My name is Annie and I am the designer, seamstress, photographer, model, webmaster, etc. of Deranged Designs. I get help from friends sometimes but this little business is run by me and nobody else.

I started sewing in the summer of 2002, when I was 13 years old. What was just a hobby quickly turned into an obsession, and I suddenly had a closet bursting full of ridiculous clothes that I had made myself or deconstructed. In the summer of 2005, I finally decided that I needed to get rid of the clothes, and surprisingly enough people were willing to buy them! I started out selling at local events and on eBay, and eventually made my own website.

There are many reasons why I do this and why I don't have a real job. Here are a few:

• I love making clothes! Its not about being some asshole fashionista judging people who aren't into fashion, its about me expressing myself in my favorite form. I'm not the best DIY seller out there, and I admit that some of the clothes that I make turn out to be very ugly or strange. I'm always experimenting and I love what I do.
• Stores like Hot Topic suck. High priced clothing sucks. I want my store to be an alternative to the shit that is sold in malls. Subculture shouldn't be sold by corporations, and people shouldn't be paying big bucks to look like trash. People should be making their own trash, or buying it from trash like me!
• This keeps me happy. It keeps me busy. It gives me goals and ambitions. No matter how little money I make, I am in total control and I'm not answering to anybody else or working a job I hate. It makes me feel like I'm contributing to something I love, and I highly recommend it. Start your own business or band or zine or anything you can fucking think of. Its not as hard as you think! I started with nothing but my mom's sewing machine and the clothes that I already owned. I never dreamed that this would be my job, or I'd be doing fashion shows, or I'd be getting countless emails about how inspiring I am. Seriously, I'm nothing special, I just got off my ass and decided to do something with my life!

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