We are IATSE Local 705, better known as the Motion Picture Costumers. We have been doing our job with art, expertise, and style for over 80 years.

We research, pull, fit, pin, sew, create, shop, and build costumes, ensuring every single performer arrives on set dressed in character. We are detail-oriented continuity guards, with the knowledge and experience to find costume solutions to keep the cameras rolling.

Motion Picture Costumers are skilled, creative Artisans and Craftspeople who make every costume design a reality. When it comes to the fine points of costuming we are the experts, with a variety of creative experience that allows the filmmaker’s wildest visions to be realized. We’ve diversified and specialized into numerous expert roles, from Dyers and Drapers to Fitters and Finished Costumers. What ever the costume need, we’ve got it covered with our different membership classifications.

MPC 705 supports our members by representing them in the collective bargaining process, then by enforcing those collective bargaining agreements. We provide education and training for members to build and enhance their skill sets.

MPC 705 also creates opportunities for members to promote themselves and network at job-marketing events. Belonging to our union brings members into a proud and powerful family of fellow Costumers that offers the security and protection from exploitation that nonunion Costumers lack.

As a responsible labor union, we reach out beyond our own interests and dedicate our resources to help support working families in our community through charitable donations and volunteer efforts. We are passionately involved in community outreach programs, and generously support charities like the United Way, the Motion Picture and Television Fund, the Entertainment Community Fund, our own MPC 705 scholarship program, and more.

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