Experience
1990-present Nightwing Whitehead
Owner and Designer
Design and create custom clothing, from design concept, patterns, fittings, to final garment presentation
Designed and created professional wardrobe for Kristin Holby (Shad Derby Princess Royal 2002), Rachel Klein (Shad Derby Contestant 2003)
Design a small line of sportswear under the Nightwing label with a Renaissance feel (feminine, soft, romantic)
Design and Create for theatre
Gilbert & Sullivan Society of Connecticut, as Contributing Designer: The Mikado
Goodspeed Opera House, as Stitcher: Me & My Girl
Hole In the Wall Theater, as Costume Director: "1776", The Colored Museum, "LINT! The Musical", "A Winter's Tale"
Ivoryton Playhouse, as Costume Director: Scrooge, Taming of the Shrew, You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
JCC on the Palisades, as Costumer: "Chanukah Chutzpah", "Little Shop of Horrors", "Pippin"
New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, as "First Hand Designer: "As You Like It", "Camino Real", "Wonderland and What Was Found There"
Repertory Theater of New Britain, as Co-Designer: Midsummer Night's Dream
River Rep at Ivoryton, as Costume Designer: The Mystery of Edwin Drood
River Rep at Ivoryton, as Wardrobe Supervisor: Chapter Two, Light Up the Sky
Studio Players of Upper Montclair, as Costume Director: "Cheaper by the Dozen", "Cinderella", "Pinocchio", "Schoolhouse Rock", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White", "Winnie the Pooh"
Underdog Productions, as Contributing Designer: Rocky Horror Picture Show
Design and Create for film
Jude Flore Productions, as Costume Director: "Hotel Lottery"
Noble Gas, as Video Costumer: Horizontal Gravity
Design and Create for entertainment venues
Dressing for Pleasure: Garments for performance art
Foster Family Farm Corn Maze: Atmosphere through costumery
New Britain Museum of American Art: Costumes for Paintings Come to Life, as part of the 100th Anniversary
Sho Productions: Garments for The Glamour Girls, The Dyn-O-Myte Disco Review
Baycrafters Renaissance Faire (Bay Village, OH), King Richard's Faire (Carver, MA), New Jersey Renaissance Kingdom (Somerset, NJ), Sterling Forest Renaissance Faire (Tuxedo, NY), Sterling Renaissance Festival (Sterling, NY): Clothe assundry workers, crafters
Design for industry
Executive Apparel: design a line of uniforms for use at a casino and hotel
Recreate interiors for antique vehicles
Instructor
Beginning to intermediate sewing classes, on a group basis
Costuming skills for children and adults
Individualized instruction in sewing and costuming
1997-2001 Philadelphia University
Bachelor of Science degree in Fashion Design
Proficient in all aspects of design: concept, idea boards, patternmaking, to finished garment
Managing editor for The Text, a biweekly on-campus newspaper
Contributing writer for StyleLine, a fashion newsletter
Expert skills in CorelDraw®, Gerber Pattern Design®, Linux®, Photoshop®, PrimaVision®
"Best Senior Collection-Honorable Mention" award at 2001 FIA Fashion Design Show
Contributing Designer at Philadelphia-based Benefit for Parkinson's Disease
1986-1989 Monmouth College
Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science
Monmouth College Honors Graduate
1983-1990 AT&T: Systems Developer, Senior Program Analyst
Develop computer techniques, programs, methodologies, and systems
Part of original team developing Datakit II®, ISN ®, Merlin Communication System®
Proficiencies: DEC/VAX, Assembly, BASIC, C, COBOL, FORTRAN, IBM JCL, Pascal, UNIX®
1977-1983 Pennsylvania State University
Associate of Science degree in Computer Science
Keystone Honor Society
Pennsylvania State University Highest Honors Graduate
Professional Woman's Scholarship
Memberships
Costume Society of America (1989+)
Fantasy and Legend Organization (1987-2000)
International Costumer's Guild (1988+)
Society for Creative Anachronism (1986-2002)
Wadsworth Atheneum- Hartford, CT (2001+)
Windsor Historical Society (2001+)
Windsor Chamber of Commerce (2001+)
Windsor Women's Club (2002+)
Design Philosophy
If you can describe it, I can create it.