Gothic Beauty Designer of the Year!

[kambriel]

Hi Kambriel,

All the votes have been tallied and you’re the winner for Gothic Beauty’s Readers Choice Award for Designer of the Year 2005. Congratulations! You will receive a crystal engraved award (mid to late April) and a free full page color ad to use in GB.

Now that is what I call a *good* email! Wow.

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for supporting what I do ~ it means more than you could imagine.


When I began designing, I never tried to create what was popular or in demand by the masses (or even by the underground scene), but instead wanted to bring to life an outwards reflection of what I was feeling inside. At that time, I felt so out of place with the modern age and longed for a land filled with veils and shadows, velvet and moonlight. In reality, the world outside screamed with garish commercialism and intolerance for difference. Instead I wanted to create luxury from a darkness that I found both haunting and comforting, and delved as deeply into as possible ~ trading the harshness of light for the softness of shadows.

In those first days, I thought the half-size catalogue of all-black pages, silver ink and nocturnal photos might succeed in reaching a *few* other people out there who would share my aesthetic for the elegance of timelessness and an opulence of the faraway, letting them know they weren't alone... Perhaps I would even meet a couple of like-minded friends along the way, but I never imagined the kindness, appreciation, and support I have felt over the years from so many of you all.

Contrary to those beginnings, I no longer feel isolated in the wrong time and place. Instead, this is a perfect moment when so many of us choose to make the most of our freedom to transform our surroundings into our own personal interpretation of beauty. In this newfound tribe we've formed from an age unlike any other there has ever been, where friends can just as easily come from next door or half a world away, we can revel in our creations and visions together.

~ Kambriel

[Kambriel.com ~ Etsy ~ Twitter ~ Tumblr ~ Facebook]

Comments

[lady-amaranth.livejournal.com]

Wonderful!

And no, you are definitely not alone...
We are all bound together in this strange and beautiful isolation

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you... you're a perfect example of everything I was talking about. Can't wait to see you soon :)

[nicosian.livejournal.com]

congrats on the award!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm sending you an email :)

[drawingthenail.livejournal.com]

Oooh! Congratulations! However I think it goes without saying that your designs are of impeccable quality and creative vision. I can't think of a more deserving person. :)

xo,
Lilith
[p.s. this is my personal LJ. My other LJ _amaranthe_ is being used strictly for selling now.]

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you :) I've been meaning to remind you to send me some of your cards to include with my orders. I sent you a stack of mine a while ago, but I still would love to have some of yours to help promote you!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_siddal_/]

yay! Congratulations!!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

[spangle-kitten.livejournal.com]

I'm so happy for you :)

The internet has helped communications so much, I feel happy in places like GR and feel even more like we have a beautiful community for sharing our dark passions!

I got into design because I have to alter everything I buy (nothing fitted fits over my tiny waist and big hips!) then nothing inspired me...

I love your designs, even if some aren't entirely my style, but when/if I get married I would love you to do the corset and skirt. (Though don't hold your breath for a date as he doesn't believe in marriage!)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Well, you don't need to get married to have a great skirt :) As far as marriage goes, I think if two people have a truly deep bond, no piece of paper is going to deepen it any further. It seems like the two of you are definitely a case of that! There are some people (usually younger) who seem to get married just because they want the big party and fairytale vision of a day, without really understanding what kind of commitment they're getting into. I say, just throw the big party ;)

[jrotica.livejournal.com]

Phenominal!

This is so deserved; I am so happy for you!
=)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks again!

I should be able to send you a photo of the dress you'll be wearing by tomorrow :)

[bounce66.livejournal.com]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!this is well deserved award for your beautiful designs and hard work!!!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you ~ especially for recognizing all the work that goes into it all :)

[acid-poptart.livejournal.com]

Congratulations darling!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[greygirlbeast.livejournal.com]

That is so cool! Congratulations!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

I thought so too! Finally, I can make the little girl in me who wanted to win a trophy proud ~ I figured if you didn't win a trophy when you were little, by the time you're an adult, it was only possible if you got the Nobel peace prize or something... Wonder if there's still time? ;)

[aonochi.livejournal.com]

yay! so many congratulations!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[xdarkstarx.livejournal.com]

oh, i am so excited for you! congratulations. :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

"Band of the Year"... I think this should be in your future :)

[fieryredhead.livejournal.com]

Congrats to you! You are my first and favorite! You so deserve this award!!

