the designer.
“Textile designs serve no practical function, but they can transform an environment, tell the story of a culture, symbolize a tradition, establish unity, convey a personality, or express a mood. Culturally, they allow us to recognize ‘our tribe’ and give one a sense of belonging.” ~ Peter Koepke
Though American-born, Caitley grew up in the ancient cities of Alexandria and Cairo, Egypt where she was surrounded by some of the oldest and most magnificent forms of art and design in history. Having had such first impressions as a young designer, her work is heavily influenced by the bold, but lyrical, Middle Eastern and Mediterranean ornamentation and perfection of imperfection of artisan-made craft. With these multicultural influences and a love of period fabrics for costume, Caitley’s designs create a modern fusion of periods old and new, drawn from cultures both near and far.
After studying Fashion design at the American College of London, Caitley returned to the US to finish her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design from The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, MD. Upon graduation, Caitley relocated to Los Angeles to follow a successful career dressing stars for film, and television, later moving to San Francisco to dress the San Francisco and Bolshoi Ballet and then on to numerous Broadway shows in NYC.
During the transition between screen and stage, Caitley was a freelance textile and surface designer for a homewares company that sold her designs in stores throughout North America. Continuing her love of textiles and design, Caitley stepped out of entertainment completely to start a small business designing and screen printing artisan-made textiles for home decor.
2018 marked Caitley's transition back into show business, this time into the role of costume textile artist, essentially known as the art department of the costume world.
Caitley has been a proud member of the wardrobe unions in NYC (Local 764), and Los Angeles (Local 705) and a permit worker in San Francisco (Local 784). She is now a member of Local 479 Atlanta, GA.
Between 2021-2023, Caitley earned her master’s degree in Fiber from The Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, GA. Prior to starting graduate school in 2021, she had the incredible opportunity to work on Martin Scorsese’s epic American Western crime drama, ‘Killers of The Flower Moon’ and in 2022-2023, Francis Ford Coppola’s science fiction drama, ’Megalopolis’.