Theatrical costuming meets radical repair

After a decade building heavy performance armor and historical garments for professional stages, the focus shifted to open studio teaching and bespoke commissions. Every session is designed to strip away the intimidation of industrial sewing equipment, giving students the mechanical literacy needed to alter, mend, and construct without fear.

Garments should never be rigid uniforms that demand conformity. By treating pattern drafting as an open-source tool, we help clients build custom wardrobes that make their external presence match their internal identity.

Three pillars of studio practice

Our framework is anchored in material honesty, mechanical literacy, and absolute bodily autonomy.

Queer bodily autonomy

Radical longevity

Mechanical transparency

Custom garments drafted from scratch to fit non-standard proportions, rejecting off-the-rack gender binaries and rigid sizing constraints.

Visible sashiko repairs, reinforced stress points, and salvaged remnant archives that treat wear and tear as a garment's history rather than its end.

Hands-on instruction that demystifies bobbin tensions, stitch formations, and machine maintenance so makers achieve total self-reliance.

Ready to build your own wardrobe armor?

Book a private instruction session at the Fitzroy studio and learn the mechanics of sustainable craft.