I realized something last week while unpacking from a trip I took and I was unpacking my Demonia gown outfit (http://www.kambriel.com/customerdemonia2.jpg). That dress was the very first thing I bought when I started dressing like I actaully wanted too. And that dress I still have almost 10 years later and probably is the only thing I have kept all these years. :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

That is a terrific compliment! I'm really touched...

[debridement.livejournal.com]

Yay! That makes me soooo happy!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!!

[ankhayra.livejournal.com]

Congratulations.

So, I went to check it out, turns out everyone I voted for won. Great.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

That's wonderful! You've got a gift for prediction, and thank you so much for your vote :)

[alonewiththemoon]

Congratulations--you guys deserve this so much for all your dedication and vision over the years :-)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks :) You might understand more than most how much time goes into something like this... dedication is definitely a word for it!

[devilandmouse.livejournal.com]

Beautiful. Congratulations! :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you!!

[demonangel.livejournal.com]

not only are your designs original and timeless, they are quality. Anyone can skap fabric together and call themselves a clothing line/company. But your designs are artistic, dark, flowing, a muse to anyone who wears them.

i know when i wear my pieces, i feel elegant and like the center or the attention, if you will.

together with your clothing you are personally involved in them, through design to creation and that shows in the quality of work.

no one deserves this aware more then you do, it is a recognition that you are seen, heard, worn and loved for your designs as well as, your name you lovingly place on each tag, on each piece.
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[kambriel.livejournal.com]

You are *the best* Dawne. Thank you more than words could ever say for your friendship, support, and belief...

[arti-absinthium.livejournal.com]

Congratulations! If anyone deserves this, it's definitely you.

I still get compliments on the scalloped batwing overdress I bought with my babysitting money when I was sixteen. It's been one of my favourite things to wear for five years now.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

That is so sweet! Had we known it was your babysitting money, maybe we could have offered you a discount :) I remember doing that when I wanted to buy band t-shirt when I was in junior high, and that was hard earned money due to the devilish kid I was taking care of... for only $1.25 an hour!

[viaticum-vesper.livejournal.com]

Conrats! There was never any question in my mind who was the winner- when you're soul and spirit live within the places your creations come from...you always come out above and a winner. I am soooooooooooooooooo happy for you!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you ~ I think of your creations of art in the exact same way...

[meddevi.livejournal.com]

WOOHOOOOO!!!! Congrats!! You so deserve it!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks "Dancer of the Year" :) I think the upcoming DVD is going to be such a hit!

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

Awesomeness! Where are you going to keep the award?

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I'll have to decide when it comes... I'm looking forward to seeing it though!

[pvcdiva.livejournal.com]

I'll say it here too as well as GR - fantastic!

Wonderful news. Really really pleased for you. And what wonderful comments too...

...I completely ahre your sentiments on design. The things I make, I make to please my own sense of aesthetic not what is commercial.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

That's something I love about what you do ~ it's easy to tell it is coming from your own sense of fantasy and creation. I think you're going to go far! It can take a while to get things going sometimes, but perseverance is everything :)

Congratulations, Kambriel!

[colombenoire.livejournal.com]

I knew the vote would come through with the truth -- the award should definitely be yours!

.. this is a perfect moment when so many of us choose to make the most of our freedom to transform our surroundings into our own personal interpretation of beauty.

So it is!

Thank you for sharing your gifts, and for being a part of my own transformations.

Re: Congratulations, Kambriel!

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks Carolee!

I am very hopeful for you as well. You're definitely in my thoughts... Do try to clear your head when you go on your upcoming trip, and not let housing issues consume you. I've been through that before too, and things do have a way of working out.

[obsequious.livejournal.com]

You very much deserve it.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thank you Daniel. I've got my dates set, and I'll be emailing you about it soon...

[ladytatiana.livejournal.com]

YAY...congrats!!! it's so well-deserved :)

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

Thanks Tatiana! Oh, about your clear-out, the 14th would probably work better for us. If you have any furniture bits that you don't want and think would be useful, we migh be able to use them in our office space.

I was recently making plans for the England trip, and wishing you could come along. Of course now that you've got a job, I have a specific plan. Oh, the timing!