Last year, after decades of fighting, costume designers achieved pay parity.
As part of the General Basic Agreement Negotiations with IATSE, the Costume Designer Guild reached a deal which saw costume designers receiving a wage increase of over 40%, bringing the scale rate in line with similar creative peers. It was a landmark win for the guild, which had spent years fighting for pay equity.
Despite that, some costume designers feel there’s still a pay gap.
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“I think we’re underpaid,” said “Another Simple Favor” costume designer Renée Ehrlich Kalfus on a panel with fellow costume designers Natalie Humphries (“The
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