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Education and training

1992-1996 B.A. in Liberal Arts, Sarah Lawrence College, New York.

1996-1997 Master of Studies in European Literature, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.

1997-2000 D.Phil. in Modern Languages, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford.

2000-2001 LOCN Millinery, Kensington and Chelsea College.

2001-2002 HNC diploma in Millinery, Kensington and Chelsea College.

Costume Design

Out of Line (dir. Gemma Brockis) for Gisele Edwards, The Circus Space, 2003 (Jerwood Circus Award).

Macbeth (dir. James Phillips), Crucible Studio Sheffield, 2003.

Out of Line (dir. Gemma Brockis) for Gisele Edwards, Jackson's Lane, 2002.

The Tennis Show (dir. David Rosenberg) for shunt, The Museum Of, 2000.

The Dybbuk (dir. Mark Rosenblatt), Battersea Arts Centre, 1999 (James Menzies-Kitchin Award).

The Taming of the Shrew (dir. Mark Rosenblatt) and Macbeth (dir. James Phillips), Japan tour: venues included Osaka Maytheatre and Tokyo Globe, 1998.

Volpone (dir. Toby Frow), Oxford Playhouse, 1998.

Peer Gynt (dir. Mark Rosenblatt), Oxford Playhouse, 1997.

Ghetto (dir. Mark Rosenblatt), Oxford Playhouse, 1996.

Installations

Out of Line (accompanying the performance), The Circus Space, 2003.

Strong Enough - a costume installation, Shunt Arch, 2000.

Millinery

Awarded Arts Council Grant for the Arts (2006).

Sunday in the Park with George (dir. Sam Buntrock), Menier Chocolate Factory, London, and Wyndham's Theatre (2005-6).

Winner of The Hat Designer of the Year 2005 Competition, awarded by The Hat Magazine and The British Hat Guild in August 2005.

Member of Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen, (2005 - ), 3 exhibitions yearly.

Tropicana (dir. David Rosenberg) for shunt, The Shunt Vaults, London, 2004-ongoing.

Dig Deep (chor. Abby Bender) for Kick|Stand|Dance, Triskelion Arts (New York), 2004.

Exhibitor at Origin (2006), London Fashion Week (2004 - 2006), Chelsea Crafts Fair (2003-2005), The London Hat Show (2004), East London Design Show (2003).

Junior Milliner at Stephen Jones Millinery, 2002-2003.