Cathy Cooper

Over the last four years Cathy Cooper has played and toured with her band The Great Sadness. The duo of Cooper and Stephen McNeely has gained notable exposure in the hard rock, alternative music scene of Los Angeles. Their new album, “Weep,” was released April 20, 2017. They recorded with Joe Cardamone and the album was mastered by Howie Weinberg.

Her specialty in the media industry is the use of humor and irony; her high-profile wardrobe and costuming work is seen regularly on numerous movies. In advertising her wardrobe credits on media and commercials include Nike, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Ford, McDonald's, Clorox, Orbitz, Honda, The North Face and many others. Her work was nominated for the MVPA 2009 Best Costuming Video Award for the Modest Mouse hit single "Dashboard" music video. Other notable music videos she has produced costuming work for are with bands and artists such as Alice in Chains, The Cramps, Cut Copy, Sister Mantos, Hayley Kiyoko, Stone Temple Pilots, Unwritten Law, Aerosmith, and Weird Al Yankovic. Her album/CD jacket design work can be seen with record labels such as Centaur Records, Geffen Records, Sony Records, Interscope, and A&M Records. She also works as a professional model for advertising and photo layouts in commercial media.

Cathy Cooper (Née Catherine McPeak Cooper, born November 8, 1960) is a postmodern artist and wardrobe stylist who lives and maintains a studio in Los Angeles. Working as a costume and wardrobe designer, for the past 28 years she has been collaborating with directors, musicians, commercial advertisers and photographers. Most recently, Cooper completed the costuming and wardrobe for the Los Angeles Philharmonic's (and ballet) productions of Igor Stravinsky's Firebird ballet choreographed version of Ravel's Boléro.