Handmade Portraits: Topsy Turvy Design
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Uploaded by etsy on Jun 27, 2008
See the Article on Etsy's blog, The Storque, for more information:
http://www.etsy.com/storque/article/2107
Milliner Kim Dye of Topsy Turvy Design has always had a passion for history. From a young age she built elaborate sets and costumes, in an attempt to recreate the bygone eras she'd read about in books. Nowadays, her handmade hats channel this passion and combine her interest in theater, costume, puppetry and architecture. She dreams of the day when everyone will return to dressing up for every occasion with hat and gloves.
Etsy sent independent filmmakers Anne Alvergue and her husband Michael Isabell, aka milorocks, to visit Kim at her home and studio in Oakland, California.
Check out Topsy Turvy Design's shop!
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5205648
Check out the Handmade Portrait video playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D5F437BACC0EDCD3
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I love this girl what an amazing eye and talent, more please!
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You should say, you're a disciple of the Mad Hatter.
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my millinery instructor said gluing is a cheap way of making a hats and is frown a pond by most expert milliner. But than again her hats are very high end and expensive.
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awsome!
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Hun, it's still "cool" to be Goth.
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@barrottceaver yeah...good times:)
i do wish hats looked good on everyone though
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so interesting and very artistic.
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Topsy Turvy is amongst my top favorite Etsy sellers! LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE you work!!!!
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Love seeing Kim. She is super sweet and very talented.
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Kim Dye is a treasure! I love this segment, her appreciation for history but also her inventiveness and delight! Really, IMAGINE when ladies never left the house w/o their hats and gloves! How many times did Lucy and Ethel get into hot water over spending the house budget on hats they just had to have?!?!
barrottceaver 3 years ago 8
That was a cute profile! you are too cute! and I love your work space!
thank you for sharing!
ceejaysvinyl 3 years ago 4