In the prime of my life (46 is prime of life now, right?) I look back at my adventures and realise how lucky I've been with friends and amazing experiences. Over the past 15+ years I've been able to follow dreams - clothes designing and writing - that I would not have expected when I left school.
I owned the Gothic clothing company Drac-in-a-Box until 2012, when ownership passed to a lovely couple from England. I found out a few weeks ago that the company has finally closed its cyber doors. The end of a glorious era in my opinion.
The house in which my ex and I ran Drac-in-a-Box for over a decade was repossessed a while ago. Sadly there is no money left from the sale to help clear my old debts. I expected that would be the case. However, the purchaser did find lots of old photos both from the Drac-in-a-Box days and family photos. In celebration, and to honour the memory of Drac-in-a-Box, I thought I'd share some of them with you.
Many of the photos are taken by Damien Searle or Paul Martin. The Drac-in-a-Box "Alice" artwork was created by Rion Vernon and three of the images are taken from an old mail order catalogue we produced.