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Despite Achieving Pay Parity, Some Costume Designers Say ‘We’re Underpaid’
Costume designers discuss pay equity on a panel for Variety's Artisan Exchange.
Kalfus, whose credits also include “Hidden Figures” and “Chocolat,” noted that costume designers often carry a heavy load as department heads. In addition to fittings and running an entire team of cutters, tailors, seamstresses and more, as department heads, Robinson said the job means “having to manage 25 people and 25 personalities. For now, the biggest win for costume designers isn’t just achieving pay parity — something they’ve spent years fighting for — but having the power to negotiate above the base.
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