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name: "Mekel Bailey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mekel-bailey"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T14:40:21.095461+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Mekel Bailey

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4671116

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Baby Reindeer*](https://film.one/tv/baby-reindeer.md) (80)

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## Biography

Mekel Bailey is a British costume designer working in film, television, commercials and branded content. He began his career in celebrity styling and fashion before moving into costume design for screen.

Bailey is best known for his work on the Netflix series *Baby Reindeer* (2024), for which he received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Limited or Anthology Series and a Costume Designers Guild Award nomination. He has since designed costumes for the Netflix and STV series *The Witness* (2026) and is designing the BBC One series *Wahala*.

His other credits include the short films *Chairs* (2023) and *Lotus* (2024), the feature *Sumotherhood* (2023), and earlier television work on *The Mind of Herbert Clunkerdunk*. He has received three British Arrows Craft Award nominations for his commercial work.

*Sources: mekelbailey.com, imdb.com, wizzoandco.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Baby Reindeer* (2024), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/baby-reindeer.md)

## Complete filmography (2)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Witness* (2026), series, Costume Design
- *Baby Reindeer* (2024), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/baby-reindeer.md)

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