Sophie’s extensive sewing, design, and instruction experience has taken her all over the world. Sophie has designed and constructed more than 350 couture wedding gowns in the Western United States and abroad. She has also worked in costume design and construction for English speaking theater in Geneva, Switzerland, and Ferney-Voltaire, France.

Locally Sophie has worked with Utah Opera as a costume technician for three seasons, and at Salt Lake Community College Fashion Institute as an instructor of eight courses including Bridal Design, Corset Making, and Visual Merchandising. She also taught five core classes including, Intermediate Sewing, Advanced Sewing, Introduction to Fashion, Buying and Management, and Advanced Design Co-op for four and a half years.

Sophie’s past fashion retail experience includes Saks Fifth Avenue, Talbot’s, Britex Fabrics, and Nordstorm locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Salt Lake City. Sophie is co-founder of the Association of Fashion designers. Sophie continues to teach technical sewing courses through Fashion sewing school, Designer of St. Claire collection, is sponsored by; A fashionable stitch with local designing projects.