2020 BFA Costume alumni
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Tess studied an Associate Degree in Fashion Design and Technology at Melbourne’s RMIT, after which she desired to continue to develop her skills as a costume maker.
At NIDA, she’s experienced a broad scope of the costume making profession, from specialist skills like period cutting and millinery, to supervising stage productions.
In her third-year research project, she explored her passion for prop-costuming by creating a monster costume. She studied the horror genre and designed a creature that required research and experimentation with stilts, foam body building, fur, and art finishing.
During her secondments, she worked making costumes for Dancing with the Stars and assisted on Netflix’s Clickbait, where she was given an insight into the film industry. Tess wishes to continue to learn and grow working as a costume maker, aspiring to specialise in prop-costuming.
Instagram: @tessyhealy
Costume Supervisor
Next to Normal
Costume Supervisor
On My Own by Dugong Jr. (triple j Unearthed music video)
Costume Supervisor
SIX
Costume Maker
Ghost Lights
Costume Supervisor
A Respectable Wedding
Costume Maker
Twelfth Night
Men’s Tailor
Ivanov
Costume Assistant/Milliner
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Costume Assistant
The Colby Sisters of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Costume Assistant
Trip For Biscuits (ABC series)
Assistant Maker
Dancing with the Stars
Costume Assistant/Extras Standby Assistant
Clickbait (Netflix series)