Stephanie Kong

Stephanie (she/her) is a Chinese Canadian Vancouver-based Costume Designer. She is a University of British Columbia graduate with a BFA in Theatre Design & Production. Before beginning her BFA studies at UBC, Stephanie earned a Diploma in Stagecraft & Event Technology at Douglas College. It’s been almost 12 years of working in the Theatre and Television industries on the west coast and this time has been filled with adventure, creativity, inspiring stories, and beautiful people.

While on her own constant journey of learning and growing, Stephanie has a soft spot for spearheading opportunities to create costuming roles that are valued equitably in the theatre industry while concurrently establishing positive work environments and uplifting all artists.

IN TELEVISION

Stephanie is known for her talents as a Costume Builder and has created costumes for SYFY’s The Magicians for Seasons 2-5 where she was nominated for a CAFTCAD* award for her work as a Cutter on The Magicians Season 4 in the “Excellence in Building” category. She worked as the Head Cutter on DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Seasons 6-7 leading a team to build a mixture of contemporary, period, and fantasy costumes.

Currently, she’s focusing on other parts of the costume department venturing into Assistant Costume Design and On Set experiences to further broaden her horizons and learn from the multi-talented and skilled costumers Vancouver has to offer.

IN THEATRE

Stephanie is primarily focussed in Costume Design. She has designed for many theatre companies in British Columbia such as the Arts Club Theatre, Western Canada Theatre, Pacific Theatre, Belfry Theatre, Urban Ink, Theatre Under the Stars, and Carousel Theatre for Young People. In her design process, the focus is always how to best tell the story and how to have a fun time doing it. Costumes fill a production with colour, envelopes each character in their own personal story, and hints to where those characters journeys might lead. She hopes her designs are a source of inspiration for each actors performance, and provides groundwork for the audience to absorb the subconscious reality of how personal an outfit can be.

AFFILIATIONS

Stephanie is a member of IATSE 891 (Costume Dept), IATSE 118 (Costume Dept), and the CAFTCAD* West Committee (Volunteer)

CURRENT PROJECTS

  • Costume Design: Cambodian Rock Band, Arts Club Theatre, March 2025

  • Super Top Secret Project, Spring 2025

  • Forever spoiling my dog Pesto [insta: @pestodoodle]

Resume [pdf]

 * the Canadian Alliance for Film and Television Costume Arts and Design