Meet Miss Chubi, the owner of Elegy Clothing: handmade Lolita items "fit for a funeral"

Elegy is inspired by the darker side of life and things that aren't conventionally 'pretty'. The phrase 'fit for a funeral' comes to mind - the beautiful corpse adorned with a myriad of flowers, flowing tresses, and of course clothed in a gorgeous dress. The creepy, mysterious woman who stares out her window all day - could she be a witch? The freaky girl with dark lips clad in black, a petticoat-supported silhouette. That's her: the witch, the dead girl, the freak. That's Elegy.  - Miss Chubi

Elegy is a one-woman shop

Miss Chubi runs Elegy completely on her own so she's responsible for all the sewing, design, pattern-making, web design, emails, social media, photo editing, etc. Whew!

"Elegy was born out of an experiment: could I successfully sell the things I make?"

I made my first sale ~2 hours after opening my shop, and that verified this desire of mine. The first garment I actually sold was a really ugly cherry printed blouse with bright lemon yellow sleeve cuffs. I labelled it as 'Lolita', although it truly wasn't. But I did sell a garment, and that really sealed this idea in my head - that maybe I really could make and sell clothing and do this thing for real.

Continue reading the story of how Elegy was born, and how Miss Chubi turned to making Lolita items, over on her website (and check out her custom-made lewks, while you're there). Plus, follow her shop on Instagram.

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