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A costume designer is a person who simply designs costumes for a film, stage production or television. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits/costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc.

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Average Costume Designer Yearly Salary in the United States. Costume Designers earn an average yearly salary of $31,752 Salaries typically start from $10,400 and go up to $69,400

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Freelance designers are hired for a specific production by a theatre, dance or opera company, and may or may not actually be local to the theatre they design for. A freelancer is traditionally paid in three portions, Upon hire, on delivery of final renderings, and opening night of the production. Freelancers are not forced to any exclusivity in what projects they work on, and may design for several productions at the same time.

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Residential Designer
A residential designer is hired by a specific theatre, dance or opera company for an extended series of productions. This can be as short as a summer, or may be for many years. A residential designer's contract may limit the amounts of freelance work they are allowed to accept. Unlike the freelancer, a residential designer is consistently at the theater, at hand to work with costume studio and other collaborators.

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An academic designer is one who holds professorship at a school. The designer is primarily an instructor, but may also act as a residential designer to varying degrees. They are often free to freelance, as their schedule allows. In the past, professors of costume design were mostly experienced professionals that may or may not have had formal post-graduate education, but it has now become increasingly common to require a professor to have at least a Master of fine arts in order to teach.

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http://getinmedia.com/careers/costume-designer

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https://www.productionbeast.com/blog/become-working-costume-designer/

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Employment of  a costume designer is projected to grow 3 percent from 2016 to 2026, slower than the average for all occupations. The projected decline in employment in the apparel manufacturing industry moderates the projected employment growth of costume designers

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There are many types of cloathing designers

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Cloathing Designers typically seek to enhance a character's personality, and to create an evolving plot of colour, changing social status, or period through the visual design of clothing and accessories. They may distort or enhance the body as long as it’s allowed by the director.