THE TUTU TAILOR

Todd Spoth — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:15:57 +0000

I put off this story that I was supposed to shoot yesterday, until today, my day off. It was a life story about a lady who is a custom ballet costume maker. It was one of those assignments where you have no idea what it’s going to be like before you get there. Her name is Susi Hubbs, often dubbed “The Costume Lady”, and is a former ballet dancer who now runs her own business designing and making custom costumes for a primarily dance/ballet/performance clientele. I had a great time getting to know her and sharing my experiences with dance and turned out that we knew some of the same people in the industry. Small world. After shooting her working with some of her pieces a younger, male, ballet dancer came in to get fitted for a costume, which added another element to the set of photos. The above image is Susi fitting a young ballerina. The look on the girl’s face says it all. It’s stories like these that I’m really reminded of how diverse this job really is and makes me thankful for being able to meet people like this on a daily basis.

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THE TUTU TAILOR