I started my training from the age of seven with my father, who at that time had his own business making tailcoats for ballroom dancers as well as suits for famous Hollywood actors. I also spent a considerable amount of time working with my mother who worked as a seamstress for world famous fashion houses.

The end result was by the time I reached the age of 18, I had been working in the industry for more than a decade, but then, sewing was just a hobby for me. A way of looking fab and fashionable on a teenager’s budget.

A chance meeting with a Hollywood costume designer at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London changed all that.

Over the decades, I have had the opportunity to learn from master tailors and cutters and worked in the costume, tailoring, film, fashion and haute couture industry. I have also been a lecturer, mentor, public speaker, head of department, head tailor, pattern cutter and run my own business.

I’m all about the craft of sculpting fabrics to enhance the male and female body.

So what makes me different to other sewists?

Having worked in such varied disciplines, I have extensive knowledge on many garment construction alterations, tips and tricks, which up until now have been the jurisdiction of the theatre and film world, that makes the fit of a garment superior. To have  trained ‘eye’ to what is being created and how to obtain the desired effect is key.

I also have an expansive outlook on creative construction which has been honed to visualise and execute concepts which many may be able to draw but not create.

Having gained significant in-depth experience, I have been commissioned to write 2 industry standard text books, ‘Simple Tailoring and Alterations’ which has been in circulation for nearly a decade, with 5-star reviews and ‘The Waistcoat Workbook’ which was released in the spring of 2024.