Soslysidonia gave me a nudge , and I guess that means it's been a while since I've posted!

Life is going very well in general, but there are still some really big changes looming over the horizon which frankly, scare the hell out of me. Still, I know change is necessary for growth to occur.
In order to focus on the positive, I've decided to make a list of some of the very cool things that are going on in my life.

1) I am nearing the completion of a mini-collection of corsets which I am very proud of. I've really pushed myself and so this group includes many "firsts" for me, which I am really excited to share with you all. Expect rich, luminous metallic colors and decadent textures. We shoot at the end of this month.

2) Also in the works is a fabulous commission that I am slowly working on in between my other obligations. I am really excited to design the applique for this one!

3) The lovely tamara_rose, myself, and a wonderfully gifted artist will be working on a collaborative corset that I believe will surprise you. I'm pretty sure what we're intending to do hasn't been done before in a corset and that's pretty exciting to me!

4) I am a very firm believer that one's has to manufacture one's own good time, and so tamara_rose, Claude Wayne Cossin ( my favorite local dandy), and I are in the beginning stages of planning a decadent costumed party. I am terribly excited to create a gown for this event. I can't decide on a pattern! I'd love to make a polonaise style dress with all the proper underpinnings,etc. I am toying with the idea of custom dyeing silk to the perfect color to coordinate with my hair color. I found this extraordinary silk that is beautifully embroidered but I'm not certain how the dye might take, so I ordered a sample today in order to experiment. I'm hoping slysidonia will be able to fly out in order to attend this event, it's been quite some time since we've seen each other! And of course I'd like to extend the invitation to our gala to all my other LJ friends as well.So far we've tentatively decided on May 1st, 2010. More details will follow!

5) It also looks like I'll most likely be doing a trunk show in LA at this fabulous perfume atelier! We're still working on a date.

So a great many wonderful things are occuring and I am pleased. I hope you are all in good health and spirits as well!

L.

kambriel is offering an amazing deal on her gorgeous Isabella coat dress. Please see the original post here for details Kambriel's post on gothfash

Hi! I thought you guys might be interested in seeing a couple of shots from a photo shoot I had with acid_poptart and manzin for Gothic Beauty Magazine. The theme was old fairy tales and the corsets are my work, Wilde Hunt Corsetry. If you want to see more photos or read the accompanying editorial, be sure to check out issue #28 which should be in stores May 22nd!




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I had a great day hanging out with tamara_rose today. We met up after I had finished teaching a class and went over to Sephora to get some "color therapy". We sublimely layered our hands with every garish pigment we could find and had an excellent time. Afterwards we went to Best Buy and I finally caved and got a camera. It was just getting too difficult to communicate with long distance clients. It's really important to be able to show the color of the material samples accurately and since my latest client wants some pretty detailed applique work, the new camera was a necessary evil. I also have plans to start an Etsy site with some of my small leather accessories, so the new camera will definitely come in handy for this as well.

After I bought my camera, we went to the fabric store where tamara_rose found some gorgeous Art Nouveau style buttons and I purchased some really dreamy semi-sheer black fabric. It has a lovely drape and I think it will be perfect for an ancient Greece inspired shoot I intend to do with acid_poptart. I keep picturing fortuny pleating......mmmmm!
When I got home, I discovered that the book I had ordered on Elizabethan fashion had arrived! So today was pretty much perfect! :)

I thought you guys might be interested in seeing some shots (from a friend's camera) of a vintage pin that I repaired for a client. The beads are real coral which were falling off of the pin base because the silk thread was badly decaying. I had to start from scratch by removing all the beads and then I wove each petal independently, and finally I stitched them to base. It took a little bit of time ;)

Here's the in progress picture:


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I finally had a chance to get together with Andrea Haley of Devyne Productions and tamara_rose. We had some laughs getting tamara_rose's hair Amy Winehouse-big and had a lot of fun taking photographs of her in the Geisha corset on top of a deserted parking garage. She was such a trooper, climbing on top of cement pillars in platform stillettos. :)



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Richard Wood of Imacaulae Media was kind enough to permit us usage of these lovely shots from Highball Halloween.

I love this one of Sasha Deuce!



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Gentle Reader,

There are a lot of exciting things happening for Wilde Hunt Corsetry right now, which is why I haven't had much time to post on LJ. We expect to have our website portfolio up and running by April 10th. This date will coincide with an editorial in Gothic Beauty Magazine featuring our corsets. Please be sure to support alternative culture and fashion by purchasing a copy of issue #28 at Borders, Barnes & Nobles, or directly from the magazine's website . We were really pleased to create some truly beautiful fairytale images with Acid Poptart , Manzin , Aaron Kennison, and Mary Kelly . As you are probably aware, we at Wilde Hunt are very much in love with old stories, the kind that are always much more than what they appear to be on the surface. The images from this series form an elegant narrative of a wicked queen, an princess ingenue, and the plotting prince between them, which showcases some of Wilde Hunt Corsetry's more ambitious work. Expect to see glowing metallic leather, couture bead embroidery with Austrian crystal and real beetle wings, and an epic collar.


Erica Stewart is working hard, designing our website which will feature a spectrum of our work, everything from classic pieces in simple color combinations to some of our most elaborate applique work. Also available for viewing on the website will be additional images from the Gothic Beauty shoot and brand new images from a Geisha/Kunoichi themed photo shoot which we just completed today! Who knew metallic baby pink leather could look so tough! Many thanks to Andrea Haley of Devyne Productions and the lovely Tamara for making our vision coalesce so perfectly!

