Molly Irelan is a Los Angeles based Costume Designer. She prides herself on a holistic approach to her work and is formally trained in the history and construction of garments as well as costume design. Molly holds a Bachelor’s degree in Costume History and Design from the University of Redlands (2010), an Associate degree in Fashion Design from the Art Institute of Portland (2012), and a Master’s in Costume Design from the UCLA (2016). Molly has designed costumes for film, television, commercials, music videos, and over a dozen Operas around the United States and Internationally. 

Molly has designed operas Elixir D’Amour (2017), Il Due Figaro (2018), Cold Mountain (2019), and Onegin (2022) at the Music Academy of the West, Amadigi (2016), Orphée (2020) at UCLA, the pulitzer prize winning p r i s m (2018) and Rev 23 (2020) at Prototype Festival. She has also designed La Clemenza di Tito (2022) and Proving up (2024) at The San Francisco Conservatory of Music, The Tragedy of Carmen (2022) at Velaa Island in the Maldives, Il Due Figaro (2022) at The Handel and Haydn Society in Boston. As well as Oedipus Rex (2023) and Salome (2024) at the Houston Symphony. As well as Kate Soper’s The Romance of the Rose (2023) and The Feast (2023), a collaboration between Long Beach Opera and Martha Graham Dance Company. For Opera on screen, Molly designed the miniseries desert in (2021) and feature Mirror Flores (2021).