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Sara M. Harvey (born March 11, 1976) is an American costume designer, and an author of fiction and nonfiction, most notably having written multiple articles for the Greenwood Encyclopedia of Clothing Through World History. She is a regular speaker on the subjects of costume design at science-fiction conventions, and has won awards for her plus-sized creations.[citation needed]
Sara M. Harvey | |
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Born | San Leandro, California, U.S. | March 11, 1976
Education | University of California, Santa Cruz (BA) New York University (MA) |
Occupation(s) | Writer and costumer |
Children | 1 |
Website | saramharvey.com |
Harvey was born in San Leandro, California, and grew up in the East Bay area of Castro Valley, California. She graduated from Moreau Catholic High School and attended college at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and California State University, East Bay in Hayward, California before earning a Bachelor of Arts in theater arts with an emphasis in costume design from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She later received a Master of Arts in visual culture, with an emphasis in costume history, from New York University.[1]
Harvey spent several years working for the costume department of the Renaissance Entertainment Corporation on events held in California and Wisconsin. She also spent a year and three months working in the Creative Costume Department of Walt Disney World in Orlando (Lake Buena Vista), Florida.
She was an instructor of design and fashion history at the International Academy of Design and Technology branch in Nashville, Tennessee, known as IADT Nashville,[2] which has since closed.[3] She makes frequent appearances at conventions, speaking about and demonstrating costuming techniques at conferences such as Arisia, MidSouthCon, Hypericon, and Archon.
Harvey lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband and child.
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