About
You
like beautiful things, you maybe want them to be cruelty free, you
prefer them to stand out from the crowd, you like them to be fairly
exclusive and hand-made too. Well, you are in the right place - because
my mission is to make them for you.
Born
in Łódź, Poland, I had a fairly deprived childhood. So, ever since I
was able to afford them, I’ve always had a great appreciation of
beautiful things.
And, ever since my mother taught me to sew as a child, I have enjoyed the creative process of making those beautiful things.
It
led me to learn garment construction/pattern cutting and
dressmaking/tailoring at high school, to take a degree in textile design
at the Technical University of Łódź and then an HND in fashion
technology and manufacture with design at Glasgow Clyde College.
It
ensured that I knew the importance of combining creativity and
craftmanship with good quality control (indeed, my first job was
ensuring quality in a jeans factory).
It
also made me realise how many textiles and products lead to animal
misery through materials like leather, wool, silk and fur. Or human
misery through damage to the environment and directly to their
workforce.
So
I am on a mission to find cruelty-free alternatives that hopefully are
also less damaging to the environment - and people too.
I
have sourced, from around the world, vegan-friendly felt, Washpapa (a
washable and durable paper impregnated with latex designed to be a vegan
alternative to leather), a waterproof polyester fabric, an eco-friendly
cork replacement for leather, leatherettes, cottons and upholstery
velours.
Armed
with these carefully chosen top-quality materials, I love nothing more
than to create unique bags, jewellery, clothing, soft toys, ornaments
and fashion accessories. You will probably notice that I love colour and
plenty of it.
A far cry from high-street mass production, most items are one-offs and all are hand-made in my little home workshop.
Have
a look at my products. I hope you will agree that I am doing my bit to
make the world a more beautiful, more colourful, more unique, more
compassionate world.
Somebody recently described my creations as “wearable works of art” and I am happy with that.



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