Isa Kriegeskotte

Wondering what it’s like to have a custom silk made through us? When a client comes in for a custom slip, we want the experience to be as bespoke as possible. We start with the fabric selection. First, we have to ask ourselves how we want the slip to be worn. Our silks are available in nearly every color imaginable through our atelier, in addition to being available in three different weights—silk charmeuse, silk crepe, or silk chiffon. Each of these silks offer a different outcome based on how the client needs the slip to drape, move, and feel against the body. From there, we work with the client to choose their preferred material and color from the atelier’s full silk palette and we confirm the desired length. From there, any measurements are taken. Strap placement, overall length, and any adjustments are marked and the slip is made and refined by hand to exactly what our client desires. The end result is a couture custom silk slip made specifically for your body, for your desired purpose, and to act as a keepsake to your unique experience. To inquire about a custom silk slip, visit our website or schedule a fitting through the atelier.

Excited to share that our slips, camis, and pants from the Ephemera collection are now available at FEN Bespoke in Great Barrington, MA. Sian is a Savile Row trained tailor and runs FEN with the same values we try to bring to everything we make: luxurious fabrics paired with classic tailoring techniques applied to clothing that’s meant to be worn and worn again.  Off the rack or made to order as is all pieces in the Ephemera collection.  If you’re in the Berkshires, FEN is open Friday–Sunday, 11am–4pm. @fenbespoke

San Francisco you were so good to me! Here’s a BTS recap of our first trunk show. Launching a collection is such a departure from tailoring and how many of you have come to know me. I’m so grateful for the outpouring of support from my community as I take on this new role as a brand. In many ways, though, it doesn’t feel entirely new. So many tailors before me have walked this path, creating bespoke pieces with an obsessive attention to detail, craftsmanship, and the intimacy of dressing the body. Still, this shift feels like a long time coming. A new creative chapter that feels deeply refreshing and creatively expansive for me. Thank you to everyone who joined us in SF to see the collection in person. To touch the fabrics, try pieces on, place custom slip orders, and spend time with us. It meant more than you know. Can you spot a glimpse of some of the new pieces we haven’t fully shared yet? We have a small amount left from the trunk show and are debating putting them online for you to shop. Including the white chiffon slip with a delicate, wavy lave applied by hand by me you see here. Would you want us to release what’s remaining? They’re already made and ready to ship. Let us know! Special thanks you our generous host @alexisnordby , @thetrayjewelry , and @papertagdenim what a fun event!

I’m on hiatus from the Met this year, but I’ve been in my archive all morning and I can’t stop looking at these. I’ve worked with Beyoncé four times including the infamous elevator year. Kim Kardashian when she was pregnant with North West. Madonna in tribute to Alexander McQueen. Jennie from BLACKPINK two years in a row with both Alaïa and Chanel. Dua Lipa for Chanel. Vittoria Ceretti with Alaïa. The list goes on which I’ll cover in more intimate detail over on my Substack. I’ve had the honor to work directly with Alaïa, Givenchy, Chanel, Burberry, Prada, and Stella McCartney over the years. Every single one of these nights has a story I’ll never tell. But I was in those rooms, and I know exactly how much went into each of these looks in ways that don’t ever make it into the event coverage. Some of the looks don’t make it onto the carpet at all. But that’s a story for another time! These are some of my favorites. Happy Met Gala Monday 🖤 Look 1: @dualipa in @chanelofficial c. 2025 Look 2: @vittoria in @maisonalaia c. 2024 Look 3: @jennierubyjane in @maisonalaia c. 2024 Look 4: @beyonce in @givenchy c. 2015 Look 5: @beyonce in @givenchy c. 2014 Look 6: @kimkardashian in @givenchy c. 2013 Look 7: @madonna in @stellamccartney c. 2011

The Ephemera collection is coming off the website and into a room. This Wednesday in San Francisco, we are participating in a private trunk show alongside our friends The Tray (@thetrayjewelry ) and Paper Tag Denim (@papertagdenim ). Silk pieces from the Ephemera collection will be available to see, touch, and take home including a small selection of one-of-a-kind vintage Hermès scarves upcycled into camisoles, available off the rack. The full collection is also available for custom order, including never before seen styles. Attendance is by reservation. Address will be shared upon RSVP. Last chance to reserve your spot! Email [email protected] to make your reservation.

