Grace Snell

Grace Snell is a British costume designer born in Norwich and raised with a strong connection to craftsmanship—her grandmother worked as a machinist in the 1960s and ’70s, making sheepskin coats. After studying a foundation diploma at Camberwell College of Art, she went on to earn a BA in Theatre Design with a focus on Costume Interpretation from Wimbledon College of Art in 2012. She began her career working in theatre, music videos, commercials, and short films, quickly gaining recognition for her creativity and ability to deliver on tight budgets. Among her early accolades was a UK MVA nomination for Best Styling in 2017 for her work on a music promo with Police Dog Hogan, and a British Craft Arrow nomination in 2019 for her advertising roster.

Her breakout mainstream work came with Joanna Hogg’s film The Souvenir (2019), for which Snell was nominated for Best Costume Design at the British Independent Film Awards 2019. This first collaboration with Hogg led to her being invited to design The Souvenir Part II, released in 2021. Snell’s designs for the sequel earned her the Best Costume Design award at the 2021 British Independent Film Awards, having been shortlisted the previous year. She also worked on the Billie Piper–directed film Rare Beasts, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2019, and on Mogul Mowgli, directed by Bassam Tariq, which premiered at the Berlinale in 2020 and won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize.

On television, Snell designed costumes …