Haunt Couture - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm Melissa Joy and I run HAUNT COUTURE , the (mostly) spooky pajama-making business...Haunt Couture is about comfort and custom. unless asked for, all fabrics are 100% cotton. It's built to your measurements, your specifications. you choose the fabric. I buy my fabrics in small batches and add details, so you are going to have an ORIGINAL.
I break down the charge in labor and fabric. That way, if I don't have a fabric you want, we search until you do. once it is found, you know how much it will cost for me to make them.
If you have fabric already, you can send it to me and I can create something. I also do stuff like tops, skirts, bowling shirts...ALTERATIONS for folks in the ny/nj area.
Note: Pictures of items are a guideline for what you can get. The actual item itself has been made for someone. If you see a fabric that you really like, ask about it. I might have some left and can incorporate it somehow...like cuffs or straps. I have a lot of fabric here and also links to fabric websites.

My Interests

alterations, american visionary art museum, bats, beading, body padding, clothing construction, clothing repair, clothing restoration, costume construction, costume history, costumes, crafts, curbside finds, decaf soy lattes, distressing clothing, dorothy parker, dyeing, fabric, fairy tales, fashion history, fifties, flappers, folk art, folklore, forties, furniture restoration, garage rock, garage sales, gothabilly, greasers, halloween, haunt couture, hope, kitsch, making clothes, making pajamas, my one-eyed cat, new jersey, nyc, outsider art, painting, pajamas, period clothing, pfaff, photography, pirates, pretty dresses, psoriasis, pulp novels, punk, punk rock, reading, records, religious art, religious myth, rock and roll, rockabilly, saint veronica, sewing, spiders, spooky pajamas, tailoring, theatre, thrift stores, vegetarian eats, vegetarianism, vintage clothes, vintage clothing, vintage clothing as art, vintage dresses, vintage fabric, vintage pin-up, vintage purses, www.hauntcouture.com

I'd like to meet:

Old friends. I've been a bit nostalgic lately. People who want to buy my wares, that would be nice too.

Music:

"i love rock and roll", just like joan jett said. oh, break it down more? punk rock, gothabilly, cabaret punk, straight up rock and roll, rockabilly, garage. metal will always have a soft spot in my heart. after all, i grew up in jersey.
some of the bands: nick cave, pulp, tom waits, joy division,the avengers, the clash, ny dolls, sticks and stones, elvis(presley and costello),cab calloway, peter murphy, christina, velvet underground

and of course...

Movies:

bubba ho-tep, santa sangre, high fidelity, frida, before sunrise, 24 hour party people, millions, cabinet of dr. caligari, st. andrew's girls.

i'm a sucker for john hughes and cameron crowe. especially...SAY ANYTHING.

Television:

the only way i manage to watch tv is on dvd. I just finished Flight of the Conchords.

Books:

there sure are a lot of books in this flat.

Heroes:

i don't have a hero, but i've got a muse.
his band: www.myspace.com/strangethingsdoneinthemidnightsun