If you’ve ever been to a UW School of Drama performance, then in all likelihood you have seen actors in costumes built by the costume shop or from the extensive collection of stock in the drama building.
The costume shop is located on the ground floor of Hutchinson Hall. It’s a room filled with work tables, cupboards full of fabric and notions, drawers of thread, and a dozen sewing machines and ironing boards. This excludes the eight stockrooms located throughout the building filled to the ceiling with everything from trousers of the 17th century to a whole room of opera dresses and military garb.