Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.

“Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.” is a core task performed by Costume Attendants. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 18th by importance (#4 most important). About 81% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Create artistic designs or performances. in Thinking Creatively

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.003% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Provide dressing assistance to cast members or assign cast dressers to assist specific cast members with costume changes. · importance 4.2
• Create worksheets for dressing lists, show notes, or costume checks. · importance 4.2
• Arrange costumes in order of use to facilitate quick-change procedures for performances. · importance 4.1
• Examine costume fit on cast members and sketch or write notes for alterations. · importance 4.0
• Distribute costumes or related equipment and keep records of item status. · importance 4.0
• Check the appearance of costumes on stage or under lights to determine whether desired effects are being achieved. · importance 3.9
• Clean and press costumes before and after performances and perform any minor repairs. · importance 3.8
• Collaborate with production designers, costume designers, or other production staff to discuss and execute costume design details. · importance 3.7
• Monitor, maintain, or secure inventories of costumes, wigs, or makeup, providing keys or access to assigned directors, costume designers, or wardrobe mistresses/masters. · importance 3.7
• Purchase, rent, or requisition costumes or other wardrobe necessities. · importance 3.5
• Direct the work of wardrobe crews during dress rehearsals or performances. · importance 3.4
• Participate in the hiring, training, scheduling, or supervision of alteration workers. · importance 3.4
• Provide managers with budget recommendations and take responsibility for budgetary line items related to costumes, storage, or makeup needs. · importance 3.4
• Assign lockers to employees and maintain locker rooms, dressing rooms, wig rooms, or costume storage or laundry areas. · importance 3.3

See all tasks on the Costume Attendants page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Design or construct costumes or send them to tailors for construction, major repairs, or alterations.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}