Please let us know what you think when you see the new images!

Fondly,
L.

I feel like I should compose a sonnet for Alexander McQueen.
It really doesn't help that I've found shoes that coordinate...

I finally got to see an ENT doctor last week, so hopefully I am on my way to solving my pesky sinus problems. They put a camera up my nose and declared my septum straight and my "something-er-others" polyp-free. That's grand, I imagine. However, I've got an appointment for a CT scan next week to find out what's going on deeper inside...

The upside of feeling better is I am finally getting around to trying the imps I got from BPAL back in January. I just tried Venice and it is amazing! I'm a sucker for florals and this one is so lush and sensual! There are so many complex ingredients (jasmine being very prominent) but it doesn't overpower or overwhelm you. It is just so superbly balanced and I must buy a full bottle!

This means I am going to have to get my BPAL sniff &swap party together soon! I got the DVD Perfume: A Story of a Murderer, which wyndebreaker recommended. It think it will make an interesting entertainment for the evening! I've decided I'd like to make it an absurdly decadent night, complete with Rose Tea and caviar. lol. So far I know that tamara_rose and acid_poptart are definitely on my invite list, since both of them confessed to being BPAL fanatics. I still have room for a couple more perfume freaks...

In Wilde Hunt Corsetry related news, the shoot with acid_poptart and manzin went spectacularly. I was very impressed with everyone's talent and drive to create something with greater, more lasting significance than what our individual selves could offer alone. We shot with Aaron Kennison, who worked tirelessly to deliver up that perfect image. Mary Evangelia Kelly was kind enough to slave away as our MUA. I woke up at 7am the day of the shoot and didn't get home until 12:30 at night, so you can imagine my surprise the next morning when I opened my email to find Aaron had already sent us two compressed files of images. Talk about enthusiasm and professionalism! I had an inclination that they were going to be good when I saw Aaron's eyes light up as he was previewing the sample shots on his camera, but I had no idea how good! Nothing had prepared me for how gorgeous and intense the colors were against the "surprise background" that he had scouted out for us. The shots are so lovely, artistic, and narrative that I've asked Aaron to print some of them for me to have framed. I feel like a real bastard for telling you all about this because it's a terrible shame that I can't share them with you until the magazine is on the shelves. However, I am excessively proud of our work. ;)


L.

This almost makes up for never having my name called on Romper Room.
Feel free to download this for your phone.

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Or for when you call me....

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If there is such a thing as "evil", I'm pretty sure it's name is "sinus infection".
That is all for now....

L.

Did anyone else happen to see William Shatner hump Craig Ferguson last night?

Well, at least I'm getting something accomplished, despite feeling like crap. Here's a sneak peak at the collar that will be worn by acid_poptart. Pardon the crappy cellphone photo, you'll just have to check back for when we get the real images up. :)

My order just arrived and perversely I think I am coming down with a head cold. I'm feeling pretty congested so smelling perfume doesn't sounds like a great idea. This makes me think of Tantalus. Woe is me. ;-)



My order consists of:
A bottle of Masquerade (insanely gorgeous, I never thought I would ever wear patchouli)
Imps of - Black Opal (2 of them, not sure why. Maybe they know something I don't.)
Tempest
Voodoo
Snake Oil
Venice
Kali
Olokun
Seraglio
Ouiji

And to make matters worse, there's a Dark Shadows themed party tonight. I know if I go out I'll feel like death tomorrow. Bah!

Who have given up on life.
All you need is a pair of crocs, some cigarettes, numerous cats, and bottle of booze.

(#3 Immortal, lookin' fancy)

wyndebreaker found out about my Gaahl fascination and posted this link:

Black metal lulz this way!

And even more!

Btw, if you missed our original conversation on Gaahl please refer to this little entertainment .
Did you know that Gaahl came out recently?

I finally have a new, stronger machine! This thing is amazing, I haven't found anything it won't sew yet!
pyralis_phyre, remember that divine black patent you sold me? So far, it has gone through 6 layers of that without flinching! I am so happy!

slysidonia I'm working on some things to send out for your shop! Two are done so far!

I'm back from the Sisters show. I saw them on Thurs night at the House of Blues in Cleveland. The sound was pretty messed up, we couldn't even hear Eldritch on the right hand side of the venue. Perhaps this was the venue's fault? We moved to the far left and it was 100% better. As others who have seen dates on this tour have said, the smoke machine was in overdrive so much so that it set off the smoke alarm at the House of Blues. Strobes lights and sirens were going off for probably 15 minutes solid and they never managed to get the lights in the bar turned off again. I found this incredibly hilarious and regarded it as bonus not a detriment. It's probably evil of me, but it was interesting to watch Eldritch try to compensate.

After the show, my friends and I decided we were going to get a drink. On the way towards our car we rejected half a dozen different bars to finally settle on this place that called itself a "pub" (it wasn't really). We were pretty amused when Eldritch & Co. came in the door 20 minutes after us. We got to say a few words to Andy Eldy and have a chat with Chris Catalyst (who got us on the guest list for the Cinci show the following night). They were actually really kind and tolerant of the attention. I'm pretty damn sure I wouldn't be that nice if i was on tour.

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I'm going tomorrow to see them in Cleveland. This ought to be pretty interesting since their last album had to be....Vision Thing? y/n?

These are by Mike Fiction. Thanks Mike!
I felt pretty bad for the photographers, the lighting situation was pretty impossible to deal with.



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