Emily
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Emily holds a three year diploma in Art Craft and Design from the Kootenay School of the Arts at Selkirk College in Nelson British
Columbia. There she studied Textiles and Fashion, where she honed her design signature; classic dress designs with a flair of ingenuity. Her work has won her a place on the finalist list of prestigious design competitions such as "The Niche Awards" 2007 Philadelphia, PA, USA and "Atout Fil Concours" 2007 Vauvert, France. Emily has worked in the costume studio of various Canadian theatre and dance companies. She brings this experience to her own studio practice as a custom made-to-measure designer.
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Here is my short list of fav revolutionary fashion designers accompanied by my one word impression of their work.
Tue, November 10, 2009 - 7:19 PM
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Elsa Schiaparelli -Bold With her use of bright colours and surreal imagery, expect double-takes as you walk into a room. The first to produce thematic runwayshows (common place today) some of her thematic inspirations were; 'sailors tatoos', 'musical instruments', 'the Circus Collection' Madeleine Vionnet -Drape Literally pulling on the advantage of fabric cut on the 45... read more 
Though leading me to break three sewing machines, my leatherwork explorations also lead to a contract with Renaissance Hair Salon. Hearing that I love to work with leather, and of my made-to-measure background, I was asked to custom design scissor pouches for all of their stylists. Each pouch holds up to 8 pairs of scissors, clips, combs and has a detachable bottom for cleaning out debris that gets caught inside. It is based on an existing pouch that the owner of the salon had worn for eight ...
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Mon, July 20, 2009 - 4:40 PM
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Folk musician Miss Emily Brown brought me on board her music video as costume designer. We created a timeless fairy-talesque atmosphere based on the paintings of John Waterhouse. I made her a simple beige dress as the base of her costume and worked from there adding more layers of velvet jackets and accessories. Find out more about her music at www.emilybrownmusic.com
Mon, June 8, 2009 - 5:01 PM
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The Show was amazing and I was chosen as one of the finalists. Merci Beaucoup France!
Wed, March 7, 2007 - 5:45 PM
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Here's some shots of the costumes I made for Atout Fil en Vrilles. The Wearable Art Show- " All kinds of Threads" In Vauvert, France. This year's theme which each artist is to elaborate on is "Spinning". My take on that was to create a burlesque stlye performance based on the two creatures that spin their own threads. . . The Spider and the Silkworm. The two black and red leather, fetish clad male and ... read more
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