Various Gowns
Below some of the private commissions and single gowns for employers I’ve built.
Working with a client on her wedding gown in 2003.

1930's-esque Lycra gown, private commission, 2000, Photo: unknown

15th-c. German gown, private commission, 1996, Photo: Self
Late Victorian bustle gown, private commission, 2014, Photo: Self
Edwardian walking suit, private commission, 2013, Photo: Self
Renaissance gown fashioned after Anne of Austria portrait, private commission, 2011, Photo: Self

Anne of Austria portrait for Renaissance gown, private commission, 2011

Wedding gown, private commission, 2003, Photo: Gerardo Modina

Wedding gown in process CB detail, private commission, 2003, Photo: Self

Wedding gown in process CB, private commission, 2003, Photo: Self

Wedding gown in process CF, private commission, 2003, Photo: Self

Green Victorian ensemble CF, private commission, 2018, Photo: Self

Green Victorian ensemble CB, private commission, 2018, Photo: Self

Purple Victorian gown CF, private commission, 2018, Photo: Self

Purple Victorian gown CB, private commission, 2018, Photo: Self

Brown Renaissance gown CF, private commission, 2011, Photo: Self

Brown Renaissance gown SS, private commission, 2011, Photo: Self

Brown Renaissance gown CB, private commission, 2011, Photo: Self

Brown Renaissance gown inspiration portrait: Isabelle de Mecidi, private commission, 2011
Green Renaissance gown CF, private commission, 2009, Photo: unknown

Green Renaissance gown CB fitting, private commission, 2009, Photo: Self
Late gold Victorian ensemble, private commission, 2012, Photo: Self
Late gold Victorian ensemble CB, private commission, 2012, Photo: Self
Late gold Victorian ensemble Skirt, private commission, 2012, Photo: Self
Late gold Victorian ensemble trim detail, private commission, 2012, Photo: Self
Green plaid Victorian gown, private commission, 2015, Photo: Self
Green plaid Victorian gown back detail, private commission, 2015, Photo: Self

1930's Bias cut charmeuse gown CF, 2005, private commission, Photo: Self

1930's Bias cut charmeuse gown CFB 2005, private commission, Photo: Self
Blue gown for Chicago Lyric's Rusalka (Dvorák) as SF Opera commission, 2014, Photo: Self
Mauve gown for Chicago Lyric's Rusalka (Dvorák) as SF Opera commission, 2014, Photo: Self
Gown for Hector Berlioz' Les Troyens at San Francisco Opera, 2014, Photo: Self
Gown for Richard Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at San Francisco Opera, 2015, Photo: Self

Gowns for Richard Straus' Ekeltra, 2017, Photo: unknown

Pink Gown for Richard Straus' Ekeltra, 2017, Photo: unknown