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lacing a large ornate, feather headdress onto a porcelain faced beauty, Rae Beth is completely in her element. Proudly taking on the title of “Creatrix,” this lady who is all about pushing boundaries, forcing people to pay attention, is dressing one of many photo shoots she has scheduled for this month. This designer likes to be hands on when ever possible. Glad to ship pieces to all corners of the world as well as attend photo-shoots, weddings or any other event her pieces are a part of whenever her schedule allows. Rae Beth is 100 percent into her work, and it shows. Even though she is ready to create most anything that will help you jazz up or personalize your outfit, costume or special occasion, lately she has been engrossed with her line of stunning headdresses and fascinators. Which estimate approximately 85 percent of her custom work orders these days. Whether it is a delicate halo of lace, fabric flowers and hand beading straight out of a dream , ready to place delicately on a brides coif , gorgeous jewel tones flowers arranged boldly around the ear and brow area or a large headress sprawling three feet into the air, fit for royalty, you can not help but feel impacted by this designers pieces . The amount of attention and accolades this lady receives comes as little surprise when you see her work for yourself. There are many designers jumping on the head piece band wagon these days, thanks to the likes of Lady GaGa and others. It seems that there is currently a great market for such . Which means that it is easy to find a flower on a comb in every boutique in every mall . You can find many other designers doing so as well. Although in my opinion you will be hard pressed to find the genius and quality behind one of Rae Beth Designs creations. I absolutely love how much care and attention Rae Beth puts in to these pieces, how delicate they look and how versatile many are. They are not just something you will only wear to your prom, on your wedding day, for a costumed event, you could wear these pieces at any moment that you feel compelled to “Rock” them as Rae Beth often mentions. However, being a bride on your special day you may want to keep your custom R.B.D piece as a keepsake which everyone would completely understand. As a young girl attending prom, you can purchase a very affordable piece that you can later add to a hat, scarf, headband or more, to give it a different life. Versatility is another word that Rae Beth mentions a great deal. Having created an entire line of jewelry that can be worn as one long convert-
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ible necklace or parted into three pieces creating a full set of earrings, bracelet and neck piece. It is ingenious. Strung with a myriad of semiprecious stones, Ethiopian mixed metal heishi beads and Thai Karen Hilltribe charms. I am enamored by the way this designers mind works. I was really happy that I was approached to do this interview as I am a huge fan of R.B.D work and was personally excited to be able to pick the brain of this talented woman. Knowing how busy Rae Beth is, steady filling holiday and custom orders as well preparing for photo shoots and fashion shows I will be sure to ask as many questions as i can fit in. I started by asking how it all began: “My design company started some years ago, almost out of necessity. When I was unable to find items that I was searching for, you have to remember this was before there was “surfing the web,” back in the day of driving to the mall and hoping for the best or heading to New York City,