PLEASE NOTE: Due to a massive number of emails coming in each day, it may take some time for me to get back to you. If you would like an immediate reply regarding clothing rental or custom commissions, PLEASE contact me via steampunkcouture@hotmail.com
OK. Hello! My name's Kato. I'm a fashion designer, illustrator, photo editor, stylist and seamstress, working under the name "STEAMPUNK COUTURE".
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 a couple of years later.
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 do not trade clothing for photos and rentals are currently closed for a few months while I work on releasing some new designs.
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.
www.steampunkcouture.com
www.etsy.com/shop/SteampunkCouture
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www.myspace.com/kato13
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This is me and Sir Roso:
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
March 2010: Article in Gothic Lifestyle magazine
January 2010: Article in 1st issue of Dirty Mag magazine.
September 09: Article in 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
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