I am the owner of the label wedding dress studio DSigns in Düsseldorf Unterbilk. I founded my studio in 2003 after I completed my fashion design studies. Already at the age of seven I started with my first handicrafts. My great aunt was a master tailor and my grandma taught me to sew on the sewing machine. I have always embroidered, sewn, knotted, crocheted and knitted. After my apprenticeship in a tailor's studio, I studied fashion design in Düsseldorf.

As a trained ladies tailor, I have always made designs for individual customers. In 2009 I founded the label Fräulein Valentine with a focus on 50s dresses and eventually landed on the topic of bridal fashion. I also organize sewing courses and sewing workshops.

I still took textile classes in school, but today the knowledge of preserving and repairing garments is almost lost. In order to repair a garment, professional knowledge and a great deal of technical and creative knowledge is required. Many customers do not even realize this at first. That is why it is so important to me to pass on this knowledge in my courses and to involve the customers in the process of creating a garment. Again and again, I look at astonished faces and am happy to have contributed a little to this clarification.

The driving force behind my work is my will to create. It is the greatest satisfaction for me to implement an idea from start to finish. In the process, I am always learning something new, as no two wedding dresses are the same. I love my work and feel very blessed to be able to do this profession.

I specialize in high quality custom wedding dress making, 50's style wedding dresses and wedding dress alterations. Recently, I have also been selling secondhand wedding dresses.

Try everything, don't stand still.