Antique Textile Adventure – Part Three: Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth is widely considered the first couturier, ever. An Englishman by birth, he became wildly successful in 19th century Paris. Worth began his fashion career in 1858 and he would go on to dress royalty and famous actresses of the day. One of his more famous clients was the incomparable Marchesa Luisa Casati,
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Trish from Devil May Cry 4
My client requested that I make a leather bustier for cosplay which resembled the one the character Trish wore in Devil May Cry 4, a video game developed by Capcom and created by Hideki Kamiya. This bustier is made of Italian lambskin ornamented with a print I created in house. The asymmetrical pattern provided a
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Semper Eadem Corset – Or How to Dress Like David Bowie *and* Queen Elizabeth I, At the Same Time
Semper Eadem Corset by Wilde Hunt Corsetry Metallic Leather, Glass Beads, Gilt Bouillion, and Genuine Beetle Wings. Photo- Chas Ray Krider Model – Bekah Winske Hair – M’lou Mackay-Santilli, Strut the Salon I created this corset to answer the burning question – “If David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth I were the same person what
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Antique Textile Adventure – Part Two: Antique Corsets
This is the second installment of my blog series about my visit where I was kindly given special permission by the curators to study items at The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textile Collection. If you missed my first post on embroidery, click here to catch up Or click on “Read More” below to
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Antique Textile Adventure – Part One: Embroidery
Last week I was permitted the unique opportunity to go back to my alma mater and spend the day studying antique corsets, gowns, and embroidered textiles at The Ohio State University Historic Costume and Textiles Collection. Because wonderful things deserve to shared, I asked my dear friend Roxanne McGovern of 3Graces Jewelry to come along
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Photo Shoot in an Art Installation
I recently was introduced to artist Brian Reaume after seeing one of his beautiful installation pieces in the Por Vida gallery show which exhibited my Anatomist Corset in. What struck me about his work initially, was the way it smelled. As I walked into the installation enclosure, a warm scent of sandalwood and vanilla filled
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Madonna Corset Sells for $52,000
Bloomberg reports that a Gaultier corset worn by Madonna in her Blond Ambition tour sold at Christies auction house for $52,000.
Chamillionaire Music Video Corset
Our gold Deco Corset Dress was featured rather prominently in a new music video release promoting the video game Dead Island: Riptide. Here are some stills from the video No Room In Hell with the Grammy award wining and platinum selling artist Chamillionaire.
Red Cat Corset Complete
I’m packing up this cat corset right now to ship it off to a client in California and I thought I’d share it with you first.
Swarovski Crystal Bridal Corset
We took these photos in a fabulous topiary park near my home which was created to represent Seurat’s famous painting A Sunday Afternoon on the Isle of La Grand Jatte. Each item in the painting is rendered in this park, in topiaries – including fancifully dressed Victorian couples, sailboats, and even a little dog! It was
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