Ariane Salzbrunn studied stage and costume design at the Accademia dibelle Arti in Florence, after studying fashion design at the Istituto Stataled'Arte at the Scuola di Lazzari and creating the fashion label labuoncostume. Since 1987 she has been working as a freelance stage and costume designer, among others at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse Berlin, Volkstheater Rostock, Theater Basel, Staatsschauspiel Dresden, Theater Konstanz, Schauspiel Leipzig, Theater Münster and at Staatstheater Wiesbaden.