About

Jessica Corlett is an arts & events professional known for her range of craft and costume making skills.

Education and early costume career:

Jessica graduated from London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London (2007) with a degree in Costume Design for the Performing Arts. She got started costume supervising small films on the Isle of Man, and costume making for Sky, the Royal Opera and Angels the Costumiers.

Early Career - Assistant Directing:

From 2009 - 2016 Jessica worked as an Assistant Director, coordinating film shoots and crew for UK film and television. She worked on a host of period dramas and blockbusters including The Iron Lady, Downton Abbey and Rush. Latterly she specialised in directing and managing Child Performers. 

After many years on film sets, an unexpected series of events found her side stepping from production, back to managing the wardrobe and dressing talent on a cookery TV show. This led to more work in styling and fashion and brought her back into the professional world of textiles and costumes.

Today - Arts Events, Education, and Costume:

Since 2017 Jessica has been coordinating programmes of arts events and activities, and teaching a variety or creative craft workshops and experiences.  She does this alongside freelance costume work in film and tv. She works equally across the arts, entertainment, events and education industries.

In 2022 she completed a CORe Credential of Readiness certificate program at Havard Business School Online, compromised of 3 courses: Business Analytics, Economics for Managers and Financial Accounting. 

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