Minxshop

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My name is Anna-Marie, but my friends call me Minkie. I started sewing about eight years ago when I started selling vintage clothes on Ebay as a part time job. It started with small alterations which led to t-shirt reconstruction, and then eventually full on garment making. Everything I have learned has been 100% self taught. When I started selling, I did it to help put myself through college, and considered it a much more pleasant alternative to a real job. When I graduated college and finally got a real job, I realized designing was still a much better alternative!

The goal of my designs is to create clothes that are interesting and unique, but also comfortable and wearable on a day to day basis. I think we all need something that is easy to put on with a pair of jeans and boots, and not look like we just crawled out of a dumpster. But on the other hand, most of my pieces can easily be dressed up with heels, amazing tights, and weird mismatched blazers and cardigans. All of my clothes are created in small runs using natural fabrics like cotton, silk, wool, and linen. I buy about 10 to 30 yards of fabric, and once it’s gone, you won’t see anything quite like it again. I try to keep everything eco-friendly by recycling all of my scraps into news things (ruffles, appliques, or as hangtags for my clothes) in order to mitigate the excessive waste that comes with garment making. I really love my job and I am constantly inspired by thrift stores, antique shops, nature, and the unexpected.