"Born This Way",...I don't do "normal"!  I started designing clothes when I was three years old, and at age sixteen I started making my own patterns for flamboyant costumes and clothing. I started my career in San Francisco, designing for rock-'n-roll bands and singers, dancers, and performance artist. I Love all things "bling", other-worldly, futuristic, and ground breaking experimental. I have worked in SF,Cal., Nevada - show girls and strippers, Denver,Colorado- opera, theater, Renaissance Fairs, NYC- experimental theater and custom clothing. I have dressed high styled "church ladies", to transvestites, dogs and horses to flower girls, chairs to boats and cars. I have used my designing as a venue to express my other talents;  More Later...

RALEIGH, NC 1991 - Present
CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY, BUIES CREEK, NC Design and built costumes for 2 - 3 plays per year with a turnover time ranging from 6 - 8 weeks,including Seussical. Managed 3 employees, building whimical costumes. "Boy Friend", 43 Flapper Costumes "Blood Relations", 10 Detailed  Tailored Victorian Costumes "Scapin", 12 Baroque costumes

BEAUTIFUL YOU SALON, RALEIGH, NC Designed and built costumes for "A Night at the Ball with the Cats & Dolls" ranging in style from "Matrix" to Baroque.

DENVER, CO 1979 - 1990 Colorado Renaissance Fair, Denver CO Designed and constructed Renaissance costumes for both company and individual participants OPERA COLORADA, Denver, CO Fitting and alterations of rental costumes for"Turandot"

LORETTA HEIGHTS COLLEGE, Denver, CO Drafted and constructed Victorian costumes. Managed 25 student workers RENO, NEVADA, 1976 - 1978 Designed and produced Themed show costumes SAN FRANCISCO, CA 1972 - 1976 Designed and constructed costumes for bands including Eddide Money, Brotherly Love Shadow Fax, City Lights.  Studied fine art for two years, the focus was on painting. This developed my talent with decorating fabrics and backdrops.

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