Nice to meet you, I’m Sarahbeth. I’m so glad you’re here.

-I remember the moment, I was a kid, neon had just come into fashion. It was the only thing available, & only in angular styles. Angular neon was nothing I’d ever wanted to wear. Where are the pale colors and the soft dresses that twirl? We couldn’t find a one, & my mother explained they just weren’t what was in fashion. I was 7, & I cried.

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I became a designer to create what I longed to wear. I was determined that damn fine garments could be made that told a deeper story, convinced that they could be made sustainably & ethically, that incredible clothes could fit every type of body, and that they didn’t need to have a $3,000 price tag for us mere mortals.

I wanted to change the world by making sustainable pretty dresses. For a while, I did my part doing just that.

For over a decade I was a one-woman indie apparel dreaming, designing, & creating show, called Unabashed Apparel. And for 20 years I’ve made bespoke heirloom gowns and frocks for brides, performers, and all-around incredible women (and a couple of folx + men) celebrating their story & their own amazing essence.

Often they’d sigh and twirl in their bespoke frock and say this:
“I’d love to be able to do what you do. HOW do you do it? No really… I want to do what you do.”, and they’d lock me with a stare.

I started teaching because I've spent a lifetime being asked that question over and over again,
How can I do what you do?

But there’s a deeper question: because it isn't just about creating clothes, but about how they fit into our lives:

How is what I do, different?

I design and craft pieces with that little something special & that something is that my pieces live inside a framework of eternal storytelling, purpose, & a deep belief that we are all worthy of being clad in our heart’s song, our own version of our finest gown.
I follow my muse -it’s my deep desire to teach you to unabashedly do the same.

(And you know what? After all these years, my muse has still never led me to wear anything angular & neon.)

Want a little bit more? Read my letter to your body here.