The woman who sewed glorious golden dresses for Gustav Klimt.
Emilie Floge—seamstress extraordinaire and Klimt’s life companion—sewed the mosaic-inspired dresses his models wore. Adele Bloch-Bauer is wearing one in this 1907 portrait.
Ballet Russe costumes were vivid and graphic.
Designed to be seen, Ballet Russe costumes were grand opera for the ballet.
Who doesn’t love a purse museum? And a textile museum. And a folk art museum.
Five museum shops now carry my textile jewelry, I’m pleased to report.
Mexican wrestlers.
Mexico’s lucha libre wrestling is known for color and flamboyant showmanship.
A world of pop-up.
Craft shows are a little pop-up world of things to see and touch. Here’s my booth with its big center table, spot lights, and open corner.
All those little glass beads.
I sew each bead on by hand and forge the silver chain myself. For more on the pleasures of craftsmanship, see these top TED talks on …