
Maximilien Robespierre Did Nothing Wrong.
In 2022 I had the privilege of working as the lead costume designer for Stockton Theatre Company's production of "Maximilien Robespierre Did Nothing Wrong", written by award winning writers Nora Brigid Monahan and Alexander Sage Oyen. The show featured a punk rock rendition of the French Revolution. For the costumes I pulled inspiration from 90's Punk Rock culture, DIY punk clothing, Y2K trends, and the historical elements of 18th Century fashion trends in France.
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Maximilien Robespierre's Jacket
The true show stopper was Robespierre's Jacket. In my punk-ified version of a justacorp, I transformed the common 18th century men's knee length coat into a jean trench, littered with patches and embellishments. I took inspiration from the diy punk craze of the 1970's, with the style and flare of late 90's and early 2000's "Pop Punk".
Each patch is significant to a historical event or fact of the French Revolution, or an event from the show.
Each design choice was intentional, such as why I chose for the trim of the jacket to be striped. If a man wore stripes in France during the late 1700's, it would signify that he was in support of the revolution. Seeing as how Robespierre was "the man behind revolution", he absolutely had to have stripes incorporated into his design.

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