Nina Chermak Rosenberg

Nina Chermak Rosenberg
Rosenberg in a dress made from a quilt
Born	1958/59 Beaver, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Parsons School of Design (BFA)
Occupations	Fashion designer Costume designer Stitcher Dresser
Children	3

Nina Chermak Rosenberg is an American fashion and costume designer. Born in Beaver, Pennsylvania, Rosenberg would discover her love for design at a young age, and graduate from Parsons School of Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Staying in New York City after college, she would work for designers Ralph Lauren and Alexander Julian before moving to Louisville, Kentucky in 2003. Here, Rosenberg would begin her career as a costume designer, stitcher, and dresser for a number of plays and performances; including Wicked, Hamilton, and Disney on Ice. She would also begin to work intermittently as a freelance designer here, producing two award-winning hats for the Kentucky Derby.

In 2018, Rosenberg began to work in filmography, first designing costumes in the Sam Irvin film Engaged to a Psycho. She has since worked on nine other movies, and is married with three children.

Early life and education

Rosenberg was born in 1958/59 in Beaver, Pennsylvania, where she would grow up in a family of eight. Inspired by her mother Olga who sewed much of what their family wore, Rosenberg would design her first clothing at age 11 – a green shift dress with a matching triangle scarf. While enrolled at Beaver Area Middle School, Rosenberg would decide to be a designer as her profession. After high school, Rosenberg would move to New York City to attend Parsons School of Design, where she would graduate with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design.

Career

Rosenberg would begin her career as fashion designer in the menswear design/production department for Ralph Lauren after graduating from college. From there, she would work for the Alexander Julian Collection, where she would notably become the assistant designer for the uniforms of the Charlotte Hornets when they joined the NBA in 1988.

Rosenberg would later move to Louisville, Kentucky in 2003, where she would begin to work as a costume stitcher and dresser for plays at the Actors Theatre of Louisville and Humana Festival that took place there. Being an IATSE member as well, Rosenburg would also work in the costume department as a at The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts, KFC Yum! Center, and Palace Theatres. In her career, Rosenberg would work on numerous shows; including Wicked, Motown: The Musical, Aladdin, and Hamilton, as well as performances for Cirque du Soleil, Disney on Ice, Carrie Underwood, Justin Bieber, Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez, Mariah Carey and the character "Madea".

Freelance fashion design

Since leaving New York City, Rosenberg has also worked intermittently as a freelance fashion designer; creating hats, special-occasion dresses, children's clothing, and other accessories. Key aspects of Rosenberg's freelance design include adding texture, subtle details, asymmetric patterns, comfortable fabrics, and vintage characteristics into her works. Rosenberg has found most success with her hats working freelance, which she has sold on Etsy, as well as entered into competitions for the Kentucky Derby. To date, Rosenberg has won two such competitions; first in 2007 for the "Chrysler Sebring Hats Off to the Derby" hat design contest, in which she won the convertible as a prize, and again in 2009 for the 'Courier-Journal's 1st Derby fashion race' with her woven straw hat titled "Sterling Silver Rose in Bloom".

Filmography

Rosenberg has worked as a costume designer or in a branch of costume department for ten films, which are displayed in the table below.

Personal life

Nina is married to Richard Rosenberg, an energy broker, and has three kids named Natasha, Josh, and Olivia.