Jasmin is a Liverpool based costume designer, whose work is character driven and story led. Every detail is considered, often with a backstory the viewer will never know, creating a depth of reality that allows costume to become an integral part of the visual language of film.
Recent work includes Giant, Rowan Athale’s biopic of 90s boxing icon Prince Naseem Hamed, spanning more than twenty years of leopard print, vintage gold and the classic three stripes. She also designed Turbulence, a hot-air-balloon disaster film directed by Claudio Fäh. Her most recent release is One Last Shot, the final instalment of James Nunn’s military-action One Shot trilogy, which hits UK screens on 2 October.
Growing up with a love of dressing up, playing make-believe, and getting lost in a good book, Jasmin first discovered the world of costume through an illustrated book of ballet stories. At sixteen, she began to question her aspirations of becoming an environmental lawyer and started dreaming of art school instead. Costume felt like the perfect meeting point for her interests in art, literature, history, fashion, film and performance.
She went on to study Costume for Performance at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. Her first design job followed soon after graduating, designing an original ballet for London Children’s Ballet. Little Lord Fauntleroy debuted at the Peacock Theatre on London’s West End. In a moment of unlikely synchronicity, Dame Darcey Bussell, who had written the foreword to that same illustrated book of ballet stories, was a patron of the company and attended opening night.
Since then, Jasmin has worked across film and television for over a decade, designing shorts and feature-length films across a wide range of genres and visual worlds. Her work includes the colourful comic-book action of Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday, the dark British comedy of Paul Dood’s Deadly Lunchbreak, and the pastel-hazed, sumptuous world of the all-female Tell That to the Winter Sea. Her portfolio ranges from invisible costuming and period detail to military action and highly stylised, high-concept design. Across this variety, her approach remains rooted in character, creating a coherent costume language from an often eclectic mix of references.
Her passion for the environment never disappeared. She is committed to finding a more sustainable and ethical approach to costuming. Having built an extensive stock that creates a strong foundation for any project, she prioritises seeking out unique second-hand pieces wherever possible, the use of natural fibres, and continually looks for ways to balance a greener industry with the demands of seamless storytelling.
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