Lauren Gaston is a costume designer, illustrator, entrepreneur, and climate advocate.
Lauren develops the visual identity for companies around the world. Over the last decade, Lauren has designed 50+ productions across North & South America, Europe, and Asia. Her design work has been featured by The Juilliard School in NYC, The A.A. Bakruhshin State Theatre Museum in Russia and Time Lapse Dance in NYC. While Lauren currently calls New York City base camp, she is a woman at home in the world.
Lauren is a professional problem solver. Lauren tailors design solutions to fit the unique vision of each company she collaborates with. She has assisted in communicating and implementing design standards for multi-million dollar productions and overseen the workflow of costume builds in Hong Kong and New York City. Whether designing a re-imagined classic or developing a dance piece using upcycled plastic, Lauren employs historical context but also enjoys drawing outside of the lines.
Lauren loves storytelling. Costumes are Lauren’s current medium of choice for shaping characters and narrative, and she enjoys the window into history that textiles provide. Lauren is drawn to highly collaborative, and movement-based work. She cares deeply about stories that herald new voices and ideas and collaborations that approach the creative process through a lens of sustainability.
Current & Recent Work:
• Grayhorse | ACD/Fitter
• Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival | Sustainability Consultant
• Broadway Green Alliance | Interim Director
Publications and Award Winning Work
