Hello,

I live by the Adriatic Sea, in a small European country called Croatia, but my fantasies often take me to distant times and places...
That's why I graduated fashion design on Faculty of Textile Technology and chose my vocation.

I started sewing my own clothes about 5 years ago and I draw my inspiration mostly from historic clothing, gothic, avant-garde, glam and fetish, and I love to experiment with those styles. My favorites are corsets of course, and I hope one day I'll be famous corset designer/maker like some of the great corset makers here on this board
I have had a few fashion shows and my work was exposed in a museum exhibition few years ago. I have also worked as a fashion design teacher in a high school. Now I decided to dedicate my life to corset making.

I will let my work speak for its self - my latest creations on my Facebook fan page: Contessa Gothique Design

It's my honor to be here on this board

Hello.

Unlike my fellow moderators I'm European based. Currently living in the Netherlands just outside Leiden in South Holland. Well how to start this introduction. I first got into costumes back in 99 as a result of Live Action Role Play. The price of some of the available costumes struck me as being far too much for running round a muddy filed in. As I Originate from northern England it was all to much for me and I promptly borrowed my mothers old Singer. I have worked my way through Mediaeval and the Renaissance and currently working round the Victorian Edwardian period. I also work with Drama groups so have produced 1930's cocktail dress for an alcoholic Russian Princess or a couple of renaissance Goth dress's for homicidal aunts among other costumes. Working in theatre is fun interesting challenging and always a learning experience, I would recommend it purely for the experience. However my default project at the moment are hats. I would seem to have charged down the millinery path, with the grace of some Berserker of old.

Besides offering advice on millinery matters I can chip in with corsetry as I have been making those for a few years as well as tailoring ( I made my own wedding suit ) and dress making over several periods. Saying that I still have a lot to learn which is one of the many reasons I first joined this site.

And I will start off:

I am broadly interested in costuming from the 1300s on, but my current focus for underwear is 18th and 19th century (bleeding over into the very beginning of the 20th). I moderate the Livejournal community Corsetmakers (corsetmakers.livejournal.com/).

I started sewing with intent to clothe in high school, and began to get interested in historical research around the same time. I worked in my college theatre's costume shop, which involved a lot of making do. I've been working in a buttons and ribbons shop for two years. I'm beginning to think about the possibility of starting up business as a clothier - I've done a few very small commissions for friends, and I would like to expand (but it's so scary!).

I live in Oregon.

I am going to shamelessly copy this on both forums.

Jennifer over on the YWU board started a Meet the Moderator topic, and I think it's a great idea so I'm bringing it over here! Take a few minutes, let the boards know your areas of interest, passion, favorite fabric -- whatever you like!