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Written by Sameerah
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Monday, 17 October 2005 01:12 |
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She was dancing in front of a dim blue light near the DJ booth. Her black hair swinging around her face and shoulders as she swayed back and forth the rhythm of some old skool DM, however it isnâ??t her dance that has caught my eye tonight, but the maroon lace top covering her corset. I canâ??t take my eyes away from the intricate spiders web design playing across her shoulders. Now Iâ??ve seen tops of this sort before at the cheap costume shops that line Hollywood Blvd. They seem to stock them nothing but those as Halloween approaches. Still something about this top is different and its something that goes beyond just to color. Perhaps it was because this didnâ??t seem to made out of the horrid cheap scratchy stretch lace that rears its ugly head at some shops. I just know I need to find out where she got that top! As the song comes to an end I push my through the crowded dance floor to where the girl is still standing, screaming over the noise of the club I ask her where she got her top from. She screams back, â??A online store called Dragons Blood Creations.â? I thank her rush to the bar and write the name of the store on a cocktail napkin before alcohol ruins my short-term memory. I stumbled home about 3am, and even in my far from sober state I couldnâ??t wait to get online and check out the new shop I learned about earlier in the evening, I was floored by what I saw! Beautiful corsets, tops dresses, vests in almost every style your dark heart could ever ask for. I was giddy when I went to bed that night, and the site got even better when I sobered up and quit seeing two of everything. Tonight weâ??re going to sit down with the Australian fashion goddesses of Dragons Blood Creations Terry and Adele to find out what DBC has in store for us next.
She was dancing in front of a dim blue light near the DJ booth. Her black hair swinging around her face and shoulders as she swayed back and forth the rhythm of some old skool DM, however it isnâ??t her dance that has caught my eye tonight, but the maroon lace top covering her corset. I canâ??t take my eyes away from the intricate spiders web design playing across her shoulders. Now Iâ??ve seen tops of this sort before at the cheap costume shops that line Hollywood Blvd. They seem to stock them nothing but those as Halloween approaches. Still something about this top is different and its something that goes beyond just to color. Perhaps it was because this didnâ??t seem to made out of the horrid cheap scratchy stretch lace that rears its ugly head at some shops. I just know I need to find out where she got that top! As the song comes to an end I push my through the crowded dance floor to where the girl is still standing, screaming over the noise of the club I ask her where she got her top from. She screams back, â??A online store called Dragons Blood Creations.â? I thank her rush to the bar and write the name of the store on a cocktail napkin before alcohol ruins my short-term memory. I stumbled home about 3am, and even in my far from sober state I couldnâ??t wait to get online and check out the new shop I learned about earlier in the evening, I was floored by what I saw! Beautiful corsets, tops dresses, vests in almost every style your dark heart could ever ask for. I was giddy when I went to bed that night, and the site got even better when I sobered up and quit seeing two of everything. Tonight weâ??re going to sit down with the Australian fashion goddesses of Dragons Blood Creations Terry and Adele to find out what DBC has in store for us next.
How did you both get started in fashion design?
We sort of fell into it with our love of dressmaking and unusual clothes. I started the business making medieval themed clothes for the local Medieval Fair in the mid 90's. Adele got her diploma in the late 80's and started working with me in 1998 and we went full time 1999.
While you both seem to have had a life long love in creating fashion, you both held full time jobs in other industries, what finally inspired you to pursue design full time?
Adele was miserable working for the Government (which is where we met in the 70's) and I was very unhappy with a small business I was a partner in at the time. We decided it was worth the risk and started in a spare room in Adele's house.
A lot of your pieces have a very medieval feel to them, how do you translate those sorts of influences and themes into modern styles?
These were the styles I started with at the Medieval Fair, the gothic gowns, cloaks and menâ??s shirts that we still make today. In modern fabrics, they flow beautifully and are comfortable to wear and no matter how big or small you are, a princess line gown always looks flattering.
You are both very accomplished designers in your own right; do you ever collaborate on the different lines you offer? Or do you just work as individuals?
While we each think up new styles to try, it's usually with input from the other. We do have different things we do better than the other though, like the stretchy lace stuff Adele makes and the crushed velvet I usually make up. That was originally dependant on how our sewing machines coped with the fabric and we've just kept doing that. We do collaborate on big projects though, especially if there is a deadline. The coats can sometimes be more time consuming than I originally planned for so while I make up the outer, Adele or Wendy (our very talented machinist) will do the lining.
In addition to clothes, you also design jewelry, are there any plans to add your jewelry lines to Dragons Blood Creations?
We each have a small website with stores online that show our jewelry as the current DBC web site is big enough already.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 18 October 2005 01:19 )
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