Kirstin Walsh in the costume basement at G.C.I.T photo by: Hayley Lynch
Kirstin Walsh is the drama program director and a theater instructor at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology where she has spent the past 14 years directing a countless number of shows in which she has gained the experience in looking for and creating costumes with an era inspired edge that fits the particular period of a play. Sitting in the program’s costume, fabric, shoe, and accessory laden basement, Walsh explains the process of searching for the right pieces for her show, but also gives some helpful advice where to go, such as Berlin’s Red White and Blue thrift store, and on how to navigate the endless possibilities of thrift hunting and conceptualizing that vintage look suggesting, “You just have to dive in and start digging through the racks.”
Blast from the Past 