Crime Chic: FIDM Grad Designs Costumes for CSI

FIDM Alumna Eileen Cox Baker has been the Costume Designer on the hit CBS show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation for more than 160 episodes! “The pace is really quick,” Eileen says of the award-winning show. “Every five days there’s a new script on my desk and sometimes I can hardly keep who’s murdering who straight.”

Because of the nature of the CSI, Eileen and her costume department often needs six to eight outfits for each character. “I need one dead, one clean, and some in between,” Eileen says with a laugh. She collaborates with the director on various looks and ideas and then has her team get the actors’ sizes, shops and then conducts fittings.

Find out more about FIDM's Film & TV Costume Design Program.