Get to know Harper ... • Harper Della-Piana learned to sew at age 2. • She spent more than 20 years as a professional costumer and wardrobe supervisor in New York City for major films, TV, broadway, ballet, circus, ice, and commercials. • She has created costumes for such productions as Door In the Floor, Brown Sugar, Beloved, Batman Forever, Dogma, Victor/Victoria, Will Rogers Follies, Spin City, The Cosby Show, Saturday Night Live, and The Late Show with David Letterman. • Commercial clients have included Martha Stewart Living Magazine, Victoria’s Secret, and Max Factor.
Seams is green. Harper collects vintage and antique materials and refashions them with new fine silks and other materials. Even the showroom adopts green-practices, using recycled furnishings, LED lighting, and eco-friendly packaging. About half of each garment is sewn without the use of machinery. Harper, a classically trained draper and pattern maker, can recycle a vintage gown (in good condition) to be worn again. Museum quality zero carbon cleaning gown preservation is also offered by Seams through the Association of Wedding Gown Specialists.
photo opposite page: Harper Della-Piana left: Shutterbooth Boston
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