Alison Brown

 

It has been the Edinburgh Children's Festival recently and these fabulous costumes were created by Alison Brown for 'Tongue Twister' created by Greg Sinclair.

Holly Firkins

 

Holly Firkins's reimagined Shakespeare's 'Ophelia' in a polluted industrial dystopia, where she voices criticism of the court through the language of flowers.

Miya Turbull

 

Canadian artist Miya Turbull has created a unique self portrait of shifting identity with multiple masks.

 "My masks are three-dimensional self-portraits- a combination of photography, sculpture and collage. They are photo-realistic but often altered- for example, I might change the placement or even erase select facial features, or cut up and re-attach masks together in unusual combinations. I use photo elements within my work to create an uncanny resemblance within my masks, in addition to capturing images of myself wearing these facades."

Nina Walker I

Nina Walker's Care bear has incredible details and work, just the amount of pompoms is a terrifying amount of work! Nina has created this care bear to be a kitsch haunted care bear, inspired by care bear characters that have been possessed  

Nina has chosen the 'Cheer Bear',  she is known for spreading cheer and optimism wherever she goes, with boundless energy and enthusiasm. The rainbow belly badge gives her the power to help her solve any problems she may be facing. She has been a main character in various animated series and franchise movies since 1982.

Molly Richardson II

 

Above photography by Mihaela Bodlovic

Molly Richardson's costume was designed for Celia Brown from 'The night Circus' by Erin Morgenstern. Celia Brown is an illustionist bound to a magic travelling circus set in the late 1800's. This costume was full of drama when the translucent wings were unfurled. 

Molly Richardson I

 

Molly Richardson had missed out on puppetry in first year joining the ECA Performance Costume course in 2nd year, so she used her final year as an opportunity to catch up on what she had missed creating a puppet for the Scottish folk tale, 'The Boy From The Wolf People and Four Eyes'. Four eyes is the dog puppet, maned by the boy whose costume was created from woven tartan. 

Jack Rocks I

 

Above photography by Mihaela Bodlovic

Jack Rocks's design for Vicar Amelia a prequel to 2015 video game 'Bloodborne' set as an opera in 1850's Edinburgh. following a team of researchers who gain religious power from a mysterious healing blood. this costume has a capillary of piping through which blood is pumped through the chest piece. 

I love the spinal pleating on the back!

The Red Dress

 

The Red Dress project, conceived by British artist Kirstie Macleod (above), provides an artistic platform for individuals, particularly women, and communities around the world, many of whom are vulnerable and/or live in poverty, to tell their stories through embroidery.

From 2009 to 2023, pieces of The Red Dress and later the completed garment travelled the globe being embroidered onto. Constructed out of 87 panels of burgundy silk dupion, the dress has been worked on by 367 women/girls, 11 men/boys and two non-binary artists from 51 countries, earning it a place in the Guinness World Records 2025 for the largest collaborative embroidery project. 

Sister Stitch

Sister Stitch are a group of women refugees of war now returned to their home town of Podujëve, Kosovo, following the brutal war carried out by Serbia 1998-99.

The women have created hundreds of beautiful, unique and poignant embroidered birds, each with varying words about their experience of the war, a historical artefact and emblem of peace and recovery.