Polly Smith

 Polly   Smith  has worked for t h e  JIM HENSON  Company. since she was brought on board to create costume s for  The Muppet Show  in 1 9 7 8  & continue s to design for  SESAME STREET . In the year s in between, she has designed costume s for many of the Muppet  film & TV project s produced by t h e  JIM HENSON   Company  as well as the costume s for several other c h i l d r e n ’ s TV program s.

Smith receive d Emmy  nomination s for her design s for  T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour  (  1 9 88  ) &  Muppets Tonight  (  1 99 6  ) & has receive d 3| 3   Emmy Award s  for her design s on  SESAME STREET . Smith also co - designed costume s for the TV series  The Story Teller  ( 1986  -  88  ) which won a BAFTA award for Best Costume s in  1 9 8 9 , &  The Story Teller : Greek Myth s  (  1 9 8 9  ) which receive d a B A F T A nomination for Best Costume s in  1 99 1.

Other TV credit s include  Dinosaur s ,  Fraggle Rock  ,  The Muppet s ' Wizard o f Oz  ,  Blue ' s Room  ,  Jack ' s  BIG  Music Show  &  Bunny town .

Smith ' s film credit s include  Muppets from Space ,  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  ,  Muppet Treasure Is l a n d  &  T h e Muppet Christ mas Carol . Smith was also part of the design team s for the film s  The Dark Crystal ,  The Muppets Take Manhattan  &  Labyrinth .

In addition to the work on film s & TV show s, until 2 00 2  , Smith over saw the costume s for many of the Muppet commercial s , photo shoot s , person a l appearance s & also worked on many  Muppet  toy prototype s.

In 2 00 2 , Smith was chose n as 1 of 200 wom en to show the ir work in the exhibit  Wom en   Design er s   in   the   U S A   1 9 00 -  2 000  at the  New York City  Bard Graduate Center.

Additionally, in 1 9 77  , while designing costume s for the Champlain Shakespeare Festival at the University of  Vermont  , Smith collaborated with 2| 2  friend s to create the 1| 1  st wom en ’ s sporting bra called “ Jog bra ”. This achievement has been recognize d with a bronze d Jog bra on the wall at the University of Vermont  & by inclusion in the costume collection s of  the Smithsonian Institution  & the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Smith ' s 2 partner s went on to create the company which produce d & marketed the bra while Smith chose instead to go off & create under garment s for puppet s & animal s.

Polly Smith receive d her B F A in Fashion Design from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. Smith was recognize d as a distinguished alumna by the College in 2 00 5.

HENSON / Muppet  credit s

 *  John Denver &amp; the Muppets : A Christ mas Together  - Nativity Muppet s , costume s
 *  The Muppet Show  - Muppet Costume Designer 5| 5 th season
 *  The Dark Crystal  - Associate Costume Designer : Gelf ling s  (  Jen  &  Kira  ) &  Podling s
 *  I Love Liberty  -  Miss Piggy  ' s costume s, other s
 *  Fraggle Rock  - Muppet  builder
 *  The Muppets Take Manhattan  - Costume Designer ( with Karen Roston & Calista Hendrickson  )
 *  The Muppet Show : On Tour !  - Additional costume design
 *  Muppet Babies Live !  - Additional costume design
 *  Labyrinth  - Creature costume design ; Creature Work shop  team :  Hoggle ,  Sir Didymus  ,  Alph &amp; Ralph  ,  Goblin s  & Riding  Goblin s
 *  The Story Teller  - Costume designer ( with Ann Hollowood )
 *  The Tale of the Bunny Picnic  - Puppet design
 *  Inner Tube  - Costume s
 *  T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour  - Costume Designer
 *  The Muppets at Walt Disney World  - Costume Design
 *  Dinosaur s  - Costume de sign (  UN  credit ed )
 *  The Story Teller : Greek Myth s  - Co - Costume Designer
 *  T h e Muppet Christ mas Carol  - Costume Designer
 *  Muppet Classic Theater  - Costume s
 *  Muppet Treasure Is l a n d  - Costume Designer
 *  Muppets Tonight  - Costume Designer
 *  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  - Costume Designer
 *  Muppets from Space  - Costume Designer
 *  I t ' s a  V ER Y  Merry Muppet Chris t mas Movie  - Costume Designer
 *  The Muppet s ' Wizard o f Oz  - Costume Designer
 *  SESAME STREET  - Costume Designer ( 2 00 3  - present )

NON - Muppet  production s

 *  Jack ' s Big Music Show  - Costume Designer
 *  Bunny town  - Costume Designer
 *  Blue ' s Room  - Costume Designer