Accuracy earns trust
We cite our sources. Every historical build ships with a reference pack naming the garments, portraits and pattern books behind it.
About the atelier
A workroom of makers who research before they cut.
MythenCraft is a bespoke costume atelier of cutters, corsetières, dyers and armourers. We have costumed 240 productions since 2008, and we still fit every garment on the body it was made for.
Our story
From two benches to a full-service costume house.
We began by making the parts nobody else wanted to make: corsets, bum rolls, padded understructure — the invisible engineering that gives a period silhouette its shape. That grounding still defines the atelier. We build from the inside out.
Today the team covers pattern cutting, tailoring, embroidery, millinery, dyeing, sculpted armour and breakdown. We work directly with costume designers, production designers and performers, and we are equally comfortable executing another designer's drawing or developing a character's look from the script.
What we hold to
Four commitments that shape every commission.
The performer comes first
A costume that can't be moved, breathed or fought in has failed. Movement fittings are non-negotiable in our process.
Made where we can see it
Cutting, structure, embroidery and finishing stay in our own workroom, so quality checks happen at the bench rather than at delivery.
Built to be repaired
Generous seam allowances, documented patterns and retained offcuts mean a garment can be altered or restored years later.
Milestones
Eighteen years of building.
- 2008
Founded as a two-bench corsetry workroom making structure for regional theatre.
- 2013
First feature-film wardrobe: forty period garments across a twelve-week schedule.
- 2017
Dye house and breakdown bench added, bringing ageing and colour work in-house.
- 2021
Sculpted armour and thermoplastic studio opened for futuristic and fantasy builds.
- 2026
A team of fourteen makers serving film, opera, touring theatre and commissioned cosplay.