Yesterday was the Ephemera campaign shoot.⁠ ⁠ Most people know me through my tailoring work, my atelier, my freelance work in fashion. That is the version of me that has existed publicly for a long time. The Ephemera collection is something new. My first designed collection of silk pieces, conceived of by me and made right here in New York City.⁠ ⁠ We took over a private residence for the day, with a full crew, moved through every room, and spent the day building out this new world for this collection. Dally, our on-set puppy, was there to keep everyone totally focused. The day ended at @weareohho with a production meeting over pizza and wine, finishing touches on design details, and a lot of excitement about what’s set to come next.⁠ ⁠ Grateful for everyone in the room yesterday. Stay tuned for so much more to come. I cannot wait to share it.⁠ ⁠ Creative & Styling Assist: Louise Baumberg @_lou___b Product Management: Kerry Cahn @kerrycahn ⁠ Photography: Ariana Rodriguez @afrancinefrancine ⁠ Photo Assist: Alex Kalb @_kalby_ ⁠ Hair & Make-up: @reza_tabassi ⁠ Model: Kat Fonseca @kat_fonseca ⁠ Agency: State Management @statemgmt ⁠ Production Assistant: Melissa Goldfisher ⁠@melimsai Craft: Graze New York @graze_newyork ⁠ ⁠ Special thanks to Molly (@mollymollymolly82 ) & Seth Hirschel for very generously allowing us to utilize their space for the day. ⁠And extra thanks to Molly for the impromptu hand modeling. ⁠

Did you know that showing up to an appointment with me in the wrong bra can change the entire outcome of the fitting? Or that coming straight from a long flight means your body is telling me something different than the day of your event? I wrote a full guide to getting the most out of your fittings on my Substack. It includes everything I wish every client knew before walking into that first appointment. What to bring. What to tell me. What not to do. Everything to set you up for success. From the shoes you bring to the details you might not think to mention. Free to read on The Pinning. Link in bio.

What actually happens when you come in for a consultation?⁠ ⁠ If you’ve never worked with a tailor before, you might expect to be measured immediately, or told what needs to change. That’s not how it works here.⁠ ⁠ You come in. We talk. I ask you to move in the garment. Walk, sit, turn. I’m watching where it pulls, where your body is working around something the cut wasn’t designed to do. That tells me more in two minutes than a measuring tape tells me in twenty.⁠ ⁠ Then I ask questions that aren’t always about the garment. Where are you wearing it? How long will you be standing? Do you care more about how it photographs or how it feels by the end of the night? These questions aren’t small talk. They determine every decision that follows.⁠ ⁠ The consultation is also where I assess the garment itself. What the fabric will allow, what the construction requires, and sometimes what needs to be sourced before we can even begin. A heavily embellished piece changes the scope entirely. ⁠ ⁠ Featured here is one of Emma Kate’s bridal looks. A vintage Dolce & Gabbana corset with 3D flower and beaded appliqué, paired with a lace skirt. The assessment told us immediately that every individual appliqué would need to be removed and reapplied by hand before a single seam could be touched. Not to mention decoding alterations done by a different tailor that left the corset paneling in all different sizes. That’s the work the consultation revealed to us. ⁠ That consultation conversation is what made the final look possible. The corset looks made for her because we understood what it needed before we ever even touched it. Should we do another post going into more detail about all the alts we ultimately made to Emma Kate’s corset? It’s sort of a juicy alterations journey!

What Yorgos Lanthimos sees through the camera and what I see from set are two different things.⁠ ⁠ He’s looking for a specific kind of stillness inside the chaos. I’m looking at whether a Richard Quinn caftan is going to hold on a body it was never cut for, while fifteen dogs pull in fifteen directions.⁠ ⁠ I was the on-set tailor for this W Magazine cover story, February 2019. Emma Stone as Phyllis — a surreal suburban dog lady directed and photographed by Lanthimos. The fashion across the shoot: a caftan by Richard Quinn, a robe by Rosamosario, a tunic by Chloé, a gown by Valentino. Designer pieces that arrived as samples and had to become something else entirely before the camera rolled.⁠ ⁠ I’m tasked with altering these era specific garments in way that isn’t visible to your eye or the camera. ⁠ ⁠ Styled by @saramoonves for @wmag

The slip dress is having a moment, but it never really stopped. It’s one of those pieces that has moved between red carpet, the street, and the bedroom without losing anything. It just makes sense in all of these scenarios. Photographed and worn by the best, it does not need an introduction. What it does need is the right silk, the right cut, and someone who understands both. Is that you? On April 29, we are bringing the Ephemera collection to San Francisco for a private trunk show hosted by @thetrayjewelry and Alexis Nordby. A few new designs will be available to order and not available anywhere else until after the event. Also featuring a curated selection of fine jewelry by The Tray and a curated vintage denim collection by @papertagdenim alongside. Limited spaces available. RSVP to [email protected].

Three vintage dresses. One wedding weekend. Each requiring a different approach.⁠ ⁠ Emily came to us with a silk slip, two gowns, and a clear vision for how she wanted her weekend to feel. What followed was a series of very different technical and aesthetic decisions when it came to her wedding looks. Some structural, some delicate, some built completely from scratch.⁠ ⁠Tomorrow I’m sharing the full story behind Emily’s stunning vintage bridal looks. Part of a larger behind-the-scenes atelier journal where I’ll explore the deeper side of my work. Think bridal case studies, technical details, fit, process, and all the invisible work behind tailoring. If that interest you, find us over on Substack at the link in bio.

The absolutely stunning Brooke (@brookemarinovich ) in a custom Madison slip dress from the Ephemera collection. Brooke chose the onyx charmeuse silk for her bachelorette and wore it to perfection. ⁠ ⁠ Love to see you in keepsake Ephemera!