Well, you were pretty much right. I'm going to try and post in this thing again, although I don't know how successful I'll be. I'm just going to keep it to photos of my work and things related to fashion/costuming. I'm working full-time, and I do freelance things on the side, so I'm not sure how much time I can devote to this. I probably won't be responding to comments very often unfortunately.

To explain what I've been doing in the past 2-3 years.. here's the condensed version: graduated school, went to school again, graduated again, did some fashion shows, did some movies, worked at a costume shop, now I'm working at Canada's Wonderland as a costumer. I've been making corsets again lately for fun (and because I had lots of materials), not sure where it's going yet though.

To anyone who kept me on their friends list, hi again.

A few pics from the fashion show I contributed to a few weeks ago. This is the second show I've worked on with designer Saniya Khan and was part of L'Oreal fashion week in Toronto. I got started on this line pretty late, only a month before, basically because she didn't know I was available, so I only did a few pieces and the evening gowns she puts at the end of her shows. Saniya is an artist who had done mostly accessories until recently. I do her patternmaking and sewing of the more complex pieces. The gowns will most likely never be reproduced to sell in stores, they're more to get attention during the fashion show (kind of like how couture sells perfume for major designers).

sorry these are kind of big:

Draped gown of painted silk chiffon. We finished assembling this dress the night before the show. We had a pizza party.

edit: sorry I forgot to mention that I do not have the rights to these pics, and I'm not sure what individual does.. so if they see this and are offended I'll take them down. I was backstage at the time and didn't get any of my own photos.

Here's some older pics from a fitting for a film I worked on last summer/fall. I never actually read the script, oddly enough, but I know it was a sci-fi fantasy thing done on greenscreen. The director gave me some pics from the comic book "Dawn" and asked me to interpret them within the modest budget (around $150- I donated a bunch of the supplies though). This actress was lovely and very pretty, but by the time they got to shooting she wasn't available and was replaced with someone else who thankfully fit the costumes. I still need to get actual photos from the shoot.



The first costume was a white spandex bodysuit (which I made, although I probably could have bought one), and then I made a white leather corset to go over top, and some leather 'armour' for accents. It's not real armour made of thick veg-tanned leather, but it looks good enough for film. It also happened to match some boots I had bought from winners the previous year.

I just wanted to post a link to a video of the fashion show I posted pics from previously- it's very short and can be seen here. The ridiculous camera work may give you a seizure, so you've been warned.

To make this post more interesting, here's some really old work from when I graduated from Ryerson, which was.. 2 years ago now? I did an all leather line, because I like that kind of thing. I had no say in model selection or how things were worn though, I just handed the clothes over.


behold the world's most tragically ugly shoes on corset girl. I like that big bow on the corset, but practically it didn't work that well construction-wise. I need to think of a better way to do it because I'd like to put a big-ass bow on everything.


This dress was supposed to be worn with the straps off the shoulder. And I don't know why they didn't bother to attach the garters to the stockings. All those pink leather polkadots were applied by hand to the leather. I'm going to try screenprinting them on in the future though.