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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 custom dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label custom dress. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Sun Goddess dress

hand stitched gold details. 
Dress front


Dress back
We designed and built this Sun Goddess dress for a prominent environmentalist and guest of honor of Bette Midler's annual Halloween party. The dress is made of 3 separate sheer layers with gold appliqués hand sewn into the top layer.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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.

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, 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.

Friday, January 1, 2010

Grayscale Dress for Animation


We've built many versions of the live wire dress for Blue Man Group through the years. This version is a replica of the pulsating wired dress in grayscale, so it can be easily animated in post-production.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Custom Goldfish Costume



We had fun making this goldfish-inspired dress. Put the hood down and you could almost blend in....

Wednesday, June 10, 2009