Women’s Tweed Sport Jacket
Art, Aspen, Bergdorf Goodman, Bespoke, Blazer, Burdastyle, Couture Sewing, Harris Tweed, Jacket, Jackets, Leather, Marusya, Menswear, New York City, Outerwear, Sportswear, Sustainable Fashion, Tweed, Womenswear, Wool
Tweed Women's sport coat

I have a friend who once told me, “My fam­i­ly is not just a fam­i­ly. We are a tribe.” This res­onat­ed with me because I think grow­ing up there were many fam­i­lies around me who would iden­ti­fy with this kind of fierce “stick togeth­er­ness”. I was sur­round­ed by trib­al fam­i­lies: strong, (often) large, loy­al, proud, and of course chaot­ic in the usu­al ways that work­ing imper­fec­tion can be messy. This...

Hand Embroidered Leather Crop Jacket
Burdastyle, Embroidery, Ethnic, for sale, Jacket, Leather, Marusya, navajo, New York City, Outerwear, Religious, Sustainable Fashion, Ukrainian, Womenswear
embroidered leather jacket

Pub­lished August 2019 My Ukrain­ian her­itage is a con­stant source of inspi­ra­tion. Some­times it might just be the work eth­ic. I have been known to work with clients on projects I think are impor­tant even when they ulti­mate­ly cost me mon­ey. But oth­er times the inspi­ra­tion is bit more obvious. Today, I am shar­ing pho­tos of my new Ukrain­ian inspired jack­et. This jack­et is made with Argen­tinean cognac calf leather and...

Blue V‑Neck Women’s Shift Dress
Baptism, Bridesmaid, Burdastyle, Couture Sewing, customer, Dress, Dresses, Easter, for sale, Mother of the Bride, Sustainable Fashion
Wedding guest dresses

Pub­lished 08/12/2014 Part 1 here My sister’s dress for the bap­tism was lit­er­al­ly a last minute project. My sis­ter came over last week­end, flipped through Bur­dastyle cat­a­logs, chose a dress design, dug out fab­ric from my stash, and showed me what she want­ed. (How­ev­er, I high­ly rec­om­mend­ed this pat­tern. I’ve want­ed to make this dress since I first saw it in the Bur­dastyle cat­a­log in Feb­ru­ary.) Since my sister’s body is...

Navy Wool Jacket with Leather Cuffs
Burdastyle, for sale, Jacket, Leather, Marusya, New York City, Outerwear, Womenswear, Wool, Wool Coat
navy wool womens jacket

Pub­lished August 30, 2019 Below are more pho­tos and details for Girl #1’s Coat from the Sus­tain­able Fash­ion Plaid Jack­ets blog post. Navy Wool Coat: This is the same coat design as the Plaid Tweed Wool Jack­et, Navy Wool Jack­et, and Dark Green Wool Jack­et. How­ev­er, I adjust­ed the shoul­ders, sleeves, and length to bet­ter fit a teenager.  (I think the shoul­ders on the orig­i­nal pat­terns were orig­i­nal­ly a bit too wide. I...

Sustainable Fashion Plaid Jackets, Solid Wool Cape, and Wool Leather Coats for Midwest Family
Burdastyle, childrenswear, Coat, for sale, Marusya, New York City, Outerwear, Sustainable Fashion, Tweed, Womenswear, Wool, Wool Coat
girls wool coats

What will the world look like in 20 or 30 years? Will peo­ple con­tin­ue to wear dis­pos­able cloth­ing? (The aver­age life span of a gar­ment is 3 years.) Will fast fash­ion com­pa­nies exist? Will the fash­ion indus­try con­tin­ue to be the #2 pol­luter in the world? These are the ques­tions being asked in the fash­ion indus­try right now. Not only are fash­ion com­pa­nies wast­ing mil­lions of pounds of unsold gar­ments...

Black Silk Gazar Ball Gown
Balenciaga, Burdastyle, Dress, Dresses, Flower Girl, for sale, Marusya, New York City, Silk, Ukrainian, Wedding, Womenswear
black silk ball gown

Arti­cle pub­lished July 2019 SHOP THE DRESS HERE: SILK GAZAR BLACK FLORAL GOWN SHOP THE PURSE HERE: HAND EMBROIDERED LEATHER HANDBAG Floral Silk Gown Cristo­bel Balen­ci­a­ga is my favorite fash­ion design­er and arguably the most ver­sa­tile and tal­ent­ed design­er in mod­ern his­to­ry. Because of his tire­less sac­ri­fice, dili­gence and high stan­dards, he made our lives more beautiful.  I recent­ly watched a Youtube doc­u­men­tary and one fash­ion indus­try pro­fes­sion­al remarked, “For Balen­ci­a­ga, design­ing clothes was more...