What Happened to April?
We've been busy as can be this month. Finished the truly awesome Cleopatra headdress which we can't show you until mid May, after our customer premieres it at her performance. It is worth the wait [...]
NorWesCon Steampunk Fun
We finished a set of pauldrons and an octopus eyepatch for a steampunk pirate yesterday. They were packed up quick and are now winging their way to NorWesCon, a sci-fi and fantasy convention in Seattle, [...]
6 Steps to a Custom Order
Many of our customers have never commissioned a costume or artwork before and it makes them a little nervous. I thought it might be helpful to outline the steps that a prospective customer and I [...]
Spring Tiptoes In
Cleopatra headdress based on the one worn by Liz Taylor in the 1963 film It's trying to be spring here in the north part of the southern US, in the east part of [...]
Hands, Head, Heart or Why We Don’t Make Replicas
Amanda Swafford in an Egyptian Mina belly dance set. Photography by Photos by Luna He who works with his hands is a laborer… he who works with his hands and his head is [...]
Art Royal Video
Singer Alex Serena works with a company called Art Royal in Milan. Last fall we got a last minute order from her for three bras and belts for a performance. The show was part circus, [...]
The Problem with Facebook
source unknown Off topic for a minute here - have you guys seen the Facebook videos from Veritasium (embedded below)? We have never bought "likes" on Facebook but I can see why it's [...]
RGB Queens
Paul finished these three beautiful Queen of the Damned style crowns yesterday. We have to hustle them into the mail today to three lucky customers, but I took some quick shots first. They look so [...]
Thinking Thirteen Weeks Ahead
We completed three lovely bra and belt set commissions last week. Our studio neighbor photographer Nic Adams documented the sets for us beautifully last Sunday, working with the lovely Kim Berrier as model (thank you [...]
A Bounty of Custom Projects
Wow, we have never had such a busy winter before. The last few years have been slow from November to early March, but this year the flow of inquiries and custom orders never let up [...]