Who We Are
We have an expert team of stylists, personal shoppers, beauty advisers and design experts all with the aim of helping you gain the style and lifestyle you desire.
Every member of our team is carefully selected so that their experience, skills and attitudes complement what we offer our clients. We love and are passionate about what we do and we think that is evident.
Meet our team...
Danièle Hromek
The Original Busting Diva!
Danièle's passion for style, devotion to genuine service and realisation that she is completely unemployable (!) led her to start Busting Diva. Style has been a driving force for Danièle as far back as she can remember; as a three year old she demanded her socks be changed because they didn't match her outfit! This early interest in aesthetics continued and Danièle has been designing in one way or another ever since. She has worked as a freelance photo editor for websites and women's magazines. She's completed courses in interior design, personal styling and personal shopping as well as magazine editorial and website design. Gaining her experience globally, Danièle has lived in London, Paris, Barcelona, Sydney and Vancouver. In spite of her designer credentials Danièle remains grounded and true to her hippy-child/surfer-chick roots. She represents the approachable face fashion and believes style is for everyone. Her vision for Busting Diva is to create an international brand that respects its team as much as its clients. She loves languages and will never knowingly miss her bellydancing class!
Alice Jakubiak
Interior Consultant
Alice has vast experience in project management, property renovation and interior design. She studied at the Regent Academy of Fine Arts and the KLC School of Design, Alice is fluent in Polish and is on her way to becoming an APDT approved dog trainer. Alice is self-motivated, enthusiastic and well organised, which comes in handy with the co-ordination of our creative team and our client's interiors! She loves gardening, DIY, composing music, taking long strolls in the park with her dog and magically transforming even the most tired looking properties.
Amy Clay
Dressmaker
Graduating from Northumbria University in womenswear design, then at the London College of Fashion in creative pattern cutting, Amy has since worked for a high end uniform company supplying spas and five-star hotels with bespoke uniforms. Amy enjoys creating sculptural pieces with a unique cut, and has worked on collections for designers showing at London Fashion Week. With a black belt in tae kwon do, Amy enjoys sparring and competing, and is active in the great outdoors, from walking Oscar the labrador to (one day!) walking up mountains! She stays inspired by visiting exhibitions across many disciplines and loves exploring new places, baking and BBQs with friends.
Deborah Parr
Personal Stylist, Make-Up Artist & Hair Stylist
Deborah has a natural flair for bring out the best in each individual client by listening and working with them to achieve their desired look. As a professional hairdresser, she uses - where appropriate - organic hair colouring to compliment the client's skin tone and hairstyle to create a balance with their personality and lifestyle. Her experience also includes make-up, which she combines with 'special occasion' hairstyles for use in studio photographic work, fashion shows, theatre styling and weddings. She also consolidates hair, make-up and style for the ultimate makeover if required! Deborah provides a versatile and unique service for clients requiring advice on style and colour, which extends to all aspects of image and style. She is a great believer that once you are aware of the tricks that can enhance your best assets and conceal your less desirable areas you will develop the confidence to let your true personality shine through!
Emile Carr
Tailor & Dressmaker
Emile started working in the fashion industry in 2002 gaining a wealth of experience from running fashion labels. He completed his degree in Fashion Design and Marketing at London College of Fashion in 2006. He has designed and sold products to ASOS.com, Topshop and Allders in his years as a designer. Emile has made clothes for famous figures such as Alesha Dixon, Mutya Buena from the Sugababes and Miss England 2005. Emile has strong illustration and technical skills and is has been teaching academic and non-academic dressmaking and sewing students since 2007, a role he thoroughly enjoys. He loves working on projects that relate to soft furnishings as well as onsite projects. Aside from his tailoring expertise, Emile has three years' experience in hairdressing so is always willing to give advice on which hair do will complete your look!
Eugenie Calimez
Dressmaker
Eugenie graduated from the High School of Fashion, ESMOD in Paris and has since worked for international brands such as Chloe, Maisons Des Modes and Marc Antoine Barnois. Fashion and music are her two passions and she tries to mix them together whenever possible, making clothes for bands she meets at festivals or venues, and volunteering at music festivals. Having worked in both Paris and London, her area of speciality is lingerie, though she is also experienced in bespoke women's and men's wear. She enjoys discovering far distant countries, different cultures and new trends, and brings her love of haute couture fashion shows, paintings and rock music into her work.
Isoline Hickman
Dressmaker
Isoline started her fashion career as a wardrobe dresser and making costumes for theatre. She has crammed many projects into the years since she finished training, including being wardrobe mistress for recording artist David Gray. Her speciality is corsetry and she loves making these, but if you have some unusual fabrics to work with then Isoline's the girl for you. Got some spare paper lying around? Issy will whip you up a dress! Turning out the fridge? She's made a dress out of meat before!! If you'd prefer something a little more conventional, she enjoys making evening dresses, and in her spare time she loves making unusual hats. Occasionally she takes some time out from her dressmaking and millinery skills and chills out in the countryside by sailing or just relaxing in a garden.
