References for Grace Victoria Bentley

Ivory Flame

It has been a pleasure to work with Grace on her projects. She overflows with enthusiasm and enthralled fascination for her concepts, and is such a comitted and focussed worker. Always thoroughly researched on her influences and techniques, it's so interesting to hear her speak about the background to the stories and note all the intricate, thoughtful decisions that go into creating the garments.

Though confident and experienced in her abilities, it's clear she is so eager to learn and seizes any opportunity to soak up new information with a joyful, grateful attitude which is refreshing and admirable.

She is delightful to be around, a wonderful breezy personality with such a sweet and charming nature. Fittings and meetings have been really enjoyable.

On the shoots she is always considerate, friendly, fun, and attentive to my comfort as a model in addition to making sure the designs are being shown off to their most beautiful. Her pieces are such a treat to wear, made to perfection with a wonderful fit, tantalising fabrics, flowing elegance, amazing embroidery work, with so much meaning and symbolism within the design.

Seeing her concepts come together is fantastic and she really helps me to understand the characters so I am able to project the right poses, emotion and body languagle. She is always so appreciative, making me feel valued as a creative, encouraging input and is a joy to work with at every stage of the process.

I can't wait to see where Grace takes her talents next on her exciting creative journey and I can certainly recommend her highly!

Ella Rose Muse

I was contacted by Grace to model for her university costume design project and have been nothing but impressed by her work and work ethic! We had multiple fittings prior to the photoshoot (during which the photography was done by Ceridwen and for which I modelled along with Ivory Flame). Grace is extremely talented - really knows her stuff and is clearly going places in the design world. Her adjustments during the fitting phase were quick and responsive, and the work she put in to create magical, beautiful and unique pieces was so incredible. I loved being a part of it and meeting such a lovely, imaginative, creative bright spark! She deserves to do extremely well in her project and beyond.

Emma Mages

I started working with Grace about a year ago and have had several shoots with her since. She's always been reliable and in regular contact. Her garments are absolutely beautiful and translate on to camera well. Would highly recommend and would love to work with her in the future!