Letters from every port
I've ever loved.

THE ELE JOURNAL

Textile traditions. The fashion industry's relationship with the people who love it. The particular peace of hand work at midnight on a ship in the middle of the ocean. Written honestly. Sometimes heavy, sometimes funny. Always real.

What is a Costume Technician on a ship. And what does the job actually look like.

People ask me what I do on ships. I tell them I'm a Costume Technician. They nod like that explains something. It does not explain anything. So let me actually explain it.

The Industry

a drawing of a fashion garment and costume with hand sewing in between

The invisible war between fashion and theater and why nobody is talking about it.

I always knew I wanted both. Fashion and theater. Before I had the language for it, I knew those were my two things. It took me a long time to understand that a lot of people in both rooms would very much disagree with that.

The Craft

Letters from every port I've ever loved.

THE ELE JOURNAL

What is a Costume Technician on a ship. And what does the job actually look like.

The invisible war between fashion and theater and why nobody is talking about it.

Letters from every port
I've ever loved.