Costume maker living the dream on TV and film sets

Evie Bertram has worked on Hollywood films The Marvels and Meg 2: The Trench

A costume designer from Jersey said working on blockbuster films and TV dramas had been incredible.

Evie Bertram has worked on Hollywood films The Marvels and Meg 2: The Trench during her career and is also working on a production with Oscar-nominated director Ridley Scott.

The former Beaulieu Convent School pupil's latest work can be seen on Amazon Prime's My Lady Jane, a period drama about Lady Jane Grey starring Emily Bader, Rob Brydon and Dominic Cooper.

The 25-year-old said working on the show and movies had been a "dream" for her.

'I'm really lucky'

The 25-year-old said costume designing was a dream for her

"It's honestly a dream and I don't feel like I've woken up yet," she said.

"It's something I dreamed about when I was at school doing textiles making different things.

"I said if one day I see something I've made on screen, I'll be happy, so I'm really lucky I've got a few credits to my name."

'Absolutely incredible'

My Lady Jane is based on The Lady Janies book series which are a reimagining of the life of Lady Jane Grey, who was proclaimed as queen of England and Ireland for nine days after Edward VI's death in 1553.

On the show, which was released on Prime on 27 June, Ms Bertram was a junior costume maker and helped design petticoats and corsets.

Ms Bertram said the Tudor-style costumes were made as accurately as possible for the setting of the production.

"You can never really recreate an authentic period costume nowadays because the fibres and the fabrics are so different," she said.

"But in terms of shape and drama, the designer tried to keep that authentic and I think was absolutely incredible."