Like any young girl, one of my favorite things to do was play dress up. I would root through old trunks of out-of-date clothing and last year's Halloween costumes to see what kind of wild outfit I could assemble. My favorite look in 1984 was my hot pink parachute pants, white paint splattered shirt, miss-matched fluorescent socks, one black and one red converse shoe, one black stud earring and one white lightening bolt dangly earring. I had an over the eye, asymmetrical haircut with a rattail and painted each of my fingernails a different colour. For the love of neon.
It should come as no surprise that this fevered lust for dress up has not passed. Only now my influences are Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, Mae West and many other starlettes of the teens, 1920's, 1930's, 1940's and 1950's.
Luckily for me, this passion has grown into a costuming career. After 4 years of visual arts study at SFU, I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and then furthered my studies at UBC in theatre costuming. I am a member of the costume department for the local Vancouver, BC film unions I.A.T.S.E. and ACFC West. However, at this time I reside in Berlin, Germany and am looking for work within my field.
Vintage Vamp Clothier is a small, custom order based clothing company that I started in 2003. The premise of it is to give my clientele a product that is completely one of a kind. My designs are based on a combination of vintage patterns that I have collected over the years, my own adaptations, as well as more current fashions patterns.
I would like to thank Jennifer (Visual Sanctum Photography) and all my models for their time, help and support through photoshoots. I would also like to thank my mom, dad and brother for supporting and believing in me through all these hard years of learning, growth and experience, which have brought me to where I stand today.
Now go play dress-up!
What a great idea! I cannot wait to see all the photos! xoxo
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