Gemma Fleming's "SPARE" Featuring Papusza LIMBS

In January my darling friend, associate and fellow artist Gemma Fleming debuted her most recent short film, SPARE at HNM's Pain Exhibit. SPARE features performances by Maxine Nienow and Michaeline Sexton, among others. I had the pleasure of custom making Papusza LIMB tights and a mask for the areal portion of the film. LIMBS are for sale, and can be purchased from me if you email me at kaytee@papuszacouture.com or go through my Smashing Darling. For a full list of the talented people involved in creating this piece go here or you can check out SPARE below. Also, look at Gemma's website to see details about her upcoming show in Manhattan, "Not a Fairy Tale."

"SPARE" from Gemma Fleming on Vimeo.

Papusza's Saint Valentine Dress-Winner at Patricia Fields Valentine's Ball!!!

This year for the Patricia Fields Valentine's Ball I had the honorable pleasure of designing my darling friend, muse and associate Rachel Singer an outfit to wear. Rachel and I decided that Saint Valentine's a la Dia De Los Muertos meets Elizabethan Couture would be a good route to go. I designed her a gown using a beautiful golden vestment fabric (which happens to be the same fabric I bought the first day I moved to New York 4 years ago), which had accents in gold, orange and pink. The dress was strewn with golden chains and grommets, a side tilted steel bone hooped skirt and a bodice that matched the crucifixes on the fabric. I had been conceptualizing this gown for years. Beneath Rachel wore little rose brocaded orange and gold hot pants I made her, and over the bodice a bra adorned with giant flaming heart lights (that lit up!) over each breast. On her head she wore a 10 lb. antler head piece, made using leftover antlers from the piece I recently showed during Basel Miami at The SCOPE International Art Fair. Her makeup was done with the talents of mua Lysette Drumgold.

Rachel was the first prize winner at the ball's costume competition, and received a generous gift certificate to enjoy using at Pat Field's boutique on Bowery. I take this as an enormous compliment, being that I have loved Miss Field's work for years. See some fun photos of us getting Rachel ready for the evening taken by Analisa Deolaso.

Video of Papusza and Burley at SCOPE Night Event

It was fun.... a little to much fun! Here is video footage documenting the SCOPE Night Event the piece Katie Burley and I made was featured at. You can see the piece, among the debauchery and fun of the night. Catch a glimpse of me hanging with our great model, Ashley Garner, followed by a glimpse of Katie looking gorgeous in fur and feathers! Oh, Miami.... what a trip!

SCOPE Miami : The Night Event Produced by Artists Wanted from Artists Wanted on Vimeo.

VALENTINE'S SALE: PAPUSZA LIMBS FOR LOVE!

Whether you love or loath Valentine's Day it's always nice to have something bright and colorful to wear on the day of hearts. You can always go extra festive and get a pair in red-which could also be a very and romantic thoughtful gesture as a gift if your heart beats for fashionable lady.

However, if you're not so into the cupid scenario, brighten up your dreary February with beautiful, soft, cozy, hand-dyed Papusza Limb tights, available in Red, Black, Green, Purple, Blue, Magenta and now Teal and Brown (pictures coming soon). These fabulous 100% nylon tights can be made per order in 3 different dye patterns, including bruise, dip dye and ombre.

AND.... They are on sale for only $20 a pair (normally $28) through the 14th. Email me to place orders or with further inquiries. Love your Limbs!!!!

Red in Bruise.

Purple in Dip Dye

Blue in Dip Dye

Magenta in Ombre

Grey in Ombre

Papusza in Tim William's Tripping Video

Thanks to brilliant styling duo LP Fashion Philosophy Papusza's Mer Gown is in the awesome new Tim William music video Tripping. Check it out! You will see the dress worn by the girl laying on the rooftop right after the 2:00 point. Also, see an amazing piece by dear friend and awesome menswear designer Maleen Dalan worn my Mr. William himself towards the beginning of the video.

I love this video!!! Vote for it to be the winner of MTV's Best Freshmen Video!

More Papusza and Katie Burley at SCOPE International Art Fair

After showcasing last month at the night event for the SCOPE International Art Fair in Miami Katie Burley and I took a stroll through the fair with model Ashley Garner decked out in pieces from our most recent collection, Paramicha. We passed out fliers promoting the project, and had a fun little guerilla fashion show of our own, creating a little bit of a scene... very appropriate considering the collection we are creating.

I was also excited to see the beautiful photo taken by Elizabeth Raab as the centerfold in the SCOPE catalogue. Showcasing at SCOPE was a very bright note to end 2010 on. I am excited to see things unfolding before me in the upcoming year, for a beautiful 2011.

Papusza: Featured Artist at SCOPE International Art Fair Night Event

Siku, Inuit for ice, is an installation exhibiting the idea of beauty, nature and pain being frozen in time. It is a mixed media couture installation made using taxidermy, antique lace, fabric, feathers and bones.

To close 2010 I was given an amazing opportunity to showcase a couture installation at the SCOPE International Art Fair Night Event-in Miami during Basel week-as the featured artist. The event I showcased at was produced by Artists Wanted. The finished piece was exuberantly received, and I couldn't have pulled it off without the help of amazing milliner Katie Burley, who, along with being my right hand woman, designed the beautiful Antler Crown worn by "Siku: The Ice Queen."

My piece was defined by a 7 1/2 foot tall and 6 foot in diameter steel, antique lace, bone and antler 3 hooped crinoline. Within in this contraption amazing model Ashley Garner sat, in character all night, wearing a dove feather and calve bone corset, a steel boned antique lace and dove feather Elizabethan collar piece, and antique lace and steel boned petticoat. Katie Burley's beautiful veiled antler and moss crown, as well as her special antler talons, perfectly complimenting the look. Janice Quijano built a beautiful ice-like wig worn under the crown to complete the look operatically.

See pictures, with corresponding photo credits, below.

I wanna say thanks to the following for making this project possible: Katie Burley, Nicholas Goodwin, Val McKinnon, Ashley Garner, Janice Quijano, Rosanna Scimeca, Tom Ryder, Ryan O'Connor, William Etundi, Evan Collier and of course the Land of the Northern Lights-the realm which dreams are made of.


Photos by Shannon Cahill:




Photo by Tomas Loewy.