Dolly Parton's Smokey Mountain Christmas Carol - Southbank Centre

Ghost of Christmas Past coat tails

The direction for this costume was that the character has crawled out of the underworld. We ripped and sanded down both pieces, applied EXpandIT 3D texture medium to the frayed edges, and repainted dusty, sooty tones to suggest the breakdown of the material as well as a coating of other grime.

Townsfolk

Garment Breakdown Before & After

These costumes were for characters who were miners (dungarees) and other manual labourers. The breakdown needed to be coal-stains and earthy grime. nothing was too torn, but needed to show heavy usage and the environment they're working/living in.

Shoes

Costume Designer - Linda Roethke, Costume Supervisor - Lydia Hardiman, Costume Breakdown Artists - Dais Blower & Max Stevenson