In 2011, Joan Greenhut and I were asked to make costumes for upcoming opera performances for the Long Island, NY based North Shore Music Festival. Northshoremusicfestival.org. Their executive director, Daniel Klein, was well “aware” of the odds and ends of beautiful home decorating fabrics and trims that were sitting idle in my studio, left over from editorial step-by-step photo shoots and decorating seminars that I had presented over the years. “Why not put those gorgeous textiles to a new use and recycle the partially-done samples into some elegant and colorful costumes,” he suggested. 

So was born the “costume shop” facet of Maureen Klein Creative Design Services. From those remnants, and discarded sample book swatches, Joan and I fashioned costumes for Pagiliacci, Don Pasqualle, La Bohemme, Tosca and more. It was not long before Benjamin Spearman saw those performances that took place in the stunning Sands Point Guggenheim Castle and asked if we would like to be the costume team for his Bronx Opera’s (BronxOpera.org ) upcoming production of La gazza ladra, January, 2013. And the best part... he had a budget line for it! 

Apparently we did a fine job, as we have been creating costumes for The Bronx Opera, North Shore Music Festival and more, ever since!