Karen Dusenbery - Design Gallery

Every picture tells a story......

the Black Crowes

Cheap Trick

Depeche Mode

Ringo Starr

Aerosmith

Emmylou Harris

Sheryl Crow

Kate Hudson

Elisa Leonetti

Styx

Mötorhead

Korn

Steel Panther

the Black Crowes - Chris Robinson

The Spin magazine cover that never happened. That's okay, this black velvet poppy suit now resides at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.........

the Black Crowes - Chris Robinson

The white velvet counterpart to the original...inspired by Gram Parson's Nudie suits.......taken at the Four Seasons Hotel

the Black Crowes - Chris Robinson

The Black Suede coat from the "Sometimes Salvation" video.....with and without feathers.
We can't find it now........anyone?

Black Crowes -Chris Robinson

The black suede coat from the "Wiser Time" video.......The pants came later when we were in a Sly Stone kinda mood.........

Black Crowes -Chris Robinson

The infamous pot pants from the MTV Video Music Awards. To quote Chris, "Those pants are more famous than I am............"

the Black Crowes - Chris Robinson

A recent collaboration......

Black Crowes -Marc Ford

MTV music Awards......see the link for footage

Black Crowes - Chris Robinson

Blue Velvet and silver embroidery...asking for a handout or just waving hello....

Robin Zander-Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick - Robin Zander

Black and white leather suit from 2014

Robin Zander-CheapTrickRZ_061215-84_RobertMatheu

tp1

Cheap Trick

From the Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Tribute ....Robin's white velvet coat now on exhibit in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.

Cheap Trick - Tom Peterssen

Black Velvet Edwardian jacket - also in purple and emerald satin for Sgt. Pepper, and another in fuschia velvet just because.....

FullSizeRender

Cheap Trick- Robin Zander

More Nudie influence.....

Cheap Trick - Tom Petersson

Military jacket in 4-ply silk, but the real star is the beautiful Gretsch........

Cheap Trick - Rick Nielsen

Rick Nielsen is a force of nature......suit, shirt, shoes, and bowtie, ala Duse

Karen and Cheap Trick

The original line-up plus me.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Round One at the Las Vegas Hilton....

Cheap Trick - Robin Zander

Channeling Billy Shears, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Round Two. Paris Hotel, Las Vegas

Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan 1 1.jpeg

Details cover shoot with Anton Corbijn....
that's right, the cover didn't happen.....

Depeche Mode - Dave Gah

Dave's Back tattoo..........

Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan

Dave's back tattoo in leather.....

Depeche Mode - Dave Gahan

Black silk suit....taken in my hotel room turned sweat shop in London...

Ringo Starr

Black velvet vest with hologram sequin stars

Ringo Starr

Airbrushed silk tuxedo...while on the road the dry cleaners "cleaned" all the art off. It was resurrected and is now in the Ringo exhibit associated with the Grammy Museum.

Ringo Starr

Silk vest with Swarovski crystals

Silk vest with hologram sequins

Ringo Starr

Embroidered silk shirt

Show More

Show more

Show more

Styx- Tommy Shaw

Hand-painted velvet jacket and silk shirt

Styx - Tommy Shaw

"Re-purposed" denims......

Frankie Sullivan

Snake and stripes and silk and.....

Styx - Tommy Shaw

Metallic Leather jacket

Show More

Aerosmith - Steven Tyler

Too much leopard?

Aerosmith

I designed the boots...........

Aerosmith-Steven Tyler

Silk velvet shirt worn on the Tonight Show

Aerosmith - Steven Tyler

A combo-plate of jackets, shirts, photo sessions

Emmylou Harris

Photo session with the lovely Emmylou....

Sheryl Crow

From the night she won 5 Grammies....

Kate Hudson

MTV Video Music Awards

Elisa Leonetti and Ian Ball wedding

Still my favorite wedding dress.....

Styx - Tommy Shaw

White leather jacket,snow leopard silk shirt

Motorhead - Lemmy

I've made the same pair of pants for Lemmy since 1989. I love that.
Photo by Gene Kirkland

Korn

In a pimp phase.....
Photo by Gene Kirkland

Steel Panther

Steel Panther, what else can be said...check out the videos in the video section....

Show More

Cheap Trick - Tom Peterssen

Black Velvet Edwardian jacket - also in purple and emerald satin for Sgt. Pepper, and another in fuschia velvet just because.....