Costume Design The Hello Girls
Telling the story of America's first female soldiers serving as bilingual telephone operators during WWII, while fighting their own battles to be seen as equals to the men around them, the costumes serve as authentic recreation and a modern reflection of the ongoing struggle for gender equality
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Drew Echberg
Costume Design The Hello Girls
As the drivers of the musical’s story, Sarah’s designs ensured that each of the female characters maintained a strong presence on stage as both individuals and as a group.
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Drew Echberg
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
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Drew Echberg
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
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Alice Qin
Costume Concept Renderings Orlando
Exploring notions of identity, gender fluidity and the art of performance by using a similar approach to children playing dress up, building on top of stage blacks, styled androgynously, with an assortment of clothing to invent themselves as various characters and reference different time periods.
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
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Drew Echberg
Costume Design The Hello Girls
Much research and work went into authentically recreating The Hello Girls uniforms while appropriating them for the stage.
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Drew Echberg
Costume Design The Hello Girls
Directed by Jason Langley, set designed by Harry Gill and lighting designed by Sidney Younger. Associated Costume Designer - Amelia Lane
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Drew Echberg
Associate Costume Design The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Directed by Jason Langley and costume designed by Angus Donald
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Drew Echberg
Sarah
Hordern
Costume Designer
Sarah is a Melbourne based costume designer with a passion for storytelling. Utilising an eye for detail and a strong sense for aesthetic to create a narrative and promote audience engagement.
Whilst studying the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Design and Production) at the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA), her musical productions include working as Costume Designer for The Hello Girls (2021) and Associate Costume Designer for both Sweet Charity (2021) and The Mystery of Edwin Drood (2020).
Sarah interned as Costume Assistant with Marion Boyce on the ABC mini-series The Newsreader.
Costume Design The Hello Girls
Telling the story of America's first female soldiers serving as bilingual telephone operators during WWII, while fighting their own battles to be seen as equals to the men around them, the costumes serve as authentic recreation and a modern reflection of the ongoing struggle for gender equality
Costume Design The Hello Girls
As the drivers of the musical’s story, Sarah’s designs ensured that each of the female characters maintained a strong presence on stage as both individuals and as a group.
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
Costume Concept Renderings Orlando
Exploring notions of identity, gender fluidity and the art of performance by using a similar approach to children playing dress up, building on top of stage blacks, styled androgynously, with an assortment of clothing to invent themselves as various characters and reference different time periods.
Associate Costume Design Sweet Charity
Directed by Jayde Kirchert and costume designed by Tessa Cleary-Moore
Costume Design The Hello Girls
Much research and work went into authentically recreating The Hello Girls uniforms while appropriating them for the stage.
Costume Design The Hello Girls
Directed by Jason Langley, set designed by Harry Gill and lighting designed by Sidney Younger. Associated Costume Designer - Amelia Lane
Associate Costume Design The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Directed by Jason Langley and costume designed by Angus Donald