Kindred spirits Olivia and Elizabeth Tooth aka The Wicked Apprentice, were brought together by their shared love of big dresses and pet poultry. They met on Whitby's 199 Steps around 2003, when to Olivia's amazement Elizabeth appeared - proudly carrying Linda the exquisite Silkie-Pekin hen who had just been taking a turn about the Abbey's lawns. From that moment they were destined to become fast friends, and these two ladies of the night can sometimes be found buried under pounds of antique lace and jet beads, clucking softly to one another...

The beautiful Ursula in some of her Regency period costumes, along with some of The Wicked Lady's younger patrons to whom Olivia is a real-life Fairy Godmother.

Some of The Wicked Lady's most outrageus creations... as worn by the always-colourful "Gainsborough Lady" (here in purple leopard print), and by gothic rock band The Beautiful Deadly Children - a unique musical experience with costumes and performance from The Wicked Lady herself.