Author: Stevie Crowne

Fashion Summit Hong Kong

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I am thrilled to have had my first international collection, Genesis Cultura, previewed at Fashion Summit this weekend as a part of their “Design For The Future” Hong Kong Trade Development Council installation! As a Canadian turned London, UK upstart, this is such a big win for me and also my first showcase/tradeshow in Asia! Special thank you to Annie Yeung for making this possible for me and my brand!

Here’s some answers to a few questions that were sent to me earlier this month!

Toronto Guardian Feature

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Liberty Truism Collection shot by Danielle Larson
Upcoming Genesis Cultura 2021 collection shot by Harun

I want to thank The Guardian for supporting me and everyone in Toronto who has helped me get to where I am today! I have a big space in my heart for my Torontonians and send all of my best wishes to all of you reading this!

Custom Cocktail Dress + Clutch

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I present to you a custom made bridal satin cocktail dress with floral sequin lace bodice overlays & asymmetrical skirt appliqué. I later used the excess fabric to design a matching handbag.

Every once in a while, I am given the chance to create a custom order that is outside the box from what my brand is known for and I enjoy the challenge. I look forward to making more refined, sophisticated, and elegant pieces like these!

If there’s anything I want my clients to know, it’s that they can be whoever they want to be and they can choose to celebrate whatever part of themselves when commissioning garments from my brand!

Here is the behind the scenes video of the dress production!
Above is the behind the scenes video for the bag production!

British Fashion Icon Daniel Lismore

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Daniel is somebody I have admired greatly in the art-fashion world for years now. From giving @ted talks that are truly revolutionary; specifically in relation to living your life as a work of art, producing out of this world style-art exhibitions which translate into living sculptural fantasies, and also being described by @voguemagazine as England’s most eccentric dresser.
Daniel also facilitates some of the greatest spaces on Clubhouse that have made thousands feel included alongside myself and has co-hosted talks with other major style icons I look up to such as Daphne Guinness & Roisin Murphey, who I recently was able to speak with; something I never thought would be possible for a long time in a post-pandemic world.
Thank you for your contributions to our industry and the people in it! It’s never easy starting over again in a new city, let alone in a new country while expanding a brand to the global marketplace. Your energy, your togetherness, and your creative light is something I wish we saw more of on this planet! ? ? ?
Livestream footage of Daniel post photoshoot
Made to measure and featuring braided chain trimmings and greek key stitch embroidered chrome with hand sewn diamanté embellishments accented by silver pyramid studs.
Behind the scenes footage of crown production

British Entertainment Personality Naomi Isted

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Custom tee & beanie
Here is the TikTok video which features the behind the scenes process!
Naomi opening up the package and giving it a positive review.

It was a pleasure to collaborate with Naomi on these customized pieces from my Liberty Truism collection!

Every piece from my capsule line and brand in general is customizable to each person upon request! I enjoy hearing my clients’ requests and making something that is only for them!

Stevie Crowne Limited

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Today the Stevie Crowne Limited brand was incorporated on British soil; specifically in London, UK. I’ve worked so hard for the last ten years day in and day out to make this move and to make this once local and sustainable brand into an internationally legitimate label and enterprise. My company promise and mission statement will be posted this week. I thank all of my customers, clients, and supporters globally who have supported me and I can’t wait to show you what I have planned next!

CHROMATICA ECO-WARRIOR Inspired Jacket

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If you stay in touch with my social channels and my brand and are reading this, chances are you are informed that I recently decided to work towards a move to London, England to expand my fashion brand I created in Canada and brought all over the country the last 10 years. All the way from Saskatchewan to Vancouver to Toronto and then Montreal and being everywhere in between has been a pleasure. Touring and creating for individuals across the country has truly inspired me in ways that they do not know. As you would imagine, there is a lot of deadstock supplies and materials I’ve accumulated over my journey and a large part of being a sustainable designer is using these excess materials before I leave to reduce my carbon footprint and waste as a designer. Over the weekend my intuition and heart lead me to reimagine, reinvent, and repurpose a neon jacket that I have had on my hands for about a month now. Below is the step-by-step process and thoughts behind how I channeled each material into this limited edition piece unconsciously inspired by Lady Gaga‘s Chromatica eco-warrior archetype.

This is the garment in question in its most simplest and thrifted form. I have always been a fan of bold color and as soon as I saw this at a thrift shop in my hometown during my travels, I knew I had to buy it.

STEP ONE: FABRIC DYE & SPLATTER

Here is the jacket after the fabric dying and splatter stage. Check below to see the process up close!
                    STEP 2:  INSTALLING PYRAMID STUDS

Here is the jacket after the stud embellishment phase. This is the trademark that truly launched my brand in 2011 when I did my very first fashion show in Saskatoon at the age of 16 years old
 
Without using the tools that make it easier, I always enjoyed punching each and every stud in by hand with my own fingers. I joked with one of my close clients as I was doing this that it was like a pilgrimage of fashion; A recollection of what I used to do solely and I didn’t want to stop until my fingers bled. After hours and hours and close to 200 hand punched in studs later, this portion of the design was finished!

STEP 3: CHAIN, FINE CRYSTAL, EMBLEM INCORPORATION, AND PERSONALLY SIGNED LABEL

Considered to be my favourite transformation of this jacket, this is the final product after placing the chain detail, fine crystal work, sewing in the car emblems, and then crystallizing the car emblems to give it that extra detail work. To make it official, I recycled the blue dead stock leather that I had carried in my possession for years and cut it into a cute label and signed it myself. Check below to see the final behind-the-scenes process!

CLOSEUP DETAILS

Here are the final details and close up shots!

TIKTOK COVERAGE & VIDEOS

I am thrilled with the response given and interest to buy this piece even before the full reveal! I have decided to do a auction for this piece and bidding starts at $600.00 CAD. You can place you bid through email at [email protected] or DM me on instagram @StevieCrowne. All bidders will be notified as other bids come through and can decide to place a higher bid! All proceeds from this will go towards buying new sewing equipment and supplies to upstart my brand in London, UK this fall. This auction will end in one week from today on September 9th, 2020 at 12am! Once again, Thank you for reading, staying posted, and supporting my brand and vision!