Biography

Costume designer Cynthia Nordstrom

A blend of Fashion and Costume Design, Cynthia Nordstrom’s range of design has been seen worldwide from Broadway to the Marvel Universe. Based in the NYC area, she is a designer whose advanced color studies with material and light experimentation, have been an integral part of her process to help tell the story.

Alongside costume design, Cynthia works as a creative director and in character development.

Cynthia debuted her first gown in Paris while only a senior in Fashion Design, and then turned her focus back to the stage.

Her edgy dance designs started with Disney stages and tours, and she continued designing and producing costumes worldwide for a wide range of tours and shows on stage, ice and screen. For the past 20 years she has partnered with Universal Studios, Sesame Street, Illuminations, Dreamworks, Sanrio, Nintendo, Pokemon, and Moonbug Animation, to fabricate and deliver the debut of character development from off the screen to Live show reality.

Costume designer Cynthia Nordstrom

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Current & Upcoming

  • Creative Director, The Icehouse Hotel (movie, in development)
  • Creative Director, One Wintry Night (TV special)
  • Costume Designer, “Etta” (movie, in development)
  • Costume Designer, workshop presentation of the US version of the new musical “Poupelle of Chimney Town”

Awards & Honors

Cynthia Nordstrom at the World Haute Couture designer competition in Paris, in front of the Fédération Française de la Couture du Prêt-à-Porter wall
Cynthia at the World Haute Couture designer competition, Paris

Collaborators

Companies and venues

Walt Disney World Disney on Ice and Disney Live (Feld Entertainment) Marvel Universe Live (Feld Entertainment) Universal Studios Japan Universal Studios Beijing Universal Studios Florida Stage Entertainment (Holiday on Ice) Moonbug Mattel Sanrio Big Apple Circus Curve, Leicester The Kennedy Center Metro Theater Company Skylight Music Theatre Studio's Aalsmeer FOX

Directors

JoAnn M. Hunter Julia Flood Amy Tinkham Jaimie Selke Bart Doerfler Mark Lamos Hinton Battle Billy Van Zandt Glenn Casale Joey Tillenger Shanda Sawyer

Behind the Scenes

Cynthia Nordstrom with friends in front of a Slice of the Burg mural
Selfie of Cynthia Nordstrom with friends beneath the bell tower in Venice
Cynthia Nordstrom with colleagues around a worktable of fabric and costume materials
Cynthia Nordstrom fitting a costume piece on a performer
Cynthia Nordstrom in a green coat with a fur collar, posing with a friend in a costume shop
Cynthia Nordstrom sewing a costume
At the machine
Cynthia Nordstrom and a friend smiling in the front seat of a car
Cynthia Nordstrom holding a costume sketch beside a garment on a dress form
Cynthia Nordstrom with friends in front of a glowing heart light sculpture at night
Cynthia Nordstrom sitting on a counter in a costume shop
Group selfie of Cynthia Nordstrom and friends laughing in a hallway
Cynthia Nordstrom in sunglasses at a design table covered with costume sketches
Cynthia Nordstrom with a young girl in front of a Rocktopia backdrop
Cynthia Nordstrom with a group of friends at night by a river and a lit-up bridge
Cynthia Nordstrom and a colleague working at a table covered with patterns and fabric
Selfie of Cynthia Nordstrom in sunglasses in front of framed artwork
Cynthia Nordstrom and friends posing with a bronze statue on a bench
Cynthia Nordstrom striking a playful pose in a rehearsal studio
Cynthia Nordstrom with a friend at a party
Selfie of Cynthia Nordstrom in a cap and glasses under purple light

Off Stage

Off stage, Cynthia’s favorite role is mom.

Cynthia Nordstrom cheek to cheek with her young child
Cynthia Nordstrom hugging her child
Cynthia Nordstrom with her two kids

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