Floating hand bags, life-sized chalk board calendars, buttons mixed with cement… we’ve been feeling crafty here lately…. Come by and see what else is new!!! – Ali

Auxiliary Magazine is a Buffalo based alternative magazine that does a great job of exposing a darker, more raw quality of beauty and fashion. For their Aug/Sept issue stylist Molly Hoeltke used a bunch of anatomy made-to-measure garments for a photo shoot called Hide and Seek, shot by Mike Donner. I nearly fell off my […]

When one project ends, another is just beginning! We have a new client who has a couple of ideas that we’re going to be developing with her, but first is a very 50’s styled special occasion dress for her various events and gala’s she attends. She brought me a catalog from an old high end […]

I can totally breathe a sigh of relief after this weekend! Three big made-to-measure garments all related to weddings: mother of the groom dress, a wedding reception dress for a bride, and a wedding gown!!! It’s truly pretty freaking awesome to be able to be a part in each of these special days for these […]

For a mother of the groom dress for Maureen, we made the Jane Dress from the made-to-measure collection swapping out the jersey cowl top for a rich looking gold silk charmeuse. The garment absolutely needed beautiful buttons, but I was totally unsatisfied with the selection of pearl schenck buttons out there!! So….. I made them…. […]

Make it a soft and fabulous pillow 🙂 Ali

For the modest train on the beaded wedding gown, I trimmed the delicate scalloped border of the fabric off and then laid them out piece by piece to the hem of the gown. We will bustle it a little so the bride-to-be isn’t tripping when she’s dancing herself dizzy! We just love the way the […]

Almost done 🙂

This is most definitely a top secret kind of project, buuuuuuut I have to share a teensy bit!!!

So I’m working on a wedding dress that is made of this gorgeous beaded fabric… We had to break out the heavy artillery. – Ali