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Custom design of the iconic rainbow dress, including materials selection, pattern cutting, fittings, making. The dress was fitted & made for Lucie Jones who will be the principal actress in this '13 going on 30' musical coming to theatres in Machester in autumn 2025.

Costume design/making: Magda Durka

Production: ROYO

Styling: Brittany Taylor

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Simply MAD Walrus costumes...

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Walruses commissioned by LADBible for Virgin Media pr campaign, sponsoring rowing team at the ‘Great River Race` in London - September 2024.

Team:

Magda Durka: Costume designer, maker, skins research, development, design adaptation, airbrushing, colour matching & direction.

Robin Gething: Designer, fittings engineer, skins research and development, whiskers and parts assembly.

Tooby Riveira: Latex specialist, airbrush artist.

For LADBible & Virgin Media.

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Walruses commissioned by LADBible for Virgin Media pr campaign, sponsoring rowing team at the ‘Great River Race` in London - September 2024.

Team:

Magda Durka: Costume designer, maker, skins research, development, design adaptation, airbrushing, colour matching & direction.

Robin Gething: Designer, fittings engineer, skins research and development, whiskers and parts assembly.

Tooby Riveira: Latex specialist, airbrush artist.

For LADBible & Virgin Media.

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Walruses commissioned by LADBible for Virgin Media pr campaign, sponsoring rowing team at the 'Great River Race` in London - September 2024.

This was a high budget advertising project with incredibly fast turnaround. We were asked to Walrusify these 3d printed headpieces to match the Walrus in Virgin Media's advert. The pieces were quite crude, in rough prototyping stage and arrived in parts.

I recruited highly skilled team of materials engineers. We assembled the pieces using industrial grade, rapid epoxy with curing time of 2hrs. We hand sanded the pieces until time allowed us.

Previously we experimented, eventually colour matching and arriving at most desired textures for the Walrus's skin & features. We pre-made custom sheets and skin textures which we could apply onto the headpieces. We used liquid latex to create skins. We used latex paints to airbrush colours and define textures.

Late arrival of the parts as well as quality of material used forced us to adapt our process to only painting and shading of the headpieces. We used model painting acrylics, Tamiya paints, airbrushing these onto our Walruses. Eyes & whiskers, internal padding, structure and strapping to fit onto rowers' heads. We had only 2 days to achieve this.

The client was happy with the results!

Team:

Magda Durka: Costume designer, maker, skins research, development, design adaptation, airbrushing, colour matching & direction.

Robin Gething: Designer, fittings engineer, skins research and development, whiskers and parts assembly.

Tooby Riveira: Latex specialist, airbrush artist.

For LADBible & Virgin Media.

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Mood, Made & designed as collaboration by: Hannah Sommer & Magda Durka.

Model: Mitsuki Yamoto.

35mm film photography: Sommer Hannah

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Made & designed by Hannah Sommer & Magda Durka. Model: Mitsuki Yamoto. 120mm film photography: Hannah Sommer.

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Made & designed by Hannah Sommer & Magda Durka.

Model: Mitsuki Yamoto.

35mm film photography: Sommer Hannah

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Collaboration design with Mass Psychosis US. Design and making of this sporty couture outfit: 19th century style, puffed sleeves and whole outfit from 'ya old' rave tent, discarded Siansbury's uniform and off cuts from Marvel bodysuits. Made & designed by Hannah Sommer & Magda Durka. Model: Mitsuki Yamoto.

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Tudor inspired, puffed sleeves. Making of the sleeves including banding applique, inserting elastics and hand finishing for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

Puffed Sleeves & Tudor period:

"The Tudor period of England, 1485 to 1603, introduced huge puff sleeves intended to signify the magnificence of the monarchy and its livery, all the individuals who served the Crown. According to Eleri Lynn, curator of the Royal Ceremonial Dress Collection of the Historic Royal Palaces, sumptuary laws in this time period regulated how the English populace was supposed to dress depending on social status. It’s estimated that in this time period, King Edward IV spent between five and six million pounds per year, in today’s currency, on the royal wardrobe. Monarchs who didn’t dress as opulently, such as Henry VI, were simply taken less seriously because “outward magnificence was inward virtue made tangible.” Lynn says that monarchs even wore “puff and pane sleeves” with slashes through them to signify that they were rich enough to have expensive garments underneath."

(https://www.stitchfashion.com/home//a-stitch-in-time-evolution-of-the-puff-sleeve)

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Design & making of the Elizabethan inspired, 16th century ruff, pleated collar. 25m of fabric used, organically hand pleated and stitched. Edging created with baby locked monofilament. Made for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

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Elizabethan Ruffs:

“Initially, ruffs had fairly modest dimensions.  However, the introduction of starch to England from the Continent after 1564 facilitated an expansion in the size of ruffs.  From 1580 to 1610, the ‘cartwheel’ ruff was popular, comprising up to six yards of material, starched into up to 600 pleats, and extending eight inches from the neck.  However, the more traditional, smaller versions continued to be worn (particularly by men), and had experienced a resurgence by 1600.” (https://historicalbritain.org/2013/07/22/elizabethan-ruffs/)

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Blood Red, lampshade crinoline for director of famous London's members club: Annabel's, commission for Prangsta Costumiers. Lampshade shape welded from steel & hand appliqued; hand made, silk chiffon skirt.

'Chicago', the musical inspired showgirl's bodysuit & hat for Prangsta Costumiers, London. Making of the bodysuit, industrial machine sewing, applique, hand sewing, beading, embellishment.

Late 16th century stays inspired corset, Prangsta Costumiers, London. Pattern cutting, inserting of the cording, hand finishing.

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Neck corset/collar: alterations for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

Showgirls, corsetted bodysuits: reconstructing beads, replacing boning, inputting eyelets & lining, finishings for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

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Black shirt design & development, applique, hand sewing for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

Blood Shot, red shirt. Design, development, collar and cuffs tailoring, pad stitching, hand sewing, applique for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

Purple Shirt: design, development, collar and cuffs tailoring, beading, hand sewing, applique for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

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Waistcoats reconstruction & repair, including buttons remaking & replacement for Prangsta Costumiers, London.

Hand Sewing, including pin stitching.

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Kawaii Monster Swirl' - fantasy, anime, furry hood with eyeballs & paws for client Marina. I am developing the ears & paws patterns with multiple asymmetric, stripy panels, core construction layers & linings. Both went through multiple reiterations & fittings.

This work is done for my fantasy fashion brand 'Lipsticky Pig', which focuses on precision of fit & exquisite craftsmanship.

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'Kawaii Monster Swirl' - fantasy, anime, furry hood with eyeballs & paws for client Marina. I am developing the hood pattern, grading it to fit the wig worn by a client. Also developing the ears to get the right shape, placement & stripes pattern. The hood went through multiple reiterations & fittings.

This work is done for my fashion brand 'Lipsticky Pig'.