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corvuscrux.bsky.social
corvus + crux
@corvuscrux.bsky.social
230 followers 170 following 91 posts
Mixed Indigenous • Trans • Wierdo
Fashion + Costume Designer
Writer of bad bios
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The stays for @tillietheclown.bsky.social are nearly done! it's really interesting to look back at the original garments and how they translated to a more "masc" form

#costume #historicalcostume #historicalcostuming #corvuscrux #drag #fashionsky #avantgarde #corset #stays #corsetry #workinprogress
Nearly finished blue stays on a dress form seen from behind. Stays, United Kingdom, 1740-1760, 1947.1622, Manchester City Galleries Extant stays (Queen Elizabeth’s effigy bodies) ca. 1603
January 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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Found out the work @tillietheclown.bsky.social did for The Whitney Museum's Edward Hopper event over the summer is in the #CameraWork.de Gallery in Berlin for Victor Demarchelier's tribute to the NYC drag scene.

#costumedesign #filmphotography #victordemarchelier #drag #costume #fashionsky #fashion
Black and white photograph by Victor Demarchelier of Tillie the Clown in a hand pleated clown suit by Corvus + Crux, made for the Whitney Museum's 2024 tribute to Edward Hopper, "Step Into Hopper".
January 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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A personal act of protest today was working on a piece for a drag clown & just existing as a trans dude.

Honestly I don't know how long all of this is going to last but while it does I'll make more gay art while I still can.

Not doing great over here. It's rough. Be careful comrades.
Self portrait in small studio working on blue stays.
January 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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@tillietheclown.bsky.social and I have both had so many roles in everything that we do I guess this was always the natural progression. But it's uniquely beautiful to see each other's witness marks in one another. Especially when it's something we wouldn't recognize ourselves.
Tillie and I getting our retinas burned out of our skulls by high powered laser beam (sun bouncing off of shiney white table) for a limited exhibition for The Whitney Museum of American Art
January 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Been working on the current project for Tillie the Clown between jobs, I miss doing stays like this.

#corsetry #corset #stays #historicalfashion #historicalcostume #couture #fashionsky #avantgarde #fashion #fashion #designer #wip #corvuscrux #studio #workinprogress #atelier
Work in progress photo of blue 16th century inspired stays on custom dress form for Tillie the Clown in small studio. Sketches of ongoing work on back wall.
January 19, 2025 at 2:55 AM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Fashion posts be damned today.

The foster fail had his lil snip today. He did very well. He was very brave.

Vet thought he didn't need a cone at first, glad I had one just in case because he absolutely did 😂

#kitten #fosterfail #streetcat
Black and white kitten in a soft cone that looks like a flower post snip Black and white kitten zonked out tucked into a blanket post snip
January 15, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Photographer - Ekaterina Belinskaya
Costuming - @corvuscrux.bsky.social
Ft Melanie Gaydos

#fashionsky #costumedesign #costumedesigner #ekaterinabelinskaya #melaniegaydos #model #fashion #fashionphotography #fashiondesigner #fashion #couture #avantgarde #corvuscrux #faequeen
Model Melanie Gaydos stands in a clearing photographed by Ekaterina Belinskaya. Melanie is wearing a dramatic tea stained cotton tulle gown draped over the rocks along with a headpiece of copper wrapped deer bone, both by Corvus Crux Model Melanie Gaydos reaches out to something unseen in a clearing photographed by Ekaterina Belinskaya. Melanie is wearing a pleated and hand woven toffee colored silk gown by Corvus Crux
January 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Missed a few days there, better late than never to get back on track I guess? Idk

Photography - Taylor Horne
Wardrobe - @corvuscrux.bsky.social

Ft Ma Zizhan

#fashionsky #fashionphotography #model #corvuscrux #photography #corsetry #couture #fashion #lace #tulle #editorial #designer #windswept
Photograph of model Ma Zizhan by Taylor Horne on red background. Model wears black gown that gives the illusion of hyper corsetry Photograph of model Ma Zizhan by Taylor Horne on red background. Model wears black sculpted "lace" bodice with exaggerated tulle skirt.
January 14, 2025 at 6:05 AM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Trying to get into the habit of posting here regularly.

