My way of making an impact in the world with the sewing skills I’ve been cultivating since age three is by helping people frustrated by trying to fit into a world that wasn’t made their size.

My other artistic passion of dance, developed in an arts high school and as a college dance major, informs my specialty of making creative, expressive clothes and costumes you can actually move in. While dancing with dancers of mixed physical and intellectual abilities, I made one of a kind costumes for each dancer, tailored to their specific physical forms and ways of moving.

Being a breast cancer survivor, opting for a double mastectomy without reconstruction, sharpened my perspective on just how much mainstream fashion fails so many of us.

So in my mid-life, I decided to start Katy Celeste, LLC, to do what I love my own way and make unique clothing that fits the misfits and brings out the genuine spirit of every person I sew for.