Hi! My name's Kato. I'm a fashion designer, illustrator, stylist and seamstress, working under the name "STEAMPUNK COUTURE".
www.steampunkcouture.com
www.etsy.com/shop/SteampunkCouture
http://www.facebook.com/reqs.php#/profi … 1187995012
www.myspace.com/kato13
www.thisiskato.com
www.twitter.com/steampunkato
This is me and Sir Roso:
I work freelance from my kitchen table.. I mean.. STUDIO, out in the cactus-riddled desert of Santa Clarita, 40 minutes north of LA.
SteampunkCouture was founded in early 2005 while I was living in England. I then emigrated to California on my little lonesome in 2007.
www.steampunkcouture.com was launched in August 2008 and has suprisingly exploded in popularity since, leaving me constantly swamped in commissions and half-burried beneath a pile of leather, lace, buckles and buttons.
If you would like to become the proud parent of your very own custom steampunkery, please don't hesitate to contact me via the website or directly via: steampunkcouture@hotmail.com
I've been designing for years, but only taught myself to sew about 9 months ago, so the portfolio has just begun.
I'm happy to LOAN clothes for shoots but ONLY with POPULAR models that have a very unique look (insanely weird and brightly-coloured hair, tribal body decoration, interesting tattoos). I DO NOT DO TRADE anymore. If you would like to request some peices for your photo shoot, please contact me via the contact page on
www.steampunkcouture.com
It doesn't matter where you're located, as I will mail you the clothes. I prefer to allow the model to choose her photographer and organize the shoot in her area.
Please check the rental collection gallery currently featured on myspace:
www.myspace.com/kato13 New items added regularly!
If you would like to purchase some tailor-made clothing to your specific measurements, or submit your own design for fabrication, don't hesitate to ask. My prices are EXTREMELY affordable for custom, hand-made clothing.
And now a fancy little tale:
"Born wet and wide-eyed as a literary genre near the end of the last century, "steampunk" is just a word encompassing a litany of sins.
The flagrant coupling of Victorian aesthetic, and phantastic technology. A dash of swashbuckle, a pinch of pathos, simmer until stirred or disturbed.
Haberdashery sprung fully-formed from Item 1, brandishing bustles, boots, and bodices (or monocles, spats, moustaches,) in shades of sepia, dashes of dun, blinks of black, coils of copper, illums of ivory, and jots of jewel-tone. Motifs meander from gearwheels to jacquard, stopping off at morbid, metallic, or romantic along the way. Accessorize with your favorite protective headwear.
Let Kato, artist and craftist, escort you through her vogue's gallery of gamine garb. Tops, bottoms, and side-to-sides fit for adventure aloft, landlubbed or soaked to the bone.
This is Steampunk Couture."
~Magdalene Veen
Coming January 2010: Article in 1st issue of Dirty Mag magazine.
September 09: Article in Gothic Lifestyle magazine and Medusa's kiss ezine
August: Article in Hustler magazine.
August 09: Review in SFX magazine
March 09: Interview with Lipstick Royalty magazine:
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuse … =479228466
Feb 09: Interview with Aether Emporium:
http://etheremporium.pbworks.com/Fashion-and-Costume
January 16th 09 - SteampunkCouture featured in Bizarre magazine:
January 14th 09 - Steampunk Couture featured on Haute Macabre:
http://hautemacabre.com/2009/01/somethi … thing-new/
January 09: SPC featured and reviewed on front page of Chateau Bizarre
December: SPC featured with AbneyPark merchandise on the AP website.
November 08: Interview with Fixe
Summer 08: SPC featured in Gothic Beauty magazine in advert for Glitteryblue jewelry.
Winter 07: SPC featured in Glitteryblue ad campaign and websites
www.myspace.com/kato13
