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Toni Bate
Toni is course leader for the MA Costume Design and Making programme at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), following on from her role there as head of costume. Prior to this she was a costume construction lecturer on the Costume with Textiles degree at the University of Huddersfield and has experience of teaching costume making at several other institutions. Since graduating from Liverpool’s prestigious Mabel Fletcher course in 1994, Toni has also worked as a costume maker, tailor and wardrobe supervisor for theatre, film and television. Toni is currently writing a book entitled The Fabric of Performance, based on her master’s by research, which explores the history and development of textiles in costume. Earlier publications have investigated the contribution of the theatrical costume maker to the reconstruction of historical performance costume, the social history of costume making, the concept of the costume store as a living archive and the implications of using surviving historical dress as costume.
Contact: Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA), Mount Street, Liverpool, L1 9HF, UK.