Announcement
Custom, bespoke, vintage inspired, handmade women's accessories by artist & designer Kat Swank.
Swank [swangk], Adj: Imposingly fashionable & elegant.
VISIT ME...
Twitter: Kat_Swank
Instagram: Kat_Swank
Facebook: The House of Kat Swank
Another happy bride:
"Hi Kat,
Thank you so much for designing my head piece for my wedding! It is amazing and everyone loved it. I had so many comments on the day and it really made my outfit. Here is the link to our wedding pics online if you want to have a look! Thank you again". -Michelle Kim
Michelle & Martin | PVH Production
www.pvhproduction.com
My bridal line was featured in THE TIMES LONDON! You can read it here:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/kat-swank/the-house-of-kat-swank-by-sian-meades-the-times-uk-october-2011/10150346100663992
A much appreciated compliment from one of my favorite customers, Courtney Love:
"you really took it up a lot of notches i have to tell you the things you've sent me have been UBER high quality and i appreciate that i hate cheapness when i'm spending real money! very very high end and textured, loads of heirloom quality work- when the cd drops i know what i am wearing to the ball! appreciated, cl"
AWESOME: http://londonplinth.blogspot.com/2010/12/goddess-experience-how-print-came-to-be.html
Fabulous STORQUE article about the MOE Team Project Runway Contest that I took part in:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/the-milliners-of-etsy-challenge-11337/#comment-424047
GREAT Blog post about my work: http://www.suchcoolstuff.net/2010/08/liaison-collection-by-kat-swank.html
Welcome Courtesans, Concubines, Mistresses and Masters, Royals and Pawns. Welcome Poets and Artists, Dreamers, Believers, Fairy Tale Weavers. Romantic, Exotic, Passionate ROGUES- Renounce the Ordinary! Be Your EXTRAORDINARY Self.
Thanks so much for your order!
The LIAISON Collection by KAT Swank and
Not Your Average Bride by The House of Kat Swank, LLC.
2009© LIAISON.
2010© KAT SWANK
2010© 5 in 1 Swanky by KAT SWANK
2011© THE HOUSE OF KAT SWANK, LLC
All Rights Reserved.
(FORMERLY kmrwright.etsy.com)
Announcement
Custom, bespoke, vintage inspired, handmade women's accessories by artist & designer Kat Swank.
Swank [swangk], Adj: Imposingly fashionable & elegant.
VISIT ME...
Twitter: Kat_Swank
Instagram: Kat_Swank
Facebook: The House of Kat Swank
Another happy bride:
"Hi Kat,
Thank you so much for designing my head piece for my wedding! It is amazing and everyone loved it. I had so many comments on the day and it really made my outfit. Here is the link to our wedding pics online if you want to have a look! Thank you again". -Michelle Kim
Michelle & Martin | PVH Production
www.pvhproduction.com
My bridal line was featured in THE TIMES LONDON! You can read it here:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/kat-swank/the-house-of-kat-swank-by-sian-meades-the-times-uk-october-2011/10150346100663992
A much appreciated compliment from one of my favorite customers, Courtney Love:
"you really took it up a lot of notches i have to tell you the things you've sent me have been UBER high quality and i appreciate that i hate cheapness when i'm spending real money! very very high end and textured, loads of heirloom quality work- when the cd drops i know what i am wearing to the ball! appreciated, cl"
AWESOME: http://londonplinth.blogspot.com/2010/12/goddess-experience-how-print-came-to-be.html
Fabulous STORQUE article about the MOE Team Project Runway Contest that I took part in:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/handmade-life/the-milliners-of-etsy-challenge-11337/#comment-424047
GREAT Blog post about my work: http://www.suchcoolstuff.net/2010/08/liaison-collection-by-kat-swank.html
Welcome Courtesans, Concubines, Mistresses and Masters, Royals and Pawns. Welcome Poets and Artists, Dreamers, Believers, Fairy Tale Weavers. Romantic, Exotic, Passionate ROGUES- Renounce the Ordinary! Be Your EXTRAORDINARY Self.
Thanks so much for your order!
The LIAISON Collection by KAT Swank and
Not Your Average Bride by The House of Kat Swank, LLC.
2009© LIAISON.
2010© KAT SWANK
2010© 5 in 1 Swanky by KAT SWANK
2011© THE HOUSE OF KAT SWANK, LLC
All Rights Reserved.
