As a child I was taught to sew by my grandmothers, one born in the Victorian the other in the Edwardian era. I made my first dress when I was four years old. It was truly awful, I made it out of a horrific pair of old curtains and sewed up an armhole but the seed was sewn.

I've studied Fine art, theatre (costume design) and photography amongst a rather lengthy list from various academic institutes.

I specialized in corsetry over ten years ago; my work has been displayed in numerous catwalk shows and fashion events. My work outside corsetry has also been used in theatre, various television documentaries revolving around historical clothing from a wide range of eras and I regularly make historically accurate costumes for a stunt team who perform for various organizations including national heritage.

Working from my design studio, I wanted a label away from the pressure where I could let my own creativity flow and create new pieces inspired by decades of work and research but not constrained by it, I have a passion for making historical clothing wearable today, So a life time obsession with sewing and a passion for corsetry lead to the creation of ‘Bound By Obsession’.

Over the years I have developed many hundreds of patterns ranging from the historically accurate and the historically inspired, to my own unique designs. My corsets are all steel boned and constructed depending on the historical inspiration; the majority made using three to four layers of high quality fabric sourced from all over the world.

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