I'm an Icelandic tailor and soon to be dressmaker as of 2024.

I've always been into all sort of handicrafts and was very much into drawing and painting when I was younger. However, It wasn't until I went to the Reykjavík School of housewives/home economics where I got the motivation to go and study tailoring and dressmaking. That school is a mecca for traditional handicrafts and was a big inspiration for me.

I've got a great admiration for tradition and a need to follow rules which is probably why I like tailoring so much because it's essentially built on certain patterns and forms.
Dressmaking has been more of a challenge for me because I feel like it requires you break the rules a bit more than tailoring but then again it gives you more freedom to explore.