Fashion

i had about 12 hours to make a skirt for f.’s set. i wanted to make a simple piece (her prompts: “femme, weird, dark”) that was low/no-sew for her performance at this local lesbian club night. we had a piece of large scrap in the leather pile and this required one piece of asymmetrical leather. it felt a bit irresponsible to not pattern this and instead attempt to prototype in the piece of leather itself, but this kind of shortcut is frequently how i overcome the inertia to make something quickly despite the risk. ...

I had formerly made this red “futch” harness sized for myself as an alternative to bulldog harnesses (a ubiquitous FSF accessory that has become). I think harnesses look best when they accentuate the lines of the body (like a mesh on a 3D model, or a not-quite-anatomically-correct skeleton). To complete the look I quickly knocked out a leather belt and A. ordered tactical hardware to match the silver/red theme.

quickly made these for my act w/ myles as a spirit medium who raises his husband from the dead since i didn’t have black knee-high gaiters, and used a silver pen to draw quick symbols on them backstage 1 hour before showtime :s

Made this after a Fleet Ilya piece that isn’t in production anymore but that I’ve always really admired. This was my first time developing a leather bra and it took just a few iterations. I altered the original FI design to allow the bra and the corset to be worn either separately or together. I tried to oil-dye jute for the back rope, and that did not go well at all because I used dip-dyeing and the rope has still not shed its excess oil after hours of buffing. I ended up just using plain jute for Fait’s Folsom performances. ...

“triangle maximalism” harness with pink latigo and solid brass hardware. made prior to trip to berlin specifically as a balm against buying too much leather fashion there. started by sketching out a few different patterns over an image of the person i wanted to make it for, and this is one she liked. patterned it piecemeal, testing sizing on her as i went (not very efficient, but it kept my engagement). ...

documenting this quick harness i made in white latigo and black hardware (with chain attachment under the back). gen was visiting so i set her up under contrasting lights.

I had a lot of fun producing a very weird pattern and getting help from Thomas to execute it. It was so fun waking up every day for two weeks in London to walk to the workshop and learning from him. These boots with their cordovan really are some of the nicest boots I’ve ever worn. Thomas was a lovely instructor, extremely gifted cordwainer, and very passionate about solving problems in leather. ...

notes i took while learning how to craft my first pair of shoes – a ridiculous pair of bespoke boots i sketched out that thomas rowe was able to help me turn into a real pair <3 Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper Paper × Press Escape to close. Use Arrow Left and Arrow Right to navigate between images.

made as a silhouette costume piece for faited’s live ambient set. was definitely channeling amf korsets / fleischauer creations for the top (stiff little vegtan pieces). knocked this up in 2 days also while working on my own aerial/costuming piece, since we were performing in the same show. did tonnnns of tooling and could have done more if i’d had more time. the attachment was sketch af (although ended up being a bit more solid than what it shown here… used pawns and buckle attachments). ...

articulated leather spine: veg-tan, rivets, hand-tooled, hand-painted. molded. i made this piece in 2019 but took this photo later, modeled by faited.