Migliore for The Patriot was the same supervisor she had worked with six
years earlier on her first film, Speechless.
Although work has not proved to be as consistent as it might have been
on the West Coast, Migliore has nonetheless established her name as a cos-
tumer with impressive credits. During leaner times, she worked various
part-time jobs and formed
Glamour Cats to sell purses she
designs and creates. She is cur-
rently pursuing options to
again relocate to Los Angeles.
Professional Profile:
Kathie L. Pierson, Costumer,
Set Costumer, or Tailor
"Seeing [my] name in the
credits. I love that," says cos-
tumer Kathie L. Pierson, who
grew up in Delaware. A skilled
seamstress, she began working
in costuming when she was
20 to earn money for college. Her
first costume job was in theater, working at The Grand Opera House in
Wilmington, North Carolina. She later graduated with a bachelor's degree
in fine arts from the University of Delaware, with distinction in ceramics.
Her entrance into filmmaking came as a result of membership in the
IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) union
through her theater work, which is the same union for film costumers.
Pierson's union card enabled her to land work on the movie Beloved when
the production came to North Carolina. There she met and worked for
Cha Blevins, "who is the best wardrobe supervisor from California."
Blevins later hired Pierson to work on The Time Machine.
Following Beloved, Pierson was hired as an assistant costumer for The
Sixth Sense when it shot in Philadelphia, and as a costumer for Numbers
when it shot in Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania. When not
working on a film, Pierson
can be found working at the
same theater where she origi-
nally started out: The Grand
Opera House.
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What do you like
least about your job?
"Sometimes we work
really long hours--
16 hours a day, six to
seven days a week."
--Kathie L. Pierson
What do you love most
about your job?
"I really like the extras. Those are the folks
I usually take care of."--Kathie L. Pierson
VOICES OF
EXPERIENCE
"Don't tell
anyone you can sew
unless you want to
be a tailor."
--Kathie L. Pierson
CAREER TIPS
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