Stefanie Louise
Designer. Maker. Artist.
Idolatre is a Tacoma, WA brand created by Stefanie Louise, a professionally trained fashion designer with a flair for combining extravagant and innovative design work with high quality construction techniques to create lasting works of wearable art. She designs, patterns, sculpts, casts, paints, and lovingly constructs each piece herself, ensuring all Idolatre products from horn or antler headpieces, to costumes, capes, and armor are crafted with quality and attention to detail. Eager to expose the beauty of which we are all capable, Idolatre is dedicated to producing vast range of inclusive sizes. Any garments viewed can be made to measure.
Since childhood Stefanie has had an enthusiasm for creation that ranged across a broad spectrum of the arts, giving her a working knowledge of many different mediums and materials. She loves to incorporate this wide repertoire of skills into her designs, which helps ensure her unique 100% handmade items are constructed lovingly and knowledgeably through all phases from start to finish.
Stefanie graduated from Seattle Central Community College in 2007 with a degree in Apparel Design and Development. She interned and was subsequently employed by Period Corsets. During the course of this job she constructed multitudes of costumes for various operas (The Met, Glimmerglass, Santa Fe Opera, etc.), television shows (True Blood, Salem, Hell on Wheels, etc.), Broadway musicals (Mary Poppins, Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, etc.), and several notable fashion mavens & events such as Dita Von Teese, Madonna, and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. Although she now works full time at Idolatre, she still employs the various skills she gained at this wonderful local shop in the production of theatrical quality fantasy garments & headpieces for individual costume enthusiasts.
Stefanie is never happier than when at home, surrounded by cats, rabbits, movies, comics, and books, dreaming up new visions and bringing them out into the real world to play.
Photo @reddwalitzki
Questions?
For wholesale options, custom costumes, or general inquiries feel free to reach out, or check out the complete line of products available here.