Director, Industry Development, Singapore Fashion Council

Leonard Augustine Choo

Leonard Augustine Choo is an international costume designer, fashion consultant, educator, and bespoke maker currently based in Singapore. He designs costumes for dance, opera, theatre, and film, and was the principal fabric shopper for the New York City Ballet costume department for 12 seasons, working on over 75 unique ballets.

Leonard has done work for the Juilliard School, the television shows Gotham (FOX) and Crashing (HBO), Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Ballet Academy East (New York), Barrington Stage Company, and Opera Omaha, Pangdemonium Theatre, Singapore Repertory Theatre, W!ld Rice Theatre Company, and has lectured at the Arkansas Arts Center, National Library, and Lasalle College of the Arts.

Holding a Master in Fine Arts from Boston University, Leonard was the first and only costume designer awarded the Singapore National Arts Council Overseas Arts Scholarship in 2011. He is currently Director of Industry Development at Singapore Fashion Council.