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Charlotte Rose is the business name of dress maker Amy Cunningham. Experienced in making many types of costume, from historical to contemporary, theatrical to fancy dress, for adults to children, and for many special occasions. Whether you have a particular costume design in mind or want a reproduction from a photograph or painting. Amy will be able to bring it to life.

On this site you will find examples of some of her work and commissions by clicking on the 'About Us' section.

A littel bit more about Amy: she started studying the history of garment making in 1998 and has gained qualifications in Theatre Arts, Costume Design and Making and Fashion Design.

Amy lives in the East of England with her husband and baby girl. She works throughout the UK for Stage and Screen. She has spent time at Angels The Costumiers London as an alterations assistant for stage and screen production these inculeding Harry Potter and Pirates of the Carribean to name a few. She then went on to work in television as a costume assistant on the popular police drama 'The Bill'. Goin on from theses to become a Military Tailor for the HM Forces.

While doing all these things she still managese to fit in some work for a few theatres and touring companies.

If you think that Amy could help you then please visit the 'contact' page for details of how to get in touch. No matter if its big or small or if it only need a little adjustment.

She's her to help!

Its all in the Making

There is two ways in which this can be done. But both start in the same way.

To start with it is useful to have a few images or just one which can portray the idea of which you have for the type of costume you wish to have made.

If you are able to come for a consultation:

The frist meeting would be to discuss the work involved, and approiximate cost and the time scale. The prices are all individually depending on your personnel needs and period of clothing..
If you are not able to come for a consultation then the above can be done via emails and phone calls.

After this frist stage if you wish to go ahead then I would need a deposit for materials and measurements.

If you could come to be measured that is great
If this is not possiable then a measurement form can be sent to you.

The frist stage of making would be to make up a "toile" which is a rough version from calico. This will be a base of the frist fitting for alterations.

If this is a mail order sitiuation then a dress stand will be padded out to your size so alterations can be done that way.

Depending on the amount of work involved, the costume may take from a few weeks to a couple of months to complete.

All costume are hand made to fit your measurements.

Please contact me if you need more information.

Charlotte Rose

Historical and Modern Dress Makers