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 1978 & 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 chil dren ’ s TV program s.

Smith receive d Emmy nomination s for her design s for T h e  JIM   HENSON  Hour ( 1988 ) & Muppets Tonight ( 1996 ) & has receive d 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 1989, & The Story Teller : Greek Myth s ( 1989 ) which receive d a BAFTA nomination for Best Costume s in 1991.

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  , The Muppets at Walt Disney World & 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 2002 , Smith over saw the costume s for many of the Muppet commercial s , photo shoot s , personal appearance s & also worked on many Muppet toy prototype s.

In 2002, 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 1900 -2000 at the New York City ] Bard Graduate Center.

Additionally, in 1977 , while designing costume s for the Champlain Shakespeare Festival at the University of Vermont , Smith collaborated with 2 friend s to create the 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 BFA in Fashion Design from Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia. Smith was recognize d as a distinguished alumna by the College in 2005.

HENSON / Muppet credit s

 * John Denver & the Muppets : A Christ mas Together - Nativity Muppet s, costume s
 * The Muppet Show - Muppet Costume Designer 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 de sign ; Creature Work shop team : Hoggle, Sir Didymus , Alph & 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
 * The Muppets at Walt Disney World - 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  Very  Merry Muppet Chris t mas Movie - Costume Designer
 * The Muppet s ' Wizard o f Oz - Costume Designer
 *  SESAME STREET  - Costume Designer ( 2003 - )

NON - Muppet production s

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