As her brand grew, her items were selling out of
the store. It was a bit like a sweatshop for herself.
She also created some exclusive designs for the
store itself. However, because of the similarity in
the name of her brand and the store, her designer
name and individuality became lost in Grit &
Glory. At the same time, her relationship with
her loved one back home was falling apart. After
her experiences in New York and with her brand
taking off, Emery knew that with enough steam,
she could power ahead on her own. She had
been turning down other companies and stores
while at G&G due to her extremely loyalty to the
women that brought her to New York, but now at
the time when her life was drastically changing on
a personal and brand level, she felt it was time for
a change and thus, Made of Ash was born. Her
items from GGG are still there, she still creates
dark fashion, but can now expand more. She has
the resources to outsource so she can create more
individual pieces and host her work in different
shops and sites.
In her painful transition, filled with permanent
change and heartbreak, Emery moved to
Philadelphia for a breather and to hit restart.
She was on a mission to create her own
new and personal environment to reinvent
herself and in some ways, her fashion
line. Rising from the ashes, becoming
anew. In her move, she has met some
incredible individuals and has many plans
for future work. In her new line, there are many
more custom pieces. She is also creating higher
end jewelry, instead of remaking the same things
that she had before. With her new resources and
new breath added to the line, she took off again.
Her state of mind changed, Philadelphia clicked,
and Emery found herself headfirst into her craft
again, regenerating herself and making her line
bigger, better, bolder, and more high fashion.
Made of Ash represents the burning down to
rebuild, with its higher end goth feel, it’s own
devastation, creations coming from the embers.
Emery’s work is a stand out in the higher end dark
fashion world. Her work captures the imagery of
her own personal mantra, “from which we rise.”
There is hope and pain and beauty in her work,
and for those of us who live and breathe dark
fashion, it speaks to those that adorn it. Even
those that may not be entirely into dark fashion by
one glance at its stunning look and the emotion
radiating from it can be appreciated by anyone.
Currently, Emery is working on some local casters
to create custom jewelry, taking older pieces and
remaking them with higher end materials. Her
focus is to revamp old designs, one of her own,
the past, and new. She is also working on creating
new outerwear, and clothing designs that have a
more flare and drapery look to them, recreating
used clothing and working with crystals. Emery
also wants to keep some things simple; she plans
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