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I make couture gowns from a vintage auto shop
turned atelier🪡Eco focused🪡
🌎📍CHI•NYC•MIAMI✨
👀 in: DailyMail, Vogue UK, Glamour, GQ
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What we did here:❤️‍🔥First of all, meeting @jocelynbinder was a surprise for us on fitting day. We knew it was possible I would be dressing her in a piece I’d mentally earmarked as a back up design. 🪡🧵 On show day (which was the very next day)… I packed some extra fabric and had an idea to pull out an old party trick from my early show days. …Once upon a time I used to drape a design on stage during a show or during a photo shoot. It was done in smaller settings, with more familiar crowds, and usually with a model I knew.🪡 Ok back to show day with Jocelyn.. I had that other design.. but this just did not seem like a situation to show a ‘back up plan’. So with the stakes at an all time high I told her my idea. She immediately said let’s do this. And about an hour before the show I draped her piece. I saw the image… she let me work out the dips and turns of the fabric and patiently let me figure it out. Back stage is chaos. There were interruptions… she even had to take off the piece when it was her turn to walk for another show before ours. She came back and said, ‘Are we gonna go for it?’
Freaking Yes. Absolutely yes. I’m so thankful for the mood/faith/interest she had in this idea. I didn’t actually SEE how it came across until days later when the video was shown to me.
@flaaluhs & @rizefromtheash were fundamental in the success of this ❣️❤️ belief in the possibility made the moment STRONG, and I’m so very thankful!
I’ll be patterning this look and making it again and again, I love it so much!
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Video footage from @daviexposure
@flaaluhs @rizefromtheash @ksmothers73 ❤️
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@miamiswimweekshows
#miami #miamiswimweekshows #miamiswimweek #msw #fashion #fashiondesigner #fashiongram #fashionreels #swimweek #fashionweek #runway #swimsuits #fashionblog #backstage #bts #behindthecurtain by @ekayecollection

We spent Thursday exploring one of our favorite places. It was just a blink of time really.. but somehow everything gets a new perspective when we explore together. 30 hours feels like 3 days. This was one of the best days of my life, filled with joy, love, and so much laughter. (For someone who had ‘talks a lot’ written on report cards, I’ve sure been searching for my words for days.) Everything with you Kelly gets a healthier perspective from me. What a beautiful life. I said yes.🌻🩷🌸 by @ekayecollection

I love it when people come in for an alterations appointment and the first words out of their mouth, "You made that from scratch didn’t you.."

There was a time when I associated homemade with clunky and obvious... I’m in love with the evolution to: studio-made means subtly detailed and stunning
#fashiondesigner #fashionblogger #fashion #atelier #hoco 💕🧡⭐️ by @ekayecollection

The choice to stay in the studio and sit out this current season’s #nyfw has left the designer’s #1 wingman at home with a well developed case of melancholy. (There’s in fact an entire substack post dedicated to it)
While joking that he’s been put on reserve, lacking work opportunities to haul garment racks behind glamorous scenes and organize security and transport for press events… what he doesn’t realize is:

- The peace he offers my spirit at the end of a 20 hour studio day

- The extra care he takes to keep the household operating when I’m tunnel visioned on a deadline

- The open space he gives to all my worldly and other-worldly curiosities

- The way he pre-plans mini recesses during my historically busiest weeks to ensure I pause and gather my energy

Guarantees the next 52 entrepreneurial seeds come to life.

He’s gonna be so busy.

#fashiondesigner #roadie #fashionweek by @ekayecollection

‘If I take a selfie my hands are busy. If you take the photo I won’t know what to do with my hands.’ (As I fuss and interlace my fingers then chase the waves in my hair)

Response: ‘It’s the craftsgirl’s curse.’ 🤯 and in that moment it all made sense.. why so many creators struggle with being the focus of a lens UNLESS they’re working. Stop working with my hands to sit still and be idly documented? The horror. 😱

Side topics: I made my clothes today❤️🧵🪡

I loved the series I did a few summers back - wearing what I make for 30 days in a row. Might do it again 🤓☺️
Happy Sunday, June 14th, and sunflower planting season to you all. 🌻😎🌱🐝🍯 #doitforthebees #imadeyourclothes #makermovement #makersgonnamake #designer

@ksmothers73 📸 by @ekayecollection

about Miami: ✨🔥🩵💫🐚🌴🌹🌊
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Summarized:
a very mini collection preview showing on @lincolnrd
followed by joining a showroom for the weekend
all hosted by @miamiswimweekshows -
truly spontaneous decisions turning into attention grabbing moments -
some of the most robust ‘fashion designer’s roadie’ blog posts born -
fan favorite dress making a comeback moment on a new muse 🌻who happens to be the mother of an established muse 🫶🏼 (shameless bathroom selfie while waiting to dress said muse :)
full moon over the ocean - tropical everything -
🐚and more to come on all these topics🐚

Jewelry: @dayverse_
Models in this post: @aincrocci_
@skylarevansofficial
@sarahhrosehill
Amanda Incrocci

Fashion Designer’s Roadie: @ksmothers73

Select runway shots by @ct_tsai
Host: @talliastorm
@aimakeupnyc
#miamiswimweek #fashion #fashiondesign #calledtobecreative by @ekayecollection

That custom process is something so unique. Unlike any other just like @_taylorss.lalalanddd ✨💫
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#fashiondesigner #gown #promnight #oneofakind #dallasfashion by @ekayecollection

Welcoming back @ekayecollection to Miami Swim Week 2026 ✨🌴

Known for blending couture craftsmanship with bold swimwear, E Kaye brings effortless glamour, statement silhouettes, and eco-focused fashion back to the runway this season. From striking animal prints to flowing resortwear moments, every look is designed to stand out under the Miami lights 💫

Featured in Vogue UK, Glamour, GQ, and more — we can’t wait to see what E Kaye brings to the runway this year 👀✨

#MiamiSwimWeek #MiamiSwimWeekShows #MSWS by @ekayecollection

A snippet of prom ‘26, which kicked off with a Dallas prom in March, then on into April & May🧡❤️💖. One more to go for a Chicago senior then that will be a wrap for this season☀️✨
#fashiondesigner #promdresses #prom26 #prom2k26 by @ekayecollection

“What have you done?” -Mother Earth

#earthday2026 #earthday #climatechange by @ekayecollection

When it’s a fancy wedding we go to the dressmaker🪡
#fashiondesigner #gowninspiration #atelier #calledtobecreative #fbloggers by @ekayecollection

A lil process.
Sonji ‘25💫

#promdress #couture #atelier #bts #fashiondesigner by @ekayecollection