✺ A Home for Bay Area Costuming Professionals ✺
Bringing together costume and wardrobe professionals across the Bay Area to grow, connect, and elevate the craft.
Join The Collective
Joining Bay Wardrobe Collective means becoming part of a supportive, collaborative community of costuming professionals who are dedicated to elevating the craft and industry as a whole. By becoming a member, you'll gain access to exclusive resources, educational opportunities, and a network of like-minded artists committed to growth, respect, and shared success.
What We Offer:
Whether you're looking for your next collaborator, your next skill, or just someone who gets it - we've built the spaces for all of it at Bay Wardrobe.
Networking:
Costuming can be isolating. We're changing that. Through monthly in-person gatherings and a buzzing Slack community, BWC members stay connected, share opportunities, lift each other up, and occasionally help each other find their next gig.
Workshops:
Learning never stops. Our monthly workshops are taught by working professionals and cover everything from technical skills; draping, aging, alterations, to career essentials like rate negotiation and union questions. All levels welcome.
Member Directory
Find and be found. Browse the BWC member directory to discover collaborators, specialists, and colleagues across the Bay Area. Need a ager/dyer for a film shoot? Looking for a costume supervisor with opera experience? Start here.
Help Us Build Something Lasting
Bay Wardrobe Collective is a community-funded not for profit entity that is fiscally sponsored by the incredible folks at Intersection For the Arts. Your donation goes directly to programming, education, and resources that support working costume professionals. Every dollar counts.