Featured Indie Designer – Poisoned Creations

Meet the tattooed mommy behind the rockin’ accessories and bad-ass kid stuff at Poisoned Creations!

Your Name: Kim
Age: 26
Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
Current Location: Dallas, TX

How did your interest in crafting begin? I started sewing things for my daughter and nephews, and it just grew from that.  Reading different tutorials have also interested me into picking up different mediums and trying them out.

What motivated you to start selling your designs and what were your expectations when you started? After I got such a great response from the items I made my nephews and daughter I just kept at it. I didn’t really have any expectations.  Of course you want to be a success, but I was scared at first not knowing what to expect, but I ran into some great people that have helped me along the way.Read more…

Featured Indie Designer – DaddysGirl

Go check out the rockin’ gear by Liane of DaddysGirl Streetwear! (But first read her interview…)

Your Name: Liane Marguerite
Age: 37
Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Current Location: Strathmore, Alberta, Canada (just outside Calgary)

How did your interest in fashion begin?
Before I was born my mom was a professional dressmaker. When I came along she thrust her love of fashion on me. I never ever played with baby dolls, it was Barbies all the way, and I handmade Barbie clothes right from the get go. My grandmother had a fit when she saw me with a needle and thread at three, and my mom said “relax, she knows what she’s doing.”
What motivated you to start selling your designs and what were your expectations when you started?

All my life I had been making my own clothes and reconstructing vintage clothing. Then about three years ago, my father, who was my absolute favorite person in the world, got sick and passed away from cancer. It made me rethink what I was doing with the time I had, and I decided to spend more of it doing the things I loved. Hence the name Daddy’s Girl Streetwear. I started putting some of my designs and vintage finds up on Ebay with only the hopes that it might be a hobby that paid for itself. As time went on it grew into a part time job. Now I am trying to expand it into a full time job.Read more…

Featured Indie Designer – Zombie Kitten

Rockabilly cuteness by Shelley of Zombie Kitten!

Zombie Kitten skirtYour Name: Shelley Smatana
Age: 32
Hometown: Houston, TX
Current Location: Los Angeles, CA

How did your interest in fashion begin?
Subcultures were what got me into fashion. I love youth uprisings that have their own politics, fashion and music and their opposition to the values of the larger culture. There is so much passion associated with subcultures, and I found that very inspiring .
In addition, I enjoyed the style of fashion in the B-movies from the 50s-60s era. Those movies that featured bad girls with switchblades, all girl gangs and juvenile delinquents and were fun to watch.
What motivated you to start selling your designs and what were your expectations when you started?
I was a bit frustrated with pencil skirts that just did not fit like the ones I saw in the movies, and I felt that other gals were too. I really did not have any huge expectations when I started making Zombe Kitten skirts. This has ALL been very flattering and surprising to me. I still blush and get all shy when people come up to me telling me how much they love the skirts. I really never imagined my skirts would take off the way they have!Read more…

Featured Indie Designer – bunnymassacre

This week’s feature is on the unique clothing by UK designer Bunny Massacre!

top by BunnyMassacreYour Name: Celeste Cook
Hometown: Bromley (the most southerly suburb of London & widely believed to be the birthplace of Punk!)
Current Location: Southend on Sea (Essex). It’s a cool town.

How did your interest in fashion begin? In the womb I believe. It goes back 5 generations in my family. My mother made almost all of my clothes as a child (my dolls always had a matching outfit too!) & my grandmother made me tailored suits that I would design when I was about 12. There was a while when I thought I would study Fine Art, but Fashion called me back. Since I can remember, I have always been thinking about designs & colours & styles & of course I could then get my mum to make it for me. By the time I was 10 she had started teaching me how to do it myself. The first thing I made was a boob tube, which I embroidered with beads to make 3 stars. It was waaay cool. I can’t help it- the ideas just never stop. Thankfully…

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