Edwardian period dress (1901-1910)
Some styling and costume design projects. Click the pics for photo galleries.


Wedding Gallery
The bundle is tied with twill ribbon, secured by an old hatpin with a lavender glass head. It's the little details that I enjoy. Photo © 2011 Photo Pink
Lovely she is. Photo © 2011 Photo Pink
The fascinator uses vintage pearly flowers and gilt netting from one of my favorite sources, Tinsel Trading. Photo © 2011 Photo Pink
Boutonnière and fascinator
For my friends' wedding, I created a complementary boutonnière and fascinator for the pair to wear. This was the first time I have turned feathers into fashion. Surprising; as I think an awful lot about the historical and conservation context of this.


Volkswagen Gallery
I upholstered the bench seats in maroon vinyl and used vintage barkcloth for the curtains. Travis built the seat frames out of old wood crates and laid an IKEA "wood" floor. Photo © 2010 Erica Beckman
Beauty shot of el van. Before Travis got a hold of it, it was a rust bucket that you could practically pedal with your feet, Flintstones-style. Photo © 2010 Erica Beckman
1960 Volkswagen Transporter
Not a costume for a person, but close. I upholstered and curtained the interior of Travis Scales' restored 1960 VW bus. You can see this tin-can beauty on August 13 at the NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam, a vintage-VW car show we organize on Governors' Island.


Little Green Dresses Gallery
A page from the Little Green Dresses book.
Little Green Dresses
This book, developed and written by Austin, Texas-based designer and seamstress Tina Sparkles, is a how-to guide for refashioning existing garments into new pieces. It was published in 2010 by The Taunton Press.

I was the garment and photo stylist for Little Green Dresses. Photographs by Erica Beckman.


IHBG Gallery

The 2010 I Heart Brooklyn Girls calendar project re-visioned classic pulp fiction covers. This gallery includes a few of the more direct interpretations.
Left: Avon Publications, Inc. (1954) / Right: © 2010 I Heart Brooklyn Girls.

Left: Lion Books (1953) / Right: © 2010 I Heart Brooklyn Girls

Left: Gold Medal Books (1950). Image courtesy Strange Sisters.com. / Right: © 2010 I Heart Brooklyn Girls

Left: Beacon Books (1959). Image courtesy Strange Sisters.com. / Right: © 2010 I Heart Brooklyn Girls
I Heart Brooklyn Girls
I Heart Brooklyn Girls is an art activism project that reinvents vintage kitsch such as the pinup calendar and pulp fiction cover art. The project appropriates and improvises scenes using members of Brooklyn's queer community.

I am a co-producer of the project and I style the costumes and sets. Photographs by Erica Beckman.


The Story Gallery
© 2003 Lisa Roze
© 2003 Lisa Roze
© 2003 Lisa Roze
© 2003 Lisa Roze
© 2006 Erica Beckman
© 2006 Erica Beckman
The Story
"novel vintage"
For several years I owned a vintage clothing business called The Story. I acquired most of my stock at once from a shuttered store in upstate New York. The proprietrix had collected compulsively for many years, and I assumed the bounty. It was a dream wardrobe with pieces that dated from the Civil War era to the 1980's, each with a story of its own to tell. Besides selling pieces at New York City's vintage fashion shows and directly to designers, I styled numerous projects with the the garments. Today, all that's left in my possession is one treasured rack.

Photographs by Lisa Roze and Erica Beckman.


Gamine Gallery
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
© 2005 Iron Egg Films
Gamine
Gamine is a short film directed by Sharon Barnes. It is set in an American backyard during the early 1940s. In it, a bored tomboy bilks her household chores, only to find a magical world in the backyard beyond.

I was the costume designer for the film. In particular, I designed and constructed the female acrobat's ensemble.

Paper doll: B. Shackman & Co., Inc.
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