Handmade durable theatrical clothing and costumes.
After 14 years on Etsy, we are moving here, where handmade still thrives!
Welcome to our family shop! Everything that you see on this site is MADE BY HAND in our Ohio workshops! Making DURABLE costumes and clothing - to stand the test of time!
I am Wenda and I am the main seamstress and pattern maker behind Wenda Lynne Designs shop (formerly Stone Bridge Renaissance Wear).
I learned sewing at an early age from my mother, grandmother and great grandmother (who sewed everything by hand). I later attended college for fashion design.
My parents and grandparents, having survived the great depression, told stories of resilience in hard times and instilled in me the knowledge that quality and durability matter. Those things that can stand up to daily use and not fall apart (something more and more difficult to find in current times). They instilled in me the importance of striving for excellence in all you do. As a costumer, I strive to carry these principles forward - in all I do.
Currently, I have been trending toward designing and sewing renaissance clothing and Theatrical costumes for theaters, opera houses, live historic villages (living history), and some children's clothing.
My family is also a musical family (Degreed trained professional musicians) so theatrical productions, concert halls and participation with bands/choirs/orchestras was all part of my childhood.
That leads me to current times, working with theaters, re-enactment groups, cos play enthusiasts, renaissance fair participants and workers, and others who find joy in dressing in clothing from another time and place.
In an ever-changing landscape of fast / cheaply made fashion, we are the exception!
Everyone deserves to have durable costumes and clothing to live their dreams, and I can help with that!
It all starts with durable materials and fabrics - and ends with solid and strong construction.
All made to order to your specifications and custom sized to your measurements!
We are constantly evolving and expanding what we are creating. In these changing times, that is more important than ever before.
We will continue passing that on "from our home to yours"!
*After 14 years on Etsy and ranked in the top 3.4% of shops there (according to erank), we are separating ourselves from what has become an ever increasing discord between Etsy "values" and ours. We are no longer comfortable with, or affiliate ourselves with -thieves and liars. Etsy taking away the ability to find/search for/ filter for "handmade" items on Etsy (a platform designed and started FOR handmade artists) while continuing to advertise itself as a place to find unique handmade items, is far beyond "false advertising". Not only did they remove the ability to "filter" for "handmade" but the search bar now also ignores "handmade" as a search quiry and shows mass produced items ( as handpicked) right along with handmade, making it impossible to find genuine handmade items.
Also, recent changes by Etsy to require sellers to submit biometrics data to continue to sell there is deceitful, unlawful and evil (no law requires this in the US and I have only ever shipped to the US). I will not "consent" to this type of blackmail. They put my shop in vacation mode for failure to "comply" and are holdyalk if my funds for 90 days - during my busiest "costume" time of the year. Pure intentional evil.
We are happy to have found Go Imagine where handmade in the USA is still available and thriving!
