MACKENZIE HUGHES



I designed, draped, cut, constructed, dyed and silk painted this corset. Made with coutil and silk.

Draper and Designer: Mackenzie Hughes
First Hand: Ollie Gretok
Made for UNC School of the Arts' backstock

Designer: Erin Reed Carter
Draper: Alexandra Hargett
First Hand: Riley O'sullivan
Stitcher: Mackenzie Hughes
Made for the Texas Shakespeare Festival's 2024 production of Sweeney Todd Directed by Whitney Branan

I patterned, cut, and constructed this corset, using coutil, steel, and spiral boning provided by UNC School of the Arts.

I patterned, cut, and constructed these Elizabethan stays using jacquard and steel boning.

Designer: Zoey Gilreath
Draper: Hannah Ferkol
First Hand: Mackenzie Hughes
Made for UNC School of the Arts' 2023 production of Mother Courage and Her Children

Patterned, cut, and stitched by me, with materials provided by UNC School of the Arts. Made with coutil, using spiral and steel boning

I cut and constructed this 19th Century corset. Made of coutil, using spiral, steel, and German plastic boning, all provided by UNC School of the Arts.

I created both textiles using precut quilting rolls, and then I patterned, cut, and constructed the corset using plastic boning.

I patterned, cut, and constructed these lilac stays, made with linen and plastic boning.




























































