Bobbi Owen

Bobbi Owen writes about theatrical designers and has published hundreds of articles and eight books including The Designs of William Ivey Long about the award winning costume designer (six Tony Awards among 15 nominations), Costume Design on Broadway, and the catalog for the United States entry in the 2007 Prague Quadrennial, Design USA ( with Jody Blake), and The Designs of Willa Kim. Costume design and costume history, based in Western and non-Western traditions, form the basis of her teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where she is the Michael R. McVaugh Distinguished Professor of Dramatic Art. She oversees a study collection in the Department of Dramatic Art that documents vintage clothing (mostly 19th and 20th century) and examples of traditional dress from around the world at costumes.unc.edu/costar/.