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Well, I'm Kim Dylla.

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I am a heavy metal seamstress,
and wardrobe tyrant,

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of rock and metal.

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I run Kylla Custom
Rockwear, which

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dresses metal and rock
bands around the world,

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right here from Charlottesville.

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I've played in
bands for 10 years

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and always made my
own stage clothes.

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Through that I made
a lot of friends

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in the industry and other
bands that were bigger.

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I was getting three
or four orders a week

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for several hundred dollars,
just not even trying.

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For once I was making
something that everyone wanted.

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I learned how to make it
myself from salvaged leather

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and materials.

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I would buy old
thrift store jackets,

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and cut out the
leather, and put it

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to control systems, and
paint on it, and destroy it.

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And a lot of people that
designed things for stage,

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they make it costume quality.

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You have to make
it out of really

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strong, reinforced material.

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We have dressed, pretty
much, all the big metal

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bands out there.

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Machine Head, Children of
Bodom, Cradle of Filth,

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Dimmu Borgir, Slipknot.

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No matter what size they
are, and how famous they are,

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they just have to pay
the same amount of money

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and get in line.

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I have a business partner who
works for me full time, now,

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in Richmond.

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Her name's [? Lori ?]
[? Lay, ?] and she's amazing.

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She does more of
the sewing, and I

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do more of the client
interaction and design.

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Ray Brown is my fashion idol.

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He dressed Judas Priest, Motley
Crue, and Guns N' Roses back

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in their classic, heyday.

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Definitely UVA fostered
my creative spirit,

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and confidence, with
coming up with projects.

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And definitely taught
me to put in long hours

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working on something.

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I think it was the
best thing I ever

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did was just taking
that leap of faith

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to try to see if I could
support myself with this.

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It's great to see
something that I invented,

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and I started, and
it's my vision on stage

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in front of 100,000 people.

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It's cool to get
an email from Bob

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from Texas that ordered his
jacket for his local band

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and how happy he is with it.

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That makes it all worthwhile.

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