com had hosted at that time.

Under the Big Top


A ringmaster costume built for the theatrical production Mumbo in Baltimore.