DOLL'S NAME
Choux Choux

LIKES
i like haberdashery and electroclash

DOLL'S MAKER
Louise Evans

HOMETOWN
Wrexham, Wales

INSPIRATION FOR DOLL
Besides the obvious nod to 18th Century corseted bodices, panniered skirts, Marie Antoinette and big powdered wigs I loved the opportunity to combine the two sides of my sewing life: making of bespoke wedding dresses and also making soft plush character sculptures and plush toys. It's all sewing, which I love! The Momiji Couture Contest was the ideal project.

MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES USED
Choux was made using silk, felt, fleece, ribbon, rickrack braiding, buttons and beads. The hair was rouleau looping made from grey fleece and arranged on the felt doll shape in curls and then hand sewn in place. The skirt and bodice was made in dupion silk remnants and decorated with ribbon, braid and beads. The felt and fleece is made from recycled plastic bottles. I like to use found or recycled things as much as possible to give them a second life.

BACKGROUND
I make bespoke wedding dresses and create plush characters of my own design and in collaboration with other artists. Once a sewing machine needle broke and went into my eyeball and I still have a red dot on the white of my eye marking the spot.

ADMIRES
My friends working as artists and designers. And also Christian Dior, Christobal Balenciaga, John Galliano, Vivienne Westwood, Phillip Treacy, Hussein Chalayan, Alexander McQueen, Madeleine Vionnet, Andre Courreges, Issey Miyake, Paul Smith, Gareth Pugh, Tove Jansson, Jim Henson, Dick Bruna, Jamie Hewlett, Craig Mcracken, Genndy Tartakovsky, Pete Fowler, Michael Lau, James Jarvis, Parra, Miroslav Sasek, Ryohei Yanagihara, Takashi Murakami, Hayao Miyazaki, Rodney Allan Greenblatt.

FAVOURITE PLACE
On the Yurikamome line going over Rainbow bridge in Tokyo after dark