ELISABETH KOCH
I am a milliner. www.elisabethkoch.net
Sitting in my atelier here in Beijing, I am wearing a black skirt that closes with green velcro. It has no label but my sister got it at URBAN OUTFITTERS in London like 10 years ago (!). My top is of jersey cotton, sleeveless, slash-neck type with very wide red & black horizontal stripes (3 red and 2 black). The straps can be tightened with cords (of the same striped material) and tied in a bow – or not, you could leave them hanging too. Both of mine are in bows. The label inside says “BDg registered trademark EST. 76″. This top is also a hand-me-down from my big sister who works in fashion in NY.
On my head, I am wearing a hat of my own label: Elisabeth Koch Millinery. Often while I’m working on a piece, I’ll stick it on my head just to get the feel of it. I make each of my unique creations by hand. It is made of triangular pieces of light silver sinamay with a poof of hand-cut white feathers in the middle. It’s a commissioned piece for a client. Other than these three things, I have no shoes on, no jewelry, but yes to a little mascara (MAYBELLINE from the USA) and eyebrow pencil (DIOR from Amsterdam).
Today is a wonderful July 14th 2010 at 4pm.