Evalynne completed her Master of Fine Arts in Design and Production with a concentration in Costume Technology at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. She is most passionate about historical costumes, extant and recreation. Through careful research, she is able to focus on historical costume details to help bring the time period to life. Her millinery experience allows her to compliment the main garment and complete the look of the ensemble.

Evalynne's dream is to put her skills to work in creating historical costumes as well as work with museums in preservation and education. She is hard working and is always looking forward to the next challenge. 

Education

UNC School of the Arts 2019-2022

Museum Curation/Historical Construction 

Handling and photographing historical garments, Mending and repairing historical garments, Extant garment storage and preservation, Historical costume collection curating, Historical garment recreation, Edwardian insertion lace, Historical undergarment construction, Historical millinery and accessory construction

First Hand 

Assist in team training, flat patterning, hand and machine sewing, alterations, tailoring, marking and cutting fabric, assist in fittings. 

A Midsummer’s Night Dream, Spring Awakening, Cider House, La clemenza di Tito

Draper

Attend Draper meetings, flat patterning and draping, fittings, team training, maintaining calendar, tailoring, corset construction, collaboration with design team, 18th century womenswear, finishing techniques.

Stick Fly, Mozart’s Birthday, Un avvertimento ai gelosi, Le Inglesi 

Crafts Assistant

Millinery, trim making, embroidery, aging and distressing, airbrushing, hand carved stamps, painting, assist team training, leather and fabric painting, hair accessory construction, jewelry making, machine/tool cleaning and maintenance, ribbon flower construction. 

Costume Shop Manager

Coordinated costume fittings with the Opera and Drama departments, created the daily schedule, attended production meetings, team management, assisted the costume designers, lead meetings with the draping teams, time management, 

Helped Coordinate 8 films, Managed 6 Theater shows and 2 Operas