Drama Department

Holly K. Hummel

Senior Lecturer and Costume Designer

Holly Hummel joined the Drama Department design faculty in 1981,with a M.A. in Theater and additional study at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. As well as designing the costumes for departmental productions and working with student designers, Miss Hummel teaches in the areas of costume design, fashion history and pattern drafting. She has a particular interest in historic fashion and has lectured and written about a collection of garments at Vassar, which she established, many dating back to the 19th century and donated by Vassar Alumnae: the Vassar College Costume Collection in Memory of Ronni Carol Kleinman '68 and the Nancy Brandon Allen '39 Collection.