Burda Style For people who sew

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BurdaStyle is the largest DIY fashion and sewing community with over half a million registered members and nearly 7 million pageviews a month. A “sort of Facebook for sewers” (The New York Times), the average age of our readers is 29.

Our aim is to bring the craft of sewing to a new generation of fashion designers, hobbyists, DIYers as well as inspire fashion enthusiasts. The website offers thousands of stylish handcrafted clothes, downloadable PDF sewing patterns, tutorials, project ideas and a community passionate about fashion. Press coverage on BurdaStyle can be found here.

Our Team

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  Nora

  Nora Abousteit is our co-founder and runs the BurdaStyle operations. Besides managing, conceptualizing and strategizing, she is especially delighted to share her experience with building BurdaStyle and reaching out to people interested in working with or joining the BurdaStyle community. Eating colorful food and storytellers make her happy.

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  Alison

  Alison Kelly works as an editor and creative director at BurdaStyle, overseeing the weekly Featured Projects and Editor's Pick blog. She loves to sew, make jewelry, search for vintage one-offs, and was a contestant on Project Runway season 3. Alison designs her own clothing line, dahl, when she's not at BurdaStyle

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  Carol

  Carol Cho is the BurdaStyle Marketing & Partnership Director and leads strategic marketing, partnerships and experiential promotions for BurdaStyle. Carol is skilled in making/maintaining friendships with organizations/sponsors to expand/grow the sewing community as well as bringing original and participatory content to our audience.

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  David

  David is our Community Manger. He helps to make sure that the community stays a happy and inspiring place. He is also the person behind our social media visibility, such as Twitter and Facebook.

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  Lindsey

  Lindsey handles Office Management duties and is the Assistant Editor for BurdaStyle. She keeps the office running smooth and the blog up to date with the coolest in fashion, DIY and craft from around the world. She also handles BurdaStyle's weekly Newsletter, stocking it with the latest patterns, projects and inspiration.

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  Susan

  Susan is the Sales Coordinator and works with partners to create unique and effective sales opportunities. She got her start in the crafting community at BUST Magazine 3 years ago as the Sales & Marketing Manager. From there she grew to love the craft movement and independent spirit. She's inspired by art, music and fashion.

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Alumni

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  Benedikta

  Benedikta von Karaisl used to share the job of running BurdaStyle with Nora. To her the most exciting aspect of BurdaStyle was to bring you the freshest patterns and designs, learnings and sewing news with the help of the incredible team. She has now moved to Berlin to start Etsy Europe with her husband Matt Stinchcomb.