Anna Cahill
At A Glance
| Job Title | Costume Designer, Freelancer |
| Industry | Film, Fashion |
| Profession | View More Costume Designer |
| Expertise | Film |
| Level | Junior |
| Profession | Writer |
| Expertise | Journalism, Other |
| Level | Junior |
| Profession | Fashion Designer |
| Expertise | Apparel |
| Level | Junior |
| Availability | Looking for Work |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Will relocate | Yes |
| Residency / Visa | Australia / New Zealand |
My Loop
About Me
Fresh from a mind cleanse and creative mojo restoration in the UK, and ready to tackle anything and everything head-on.
Education
| 2009-2010 |
Fachochschule Hannover, Germany Fashion Design From September 2009 - February 2010 I studied fashion design under Professor Martina Glomb at the FH, Hannover. |
| 2011 |
Central Saint Martins, London Costume Design for Burlesque, Costume design for Stage and Screen, Costume Making At London's Central Saint Martins, I undertook 3 short design courses. |
| 2007-2010 |
University of Technology, Sydney Bachelor of Design, Fashion and Textiles, second class honours Four year Fashion and Textile degree, with submajor in textiles. |
Employment History
| 2008-present |
Columnist ATASDA For the Australian Textile and Surface Design Association's quarterly newsletter, Fibreline, I write a regular column on fashion and Textiles from a young person's perspective. For a year and a half I also wrote profiles on various designers after interviewing them. |
| 2010-2011 |
Freelance Costume Designer Exist Media, Staple Fiction Costume Designer for music video clip for Soul Digger, by Alba Varden Costume designer for Jebediah's film clip for "She's Like a Comet" Costume Designer for music video clip of 360's song "Killer" |
| 2011 |
Freelance Costume designer Director Billie Pleffer I worked as costume designer, sourced the garments and was an on-set stand-by for Billie Pleffer's VCA post-graduate short film, "Boy". |
| 2011 |
Freelance Costume Stylist Director Sean Gaji Coming onto the project only a few days before the shoot started, I helped source costumes as well as then acting as on-set stylist and stand-by costume designer. |
| 2011 |
Fashion Editor Clew Magazine Working as fashion editor and stylist for new online magazine, Clew. |
| 2012 |
Costume maker and assistant Bang Costume Design Working with designer Matthew Aberline. Projects include Mardi Gras 2012, Jagermeister uniforms, Kylie Minogue backup dancer costumes, Biddies finale costumes, STC production Faust, Opera House's Babies Proms |
Awards & Achievements
| 2007 |
Singer Young Designer Award Runner Up I entered the dress and accessories I designed for my year 12 major design project into the Singer Young Designer competition run in Machine Embroidery and Textile Art magazine. My entry was chosen as a finalist, and so was published in an edition of the magazine. It was then awarded runner up in the competition, and so was exhibited at the Stitches Show in Sydney before travelling around Australia and being exhibited at similar events.The dress was constructed using a fabric I made from used plastic bags. the award honoured design as well as craftsmanship and innovation. |
| 2008 |
Australian Sewing Guild's National Fashion Awards, Wearable Art Winner, Overall Runner Up Using a dress I made, Wood Nymph Symphony, I entered the ASG’s NFA in the Wearable Art section. The dress was chosen as the winner of this section, as well as receiving the overall Runner up for Outstanding Excellence award. The dress was paraded at the awards, exhibited and paraded at Textile Fibre Forum in Orange, and was featured in an edition of the NSA's newsletter. |
| 2010 |
Art U Wear Finalist With the theme Alice in Wonderland, I construted a dress for the Red Queen. It was chosen as one of around 20 finalists to be exhibited as part of the Brisbane Textile Arts festival. |
| 2010 |
Art of Recycling Finalist Using the vintage inspired outfit I designed and made in Germany, which is made using more than 50% recycled materials, I was chosen as one of around 20 finalists in this competition, being exhibited as a result. |
| 2012 |
Berlinale Best film, International Jury A short film I acted as costume designer and production designer on, BINO, won best film by International Jury and Special Mention by Kinder Jury in Berlin's Film festival, Berlinale |
Favorite Websites & Blogs
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Dot Dot Dot With Envy |
Skills
Off the record...
| Listening to: | Anything King Kahn or rockabilly. |
| Watching: | Doctor Who |
| Reading: | Items related to Sustainable Fashion, Classics |
| Doing: | Lots of short film shoots, and not much sleep. |
