I grew up in a creative household in New Zealand to migrant parents from Poland. I was the middle child - with an older sister, and younger brother. My mother used to make all our clothes, and taught me how to sew at the age of 12. I enjoyed it only when the things I made turned out well! I remember from a very young age loving to play with the curtains after my mother had washed them. My sister and I would wrap the sheer white fabric around us, and play 'brides' and accessorise ourselves with the jewellery our father made from paua (abalone) shells that we collected around the coastline in Wellington. Little did I know then that I would end up merging these two past times, and start my own business creating unique designs and fabrics!

I graduated from Fashion School in the 1980's, which armed me with the technical and creative ability of thinking up a design, and bringing it to life. I gained valuable experience working as a designer / patternmaker for several fashion houses in New Zealand, and continued to learn on the job after moving to Australia, where I gained further experience in the field of up-market women's fashion, where I met Wayne, with whom I was to collaborate a couple of decades later.

Wayne is a talented graphic designer, and we have partnered up to create unique designs in the form of versatile pieces of wearable art. Items that add a point of difference and sophistication, and will not go out of fashion. This was one thing that I didn't like during my fashion career - the disposable nature of the clothes. You had to keep buying new clothes to keep up with 'fashion'.

This business is about offering unique pieces that will look great no matter what is in 'fashion'.