How to Join Il Volta: Tips for Cosplayers and Photographers
My tips on how to fill the best application for the cosplay photography event.
All you need to know about shipping
Shipping is the final step in delivering my bespoke creations to you. For me, it’s both exciting and nerve-wracking: giving a dress that took hundreds of hours to create into someone else’s hands is always a leap of faith. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot from shipping accidents, and I want to share this…
Order Your Unique Grimilde Malatesta Dress: A Guide
If you have been searching for a custom historical dress, a bespoke fantasy gown or a one of a kind piece made by Grimilde Malatesta, this guide explains exactly how my commissions work. Here you will discover how to purchase ready to ship designs, how the bespoke process works in my case, what mock ups…
Rentals and collaborations
You have seen my work on social media, and perhaps it inspired you. Maybe you imagined what it would feel like to wear one of my gowns, or thought about collaborating with me on an artistic and/or professional level. I understand that reaction very well, I have been in your position many many times! However……
Payment Plans
Payment Plans Sometimes the costumes you see in the shop take me months of work, handling the finest stilks and sewing them by hand. Sometimes they require to dye, to spend days searching for the right material or drafting and asjusting patterns and mock-ups. And being this my full time job, this means a single…
Photography fees
Fees & Booking Information All portrait sessions are tailored with care and artistic attention, combining technical expertise, costume styling, and detailed post-production. My studio is based in Maserà di Padova and serves as the starting point for both in-studio and on-location sessions. Studio Portrait Session – Base Package (€70) Includes: Up to 1,3 hours of…
Venetian Renaissance Fashion
A few info on venetian historical fashion Since I made my first venetian-inspired pink dress, people has been coming to me to ask questions about venetian fashion history. I am not an expert, but do have a quite rare book about the matter: Abiti Antichi e moderni dei Veneziani, by the much missed Doretta Davanzo…
Une Robe Fée pour Versailles
Une Robe Fée pour Versailles The Robe Fée is a much lesser known type of dress from the 18th century. Its characteristic features are the use of spangles embellished organza, of metallic lace, and the choice of only one pastel color. The fabric must be spun from spiderwebs, rigorously picked when still beaded with morning…
Grimilde Malatesta – Guest Appearance Rates
I am available as a paid guest for various events, including historical balls, historical reenactments, and cosplay events. Below, you will find my appearance fees and conditions. Standard Guest Appearance Fees Weekdays (Monday–Friday): €300 per day Weekends (Saturday–Sunday- 24th December to 7th of January – August): €400 per day …
Sponsored posts
Collaboration Rates – Grimilde Malatesta Grimilde Malatesta is an Italian artisanal brand producing high-quality historical and fantasy costumes. Over the past decade, it has grown a loyal following of over 84,000 people on Instagram and thousands more on Facebook, establishing itself as a recognized name in the historical costuming and visual storytelling scene. All posts…