Lorna Gillieron
Dressmaker
Lorna is an experienced dressmaker who has had her own brand of handmade womenswear which she sold to various boutiques in London, Brighton and Singapore including every savvy shopper's favourite - Top Shop. For the past two years she has been styling, supervising and making clothes for short films, corporate films, television dramas, photo shoots and theatre projects. She has been fascinated by designing and making clothes since she was very small, and started taking it seriously when she began fashion school in 2002. As well as her fabulously bright red hair, Lorna has a colourful ancestry made up of Swiss, French, Danish, and Irish! When she can squeeze it in to her varied and busy life, Lorna is a serious film buff and loves scaring herself reading gothic horror novels!
Louise Gillespie-Smith
Personal Stylist & Personal Shopper
Louise has been a fully trained image consultant and member of the Federation of Image Consultants for seven years and has been a life coach for four years. She started training to become an image consultant due to a love of shopping, clothes and desire to really help people make the most of themselves. Louise is dedicated to showing people through colour and style how to really look their best all of the time and feel happy with themselves. With image being so important in today's society, appearance is crucial and when making the first impression Louise doesn't want you to miss out on anything because you didn't convey the real you. Plus she believes when you feel great on the outside you build on your self confidence on the inside too. Aside from shopping Louise loves getting hot and sweaty in Bikram yoga, backpacking to far flung destinations and dancing the night away.
Mirjam Maramaa
Dressmaker
Mirjam came to us from Estonia. Having learnt dressmaking from her mother, she completed a costume course at the Wimbledon College of Art. Mirjam loves making one off bespoke garments and has made extraordinary costumes for her Estonian celebrity showdancing friend, using the most quirky mediums: liquid silicone, gelatine, melted plastic... all made wearable, and judged to second prize, in the competition MAD UK 2008, by the queen of quirky Zandra Rhodes! She loves working with silk fabrics and treating the surface of the fabric as a canvas, covering it with beads and brushstrokes, to create beautiful patterns on wearable pieces of art! She has experimented with silk painting for many years, and this has led her to develop her own textile techniques. Her fantasies are released whilst painting stormy heavens, sunsets and the most beautiful flowers on silk! If you see a perfectly groomed girl dressed in red, eating chocolate cake in an old traditional English tea room, reading a book about historical costumes, then it's sure to be Mirjam. Her belief that a garment has to fit like a second skin to bring out the best features of a figure, is sure to have you feeling like you're in your own fantasy when wearing a garment she has created for you!
Olivia Deur
Dressmaker
Olivia graduated graduated in 2002 from the East Sydney Design Studio. Her experience in international brands such as Lisa Ho, Betty B, Adili, and The Laden Showroom gives her experience in women's high end fashion, street wear, men's fashion, costume design for film and stage (period and contemporary) and bridal gowns. She's worked as the costume designer on a number of short and feature films and has won a number of awards for her work over the years. She also has designed for the Sydney Opera House and other similar companies requiring costumes. But most of all Olivia enjoys creating signature party dresses that make heads turn! She likes to restore vintage garments and find out the history behind each unique garment. Olivia is funky, diverse and creative! In her spare time she enjoys attending art exhibitions and galleries, along with drawing and bike riding.
Rebecca Cole
Dressmaker
Becky trained as a pattern cutter and dressmaker with design background at the London College of Fashion. She has also trained in the costume industry, and has helped design costumes on several short films. Since being given her first sewing kit at the age of ten, Becky has been hooked on dressmaking. Her dad has always said she's only happy when she has a needle in her hand! She has an obsession with corsets and period clothing - her favourite being Victorian - hence she loves making wedding dresses as they are often the only time anyone wears period structured clothing these days. She loves to make things from scratch and see a project go from drawing, to 2D pattern, to 3D garment, and helping people realize their dream outfit! Becky has three gerbils to keep her company whilst she sews called Alvin, Simon and Theodore. She also has a dolls house that she's been working on for the last four years, doing it up as a Victorian copy - we are sure she has Barbies dressed in immaculate Victorian costumes in there too!
Rebecca Doney
Make-Up Artist
Rebecca studied make-up at the London College of Fashion and has been a professional make-up artist since 2005. Beginning her career in high-profile corporate event work that included body painting, airbrushing and theatrical make-up, Rebecca has worked with high profile clients such as Diesel, Selfridges, Calvin Klein, L'Oreal, EMI records, Time Out Magazine and Asian Brides Magazine. Rebecca has also experience within catwalks and fashion shows, having worked for many labels at the famous Sao Paulo Fashion Week in Brazil, and also for London and Buenos Aires Fashion Weeks. Currently rebecca is focusing on fashion and beauty make-up and video projects. With such a diverse knowledge of the industry she will provide the perfect look to suit whatever the occasion. Outside of her make-up bag Becky enjoys spending time with friends and family, yoga, art, food and movies.
Sarah Gilfillan
Personal Stylist & Personal Shopper
Having trained many years ago in colour analysis and style, Sarah has been a convert ever since. She went on to work as a photographic stylist for 15 years, working on exciting shoots for bands, advertising, magazines, TV etc. During this time she developed a love of menswear too, and loves the subtle way the small details can make such a big difference. After completing some update training at London's prestigious Aston & Hayes, Sarah has been personal shopping and styling since. She gets a huge buzz from helping clients to dress to achieve the look and feel they aspire to, and 'speak' to the world through the 'language' of their clothes. In her spare time she dances lindy hop and balboa, and finds the vintage sound, look and feel of these glamorous events most inspiring. With a friendly nature Sarah will put you at your ease straight away so you can get on with the task at hand - looking amazing!
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