We are pleased to refer you to web businesses or individuals whom we personally know and trust for the quality of their product, excellent business ethics, and longevity in business. We are extremely
discriminating in our listing practices, choosing unique web sites representing only the best of what's available. We hope you find that their products compliment or coordinate with your corset or costume, or that their services provide useful fashion, beauty, or self-improvement information. Let us know your experience doing business with our friends,
and if we should add someone else whom you recommend!
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California College of Arts and Crafts - CCAC (new campus
in San Francisco, 1111 Eighth Street, and historic campus in
Oakland, 5212 Broadway) has an outstanding Fashion Design
Department, and sponsors fashion shows of exciting fashion
designs by students. We encourage you to attend and support
young corset designers! Contact them at:
infor@cca.com. The next student fashion show is listed
here:
http://www.cca.edu/calendar/all/2001 (Weds., May 7, 8
pm; admission $25) |
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Cat's
Whiskers - A dressmaking service for the transgendered community,
by Janet, one of our corset-enthusiast friends and clients from
England! |
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Classic
Curves International - Espy Lopez, President
- Hip and Bosom Enhancement Products
Espy is a long-time friend who offers a unique, quality product! |
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Elegant Images by Jeanette Vonier - Our dear friend and professional
associate, Jeanette, produces stellar images for every purpose
from professional head shots to romantic boudoir portraits to
wedding shots to general glamour or family portraiture. She is
our primary Romantasy fashion corset photographer as well, and
is preparing the important cover photo for our book, Corset
Magic. Please visit her website and don't hesitate to contact
her. You can view her wonderful fashion photography both at her
own web site, and in our own
gallery of her corset photography. |
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Exceptional
Voice - Kathe Perez is an excellent source for all of your
voice training needs. This is particularly of significance to
those wanting to project femininity in both voice as well as appearance. |
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Façade Couture - We've seen the fantastic results of air-brushed makeup, perfect for great beard coverage for the TG community, as well as for genetic women who wish to cover facial blemishes or scars, and achieve beautifully-smooth skin tones. Like ROMANTASY, this friendly business vends at the Esprit Conference in Pt. Angeles, WA each year, but hail from Western Canada. Check them out! |
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Image by Denaë Doyle - Denaë Doyle is a Femininity
Coach and an advocate for the transgender community. Denaë
works with the TG woman (male to female) on voice, feminine movement,
makeup, hair and wigs. She offers in the South Bay, California,
private consultations on feminine poise.
Her Feminine Movement and Poise introductory video/DVD is
geared towards the transgendered woman who wants to improve
her image or redefine herself from "man in a dress" to "truly
feminine". |
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farthingalesla.com
- A friendly, great resource from Canada for corset supplies,
corset building kits, patterns, costumes, fabrics, books of all
kinds, and information such as how to set a grommet by hand or
machine. Good prices and great information and photos! |
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ROMANTASY's Client Models -
We're happy to refer these notable
professional corset, costume, or fetish models, each one
a ROMANTASY corset client, for your consideration of
modeling work. Professional photographers and stylists
are welcome to visit each one's website to view
representative work of each model, including some
images of our lovely corsetry! |
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Laughing Moon Mercantile - Talented proprietress and pattern designer/publisher JoAnn provides some of the best and most authentic of corset and costume patterns. |
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Lumiere
Designs, Sculptureware - We tried on this lovely jewelry at
the July '04 Lifestyles convention and found it totally unique
and shapeable to your neck. Something really different and elegant! |
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Raven Crone,
Raven's Nest Productions'
President, is undoubtedly a goddess-send regarding the web
design and maintenance needs of any small to medium size, or
specialty, business such as ROMANTASY. We found Raven in 2002
first as a Corset Magic book
client, and then as a friend and web assistant. If you, like
ROMANTASY, are devoted to high-class customer service, yet you
work with the special challenge of tight margins and limited
time available for multiple daily tasks, you may confidently
rely on Raven to freshen up your website image, or simply keep
it up-to-date with small, but critical, changes. Raven
implements our requested changes in lightening-fast time
(sometimes even hours), something new for us since we launched
our website in 1995. Based on her own web clientele and
extensive small business experience, she provides us with
relevant perspectives on concept and design, even as she works
on more simple technical matters. However, she is always willing
to accept final direction from the business owner who knows her
or his business best, and is rightly invested in ownership pride
as well as the privilege of final decision-making. You may also
rely on Raven's complete business discretion and protection of
your intellectual property. We highly recommend her services! |
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Sami's
Closet - a full-service web store for all dressing needs for
the transgendered community. Ready-made quality corsets and good
customer service. Ask for Joanna. |
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Spiky
Bras - Here's a novel art-to-wear concept for special occasions,
by one of our model-artist friends, Laura. She's a delight and
we think you'll love her original product! Just take a look! |
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Transformations
Make up & Hair - Transformations Make up & Hair was founded
in 1990 in beautiful Austin, Texas and is owned and operated by
Jon Davis (aka Beth Boye). Beauty is his livelihood. A licensed
Appearance Designer and Image Consultant, Jon works with his mostly
female clientele, as well as with ad campaigns, fashion shows
and beauty pageants. Transformations is a natural extension of
his lifelong experience as a transgendered person and is the basis
for his belief that every TG person, especially those new to the
lifestyle, should have professional image counseling to ensure
success in creating their own unique style. |
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Classic
Pumps supply stylish shoes from size 3.5 up to 12. Their
shoes are very well made, chic and moderately priced, and Classic
Pumps are very TG friendly. Our model Jamie
has four pairs, with another on special order, and swears by them! |
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Counseling Services -
Because we are committed to the full and free expression of the
individual, as well as compassion and kindness as the highest
human virtues, we are pleased to recommend the following
educators and counselors. Persons of integrity and
practicality, you may feel free to contact them for
situational dilemmas or more complex personal issues you wish
to discuss, or on which you wish guidance. Some take phone
counseling appointments:
Bay Area:
Patricia J. Gray, Ph.D., FFAACS
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