About Me

Abysswares is your indie alternative fashion shop online for the weirdest clothes, clowncore, kidcore, decora kei alt aesthetic clothing, clown costumery and tomfoolery! 

Hi! My name is Lorene Anderson, the indie artist one-woman circus that is AbyssWares. I have been a designer and a free-range clown since childhood–my first paying job was working as a face-painting party clown and Easter bunny 🤡🐰 I have always loved (and been bullied for loving) loud, weird fashion, and I am THRILLED to now be designing original wild fashions especially for folks who need to look outrageously wonderful to do their wonderful work. Clothing can absolutely change your whole day based on how you feel in your outfit. Clothes can have a positive ripple effect on the world around you, they start fun conversations, they help you inhabit a performance, they help you spread joy, and joy is a nutrient! We must have whimsy!! 

AbyssWares has reached fabulous folks in 23 countries over 4 continents so far, and counting! This global scale of my fashion biz is possible because I have spent years building relationships with a handful of manufacturers that I trust. This means I have spent thousands of dollars in samples, testing quality, stitching, fabric weight, sizing, fit, and feel. Though I work with a few US factories, my main manufacturers are in China. China has spent decades mastering clothing manufacturing at a level that just does not exist domestically at an accessible scale, and I love having the world experts working for me! My newest partner makes exclusive designs with me: skirtalls with trick pockets, extra-long jester tail hoodies–stuff that didn't exist before we figured out how to make it! These are my original designs, made specifically for AbyssWares, by people I have worked with for years to get exactly right. I hope my work delights you as much as it delights me, and that you spread the delight wherever you go!