Notre Dame Face Mask
Back to School, Coronavirus, Couture Sewing, customer, Embroidery, Ethnic, face masks, for sale, Linen, Marusya, Notre Dame, Ukrainian, Ukrainian Embroidery
couture face masks

“Through the pur­suit of beau­ty we shape the world as a home, and in doing so we both ampli­fy our joys and find con­so­la­tion for our sorrows.” ~Sir Roger Scruton Hand Embroidered Face Masks I recent­ly fin­ished a face mask for a grad­u­ate of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Notre Dame. The face cov­er­ing is hand embroi­dered (cross-stitched) with navy, Kel­ly green, and gold threads. I used an authen­tic Ukrain­ian embroi­dery pat­tern that...

Plaid Women’s Blazer
Bespoke, Blazer, for sale, Jacket, Jackets, Marusya, Sustainable Fashion, Wool
Green Plaid Women's Sport Jacket

Pub­lished March 13, 2019 Women’s Sport Jacket Hap­py (ear­ly) St. Patrick­’s Day! Today, I’m shar­ing one of my recent cus­tom orders. Here is a sports jack­et/blazer for a lady.  I used Gor­don tar­tan wool from Eng­land. This dark green, navy, and gold check is a clas­sic Scot­tish tar­tan named after the House of Gordon. The pock­ets and sleeve hem bind­ing were made with soft cognac (real) South Amer­i­can leather. (The but­ton is also...

Ukrainian Embroidered Linen Dress
Dress, Dresses, Easter, Embroidery, Floral, for sale, Linen, Ukrainian, Vyshyvanka, Wedding
Ukrainian Embroidered Linen Dress

Pub­lished 12/20/2013  Clothes real­ly are worth pass­ing on. Cer­tain pieces are made to last and are impor­tant ele­ments of the sto­ries that tell the his­to­ry of a love, a fam­i­ly, and how things came to be the way they are. That hideous fur coat? It shows the streak of reck­less ele­gance that runs in the fam­i­ly, just as those point­ed leather cow­boy boots do, worn for generations. First Ukrainian Dress I...

Sustainable Fashion Plaid Jackets, Solid Wool Cape, and Wool Leather Coats for Midwest Family
Burdastyle, childrenswear, Coat, for sale, Marusya, New York City, Outerwear, Sustainable Fashion, Tweed, Womenswear, Wool, Wool Coat
girls wool coats

What will the world look like in 20 or 30 years? Will peo­ple con­tin­ue to wear dis­pos­able cloth­ing? (The aver­age life span of a gar­ment is 3 years.) Will fast fash­ion com­pa­nies exist? Will the fash­ion indus­try con­tin­ue to be the #2 pol­luter in the world? These are the ques­tions being asked in the fash­ion indus­try right now. Not only are fash­ion com­pa­nies wast­ing mil­lions of pounds of unsold gar­ments...

Communion Silk Wool Dress with Illusion Neck
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Communion Silk Dress Illusion Neck

I recent­ly made this beau­ti­ful white silk wool dress with illu­sion neck­line for a lit­tle girl receiv­ing her First Holy Com­mu­nion. Due the Covid-19 and the quar­an­tine orders, we haven’t had the girl try on the dress yet. I make future adjust­ments to this dress after the final fitting.  Silk Communion Dress: White Silk Wool Textile Silk Charmeuse Lining White Dot­ted Net­ting for Illu­sion Neckline Cot­ton Pom Pom Trim  This dress...

Anagrassia Flower Girl in French Wedding Wearing Communion Style Ivory French Alencon Lace and Tulle Dress
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Anagrassia Ivory Alencon Lace First Holy Communion Custom Dress and Flower Girl dress for wedding, special occasion or bat mitzvah. White Tulle and Satin Sash

Here is one of my recent cus­tomers as a flower girl in a sum­mer wed­ding in France. Pho­tog­ra­phy by Aure­lie CM (France) http://www.aurelie-cm.com Dress Details: “Com­mu­nion” Style Dress (Full Dress) Ivory French Alen­con Flo­ral Lace  Cap & Unlined Sleeves Gold Bodice Lining 6 Lay­ers of Ivory Tulle and 1 Lay­er of Ivory Satin Ivory Satin Sash Ivory Satin Buttons Back Hid­den Zip­per and Hook & Eye Enclosures Shop www.anagrassia.com here: Com­mu­nion Style Cus­tom Dresses...