Eustratia, top 10 gifts under £20!

I wanted to put together a little board showing some of the affordable gifts available through my website. Usually, people who have seen my clothes automatically assume that everything I sell is expensive. This isn’t true, my products have a very low mark up compared to other companies, some of them just happen to be quite labor-intensive. I like creating elaborate outfits but also understand there is beauty in simplicity and a cute piece to finish off an outfit can be uncomplicated and inexpensive while still looking great.

I created Eustratia to make my vision accessible to customers of all budgets and feel like I’m well on the way to achieving that.

gifts under 201. Stripey folded hair flower, £15.

2. Moth-girl T-shirt, £12.50

3. Avalon head chain, £18

4. Unicorn headband, £15

5. Latex bow cuff, £6.50

6. Stocking toppers, £10 (or 15 with trim)

7. Bow earrings, £13

8. Tote bag, £6.50

9. Standard fingerless gloves, £18.50

10. Standard latex pasties, £18

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Home shooting for Rebelicious

I’ve wanted to set up a mini photo studio in my house for a few years but never really had the space until recently. A few months ago I bought myself a simple lighting and backdrop set up and decided to try out shooting from home.

Aside from product shots which are really useful for my business, I also shot some model product shots with the help of my boyfriend, Richard Ayres, also a designer who frequently needs shots of his new items. The first shoot we need was very casual but we still got a couple of nice images.

 

natural 2headpiece smallglasses sideWe put slightly more effort into the second shoot, used an outfit from my Persephone lingerie range as well as the headdress Rik made me for my birthday and the latexlace cat ears and ended up with quite a sleek set.

flowers 1smallflowergirl2smallflowers4 smallflowers3smallWe shot this set around Halloween so I did a fun version with a drawn on cat nose as well.

catI was quite please with the set overall so I decided to send it to Rebelicious magazine and they published it alongside a short interview.

rebelicious floral 1rebelicious floralThe feature is in issue #16 and can be purchased here.

I also used one of the image to form the basis of the Regress flyer and the new Eustratia pocket mirror.

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Regress, a new clubnight in Manchester

For a while now, we’ve been thinking that Manchester needed a new regular club night, that in a way transcends genres and allows for dressing up, dancing, enjoying performance and fashion, all under the same roof.

The return of Torture garden and the work that I have been doing with TG Manchester promoter Frankie knuckles had indicated this is the right time to launch this type of event so we are excited to present Regress, a night where you can explore your alter ego and dress for the way you feel.

regress flyerFantasy/Fetish dress code promoted but not enforced

Friday 20th December 9pm till late at Alter Ego

Advance tickets £5, or £8 on the door

Tickets available from
Club Alterego, 105-107 Princess Street Manchester or
Frankie Knuckles Boutique, Afflecks, second floor, 52 Church Street

This months schedule includes:

  • Latex fashion show by Eustratia
  • DJ Set by TG Manchester DJ, Jane Dalton
  • Act by well-known London performance artist

We hope that through having a monthly event, we can establish a network within the people of Manchester to fuel creativity and more diversely interesting night-life as well as paving the path to making TG Manchester regular.

I’m already planning something special for the fashion show and I hope to see lots of you there.

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Current obsessions #14

current obsessions 14This week has been mostly about decoration inspiration. I haven’t started putting anything up get, I’m just trying to decide what would suit the house most. It will be the first time decorating my own house for the festive season so I want to make it special.

I also thoroughly enjoyed TG Manchester on Friday, a post about that will be coming soon.

 

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Moth shoot publication

In the spring, I collaborated with talented photgrapher SJ Image on a fantasy inspired personal project. I did the styling and make up, though Yuri unboudtable made it look better in the photos. My aim was to get the images published and last week the last two looks from the shoot were featured in issue 4 of Freque magazine.

21 2223 The two final images from the latex look (featuring an outfit from my Persephone range for Eustratia) had already been featured in the latex issue of Delicious dolls magazine.

delicious dolls moth shoot publicationand one of these way also previously used for the front of the Manospychotisches ballroom flyer in May.

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