Photography - Heather Hazzan
Styling - Calvy Click
Wardrobe - @corvuscrux.bsky.social
ft Chella Ferrow

#fashionsky #fashionphotography #fashion #photography #designer #couture #lace #model #corvuscrux #film #filmphotography
Film photograph by Heather Hazzan of Chella Ferrow in black lace and silk faille gown by Corvus Crux. Model wears impromptu veil of black tulle. Film photograph by Heather Hazzan of Chella Ferrow in black lace and tulle gown by Corvus Crux. Model is posed on ground of turn of the century factory floor.
January 11, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Photographer Sinsong Xi
Wardrobe @corvuscrux.bsky.social
Ft. Sietzka Rose

Still trying to figure out hashtags on here. Sorry lol

#fashionsky #design #couture #experimentalphotography #corvuscrux #fashion
Distorted fashion photography featuring a pale woman in a maroon gown micro pleated in silk organza on black background
January 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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So I was right. Did end up finishing the dress form yesterday. Needed to figure out a different situation for the clamp to adjust the height but it was fine in the end.

Still need to do the arms, but I can't afford the polyfill until Friday lol

#wip #couture #dressform #costumedesign
Photo of newly completed custom dress form in very small atelier
January 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Unplanned work from home day is now "see if I can finish this dress form while doing my day job"

Might actually manage it lol

#couture #dressform #wip
Inside out outer lining of custom dress form standing on ironing board in a small atelier.
January 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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He showed up a few weeks ago 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
January 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Hello to the 19 new followers in the last hour and a half? No idea where you came from or why on earth you're visiting, but if you are here...

Started another collaboration with Tillie the Clown for their upcoming performances at the resurrected #LunaLuna Fair. I'll post WIP pics as much as I can
Black and white kitten inspects patterns and sketches tacked to walls of a small atelier
January 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Trying to enjoy rare still moments while l still can.
empty corner of city hall in black and white
December 7, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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@drakewing.bsky.social and I are the proud parents of this baby land seal
November 23, 2024 at 12:48 AM
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Obviously I don't post here much, so here's a bridal crown and cathedral length hand dyed cotton tulle veil made for a dear friend.
November 19, 2024 at 2:08 AM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Don't smoke and do leather work fam.

You will fuck up.

They're the Pants of Leaves...

I have two pairs of second hand j brand leather pants and fell down a bit of a rabbit hole and realized it wouldn't work for me to buy - the perfect - laced leather jeans from a prop house.

1 of ?
February 21, 2024 at 4:10 AM
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Nyaaaa indeed
July 3, 2023 at 11:32 PM
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June 3, 2023 at 4:10 AM
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Wow this had me pegged.

That's spooky.
May 31, 2023 at 7:40 PM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Tonight I'm desperately missing what the fashion industry used to be.

Wtf happened to it?

I mean I know the answer. It takes independent designers and crushes them into a pulp. Especially when we don't come from wealth.

How the fuck are we meant to survive on endlessly free labor?
May 20, 2023 at 6:26 AM
corvuscrux.bsky.social
Can't sleep and it's too hot in the apt to even think.

So here's some pics of my cats!

Meet Willow, Trooper, Bear, and Púca

#cats
May 12, 2023 at 9:57 AM
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Collaboration with Christina Deo from a few months ago.
May 9, 2023 at 2:18 PM
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Hello!

My name is Alex and I'm a fashion designer and professional fucking weirdo. This is some of my favorite work I've done hope you enjoy it too.

Photography by Emily Soto
Collection - Acherontia Lachesis 2015
May 9, 2023 at 4:43 AM