Featured Indie Designer – The Vintage Doctor
Nintendo, Star Wars, Alice in Wonderland… TheVintageDoctor brings you such d.i.y. delights and just so happens to be our newest Featured Indie Designer!
Your Name: Sarah Pirog
Age: 26
Hometown: Alden, NY (a little farm-country town outside of Buffalo)
Current Location: Worcester, MA
How did your interest in fashion begin? Necessity is the mother of invention! I am a filmmaker by trade, and mostly create fantasy and period-based shorts & music videos. All my of my films require custom-fitted pieces for the actors, so it was convenient for me to simply make my own costumes from scratch.
What motivated you to start selling your designs and what were your expectations when you started? It was kind of a fluke, actually. After my films were completed, I had all the costumes left over just laying around. Since I figured that somebody else could get more use out of them than my closet, they were sold on Ebay. Read more…