(FORMERLY kmrwright.etsy.com)
Items
All Items
Reviews
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Leah on Apr 6, 2014
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful packaging and absolutely gorgeous! Couldn't be happier!
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Anonymous on Jul 25, 2012
5 out of 5 starsThanks so much Kat! Lovely as always and you are so kind and a pleasure to deal with. Thanks a million!
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Anonymous on Jul 25, 2012
5 out of 5 starsFabulous as always, Kat you are amazing! You do phenomenal work!!
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Anonymous on Jun 16, 2012
5 out of 5 starsWonderful item! Thank you so much!!!
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Anonymous on May 9, 2012
5 out of 5 starsGorgeous headband, delivered as promised - many thanks Kat - will definitely be back to purchase a headdress again soon! nThanks again, Kate :)
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Anonymous on Apr 2, 2012
5 out of 5 starsDidn't mean to hit the neutral button :-(
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Anonymous on Nov 28, 2011
5 out of 5 starsBeyond fabulous!! So beautiful!!! I absolutely adore it!! And such a wonderful person to work with!!!!!!! Thank you so much!!
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Anonymous on Oct 26, 2011
5 out of 5 starsHeaddressed arrived today so carefully packaged to preserve those long feathers. Absolutely amazing, beautifully crafted and just matched the dress perfectly. Thank you for so wonderful to work with!
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Anonymous on Oct 25, 2011
5 out of 5 starsThe Volume Fascinator arrived today! Gorgeous piece of bespoke work which reveals more more and more as you examine it. Thank you Kat!
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Anonymous on Oct 13, 2011
5 out of 5 starsVery pretty and wonderfully presented. Thank you.
Shop policies
http://www.etsy.com/shop/KatSwank?ref=seller_info
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
Payment
Shipping
Kindly remember that there is more to shipping than just the price on the front of the envelope. All of my items are shipped USPS first class or priority mail with delivery confirmation. Insurance is not included unless the buyer requests it (it's an additional fee- I am not responsible for items lost in the mail or confirmed delivered but not received, so please consider requesting insurance). The "handling" part of shipping is the price of the packaging, the act of packaging, and the to & from of going to the post office. Also, when you receive an item from my shop it is always wrapped with care & love, with a little added gift of some kind attached (usually a pendant on a hemp cord or a silk flower- something to that effect- it's always different). Part of the EXPERIENCE of buying from LIAISON is that when you get your package, it feels like you're opening a gift!
Enjoy & many thanks! ;)
Warmest Regards, Katherine
Additional policies and FAQs
PLEASE TAKE NOTE: ALL of my work consists of 100% ORIGINAL work (designs and literature). 2009© LIAISON. All Rights Reserved.
Someone broached the subject recently of "copying" taking place on Etsy. For example, cuffs- who started the trend, and does that designer "own" the trend?
A note on copyright from my lawyer...
"The (cuff, for example) design itself is an idea and is thus not copyrightable. (Usually within 24 hours of any award show knock offs of every single designer dress on that runway will be for sale online and the designers can't do a thing about it. You can't copy and sell the TV footage where you saw the dress but you can copy and sell the dress.) A drawing or a photograph of a dress design is a creative expression of that idea and is copyrightable. It cannot be directly used to construct the item as a pattern can be".
Therefore, my name, literature & photographs are protected by copyright, but the design itself is not. It's still not very nice to make an EXACT copy of someone else's work, but then again we have to ask ourselves, is it ever an EXACT copy? The fact of the matter is that clothing, being a so called "useful item", is not copyrightable.
For more information on this subject, you can read Etsy's policies at the following links:
Etsy's Copyright Policy (DMCA)
http://www.etsy.com/copyright_policy.php
Copyright Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
http://www.etsy.com/faq_copyright.php
Articles written by our Intellectual Property attorney Sarah Feingold (sarahsays)
http://www.etsy.com/storque/author/SarahSays/
Anyway, thanks for your interest.
Cheers,
Katherine of Liaison
***** A NOTE ON VINTAGE MATERIALS: I use only the finest vintage materials that I can find when creating my upcycled pieces. Please keep in mind that "Excellent Vintage Condition" isn't the same as "Excellent Brand New Condition". For example, vintage flowers from the early 1900's may have some fading or fraying and sometimes (though rarely) may have small amounts of glue residue which I usually either remove or try to mask if the flower is still in otherwise perfect shape and is GORGEOUS. Soooo, please keep this in mind when ordering upcycled vintage pieces. Thanks SO MUCH for shopping!