Sophie is a costume designer, creator and teacher, originally from Glasgow, now based in London. They work across multiple disciplines, specialising in costumes for movement, contemporary dance and performance art, exploring costume as a storytelling device, a communication tool through which to understand, reflect and change the world around them. They are interested in how it feels to wear a costume as well as what it looks like. Currently, they are experimenting with materials and exploring sustainable approaches to design, focusing more on people, process and materials to maximise wellbeing and minimise waste.

Recent projects include costume styling for photoshoots and short films with The National Theatre (‘Grapes of Wrath’, ‘The Crucible’ ), costume supervising for Hofesh Shechter Company (‘New Creation’, ‘For England With Love’, ‘Light Bach Dances’ ) and costume collaboration with Theo Clinkard for Manchester International Festival (‘The F**gots & Their Friends Between The Revolutions’ ).

Sophie also works with Patricia Villirillo on costumes for live performance, music videos, photoshoots and sepcial events with bands including The 1975, Japanese House, Bleachers, Beabadoobee and Pale Waves.

Sophie is an Associate Lecturer at University of the Arts London and also teaches on the Costume Design For Performance short course at Central Saint Martins.

Contact: studio@sophieruthdonaldson.com