the eMpower dresser
Meet Midnight
Nancy Midnight
Image Psychology Expert | Creator of the Fashion Alchemy Formula™ | Founder of the Empower Dresser Experience™
For more than four decades, Midnight has explored one enduring question:
What if the clothes we wear could transform not only how we look, but how we feel, think, and show up in the world?
Her journey has taken her from the ateliers of Paris to international concert stages in London and into the wardrobes of royalty, leaders, entrepreneurs, and women seeking to express their authentic selves with confidence and purpose.
Working in Paris, Midnight collaborated on Haute Couture and luxury ready-to-wear collections as a Collection Coordinator, Designer and Dresser, where she developed a deep appreciation for craftsmanship, elegance and the psychology of image.
In London, she spent many years in the music industry, designing, creating and styling costumes for international touring artists, discovering how clothing can influence confidence, performance and presence under the spotlight.
She later worked with royal and high-profile private clients around the world, providing wardrobe management, personal styling and image consultancy, helping women align their outward appearance with their professional roles, personalities and aspirations.
Throughout her career, Midnight recognised a deeper truth.
They were struggling because they had been taught to see themselves through the lens of comparison, criticism and unrealistic expectations.
This realisation inspired her to develop the Fashion Alchemy Formula™, which evolved into the Empower Dresser Experience™—a transformational approach that combines image psychology, colour, body shape, personal presence and authentic self-expression to help women reconnect with their confidence and purpose.
Today, through the Fashion Alchemy Ecademy and the Empower Dresser Experience, Midnight teaches women around the world how to stop fighting themselves, honor the body they have today, and dress with intention, confidence and joy.
Her mission is simple:
To help every woman recognise that her greatest beauty has never been found in perfection, but in the courage to express the woman she truly is.
Because Empower Dressing™ is not about changing who you are.
It is about revealing the woman you have always been.
My Story
Fashion
FASHION ALCHEMY ECADEMY - Founder Creator '25 to present
Founder creator of the animated online course the Fashion Alchemy Formula - Personal Styling and Image Creation made accessible and easy to apply for daily life, special events and for stage and screen public presentations and appearances.
WARDROBE MANAGEMENT, PERSONAL SHOPPING, STYLING for V.I.P. CLIENTS - worldwide '00 - '26:
HRH Maria Teresa Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
HM Queen Rania of Jordan
Mr Baha Hariri of Lebanon
Lady Victoria Getty
Mr Aditya and Miss Vanisha Mittal
HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser of Qatar
Mrs Oksana Girko
Mrs Aleksandra Melnichenko
FASHION DESIGN, DRESSMAKING, SHOEMAKING – Paris, Amsterdam '92-'15:
Suriname Fashion Week – “Back to the Roots” collection
Monique Collignon – “Hind” dress
“Fashion & Art for Charity” fashion show event
Artistic Aid Amsterdam
Haute Chaussure Nancy Adama – MIDEC Paris
EVENT HOSTESSES - COSTUME DESIGN & COSTUME MAKING – Amsterdam '11-'15:
Buck Models – Hostess costumes
Models@Work – Hostess costumes
Absolut Elyx - Hostess costumes
FASHION COLLECTIONS – STUDIO, ATELIER, CABINE - Paris '85-'98:
Christian Dior -Collection Coordinator, Chef de Cabine
Coco Chanel - assistant PàP, Chef de Cabine
Karl Lagerfeld - assistant atelier
Nino Cerruti - PA to designer
Carven - freelance designer
Emanuelle Khan - assistant atelier
FASHION SHOWS Fitting, Dressing - HAUTE-COUTURE & PRET-à-PORTER - Paris '85-'98:
Azzedine Alaia
Agnes B
Balenciaga
Pierre Balmain
Jean-Charles de Castelbajac
Nino Cerruti
Coco Chanel
Enrico Coveri
Christian Dior
Jean Paul Gaultier
Marithé François Girbaud
Hubert de Givenchy
Daniel Hechter
Fabrice Karel
Patrick Kelly
Kenzo
Christian Lacroix
Karl Lagerfeld
Yves Saint Laurent
Claude Montana
Issey Miyake
Paco Rabanne
Sonia Rykiel
Martine Sitbon
Angelo Tarlazzi
Chantal Thomass
Frans Molenaar
Midnight
Music Dance Theatre
COSTUME MAKING - MUSIC, TV, DANCE & THEATRE – London, Amsterdam '07-'24
Rihanna
Lady Gaga
Britney Spears
Nicole Scherzinger
The Pussycat Dolls
The Spice Girls
The Dutch National Ballet
“Vrolijk Kerstfeest” TV series Netherlands
“Appearance” fashion program
“Charity tv” charity & lifestyle program
STYLING / COSTUME DESIGN / COSTUME MAKING - MUSIC – Paris, London, Oxford, A’dam, Atlanta '93-'15:
Justin Hawkins, The Darkness
The Sugababes
Maxi Priest
Cher
Brooklynn “Friends” music video
Brooklynn “Mile High” music video
Kimi Shelter, Starbenders “Abduction” music video
Susana (Armin van Buuren) “Brave” dress
W&W Ana Criado “Three o’clock” video clip
Rosco
Troy Dillinger
Billy Falcon
Caroline Dussaud
Strange Aurora
COSTUME DESIGN / COSTUME MAKING - DANCE & THEATRE - UK, Amsterdam '02-'15:
Homebody – Opera Dance Drama production
Fairytale Hairytales.org – online project Amsterdam
Stephen Briggs - Terry Pratchett
12th Night – Mercury Theatre, Colchester
A Midsummer Nights Dream – Studio Theatre Club, UK
Peter Pan – Oxford Playhouse
Goldilocks & the 3 Bears – Pantomime
A Christmas Carol – Kings Theatre, Southend on Sea
The Hobbit – UK tour
ON TOUR Wardrobe Services - MUSIC, DANCE & THEATRE worldwide ’00-’15:
Homebody ODD continent – TOUR ’14-’15
Lady Gaga – WORLD TOUR ’09
The Pussycat Dolls – DOLL DOMINATION TOUR ’09
Sugababes – CHANGE TOUR ’08
Kanye West – GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR UK ’07
The Hobbit – UK tour ’02-’03
R Kelly – TP2 THE TOUR UK/France ’01
CONCERT Wardrobe Services - MUSIC - '00-'15:
Usher – URX tour – Antwerp, Amsterdam ’15
Rihanna Diamonds World tour – Antwerp, A’dam ’13
Rihanna Last Girl on Earth – O2 Arena London ‘10
Rihanna Nokia concert - Brixton Academy ’09
Madonna MDNA tour – Hyde Park London ’12 Lady Gaga Monster Ball – O2 Arena London ‘10
Lady Gaga 3 Mills studios London ’09
Chaka Khan, Anastasia, Lulu – Elstree Studios, tour ’09
Beyoncé – O2 Arena ’09
Beyoncé – Wembley Arena London ’07
Tom Jones - Wembley Arena ’09
Britains got Talent – Wembley Arena ’09
Britney Spears – O2 Arena ’09
Riverdance – Hammersmith Apollo ’09
Chris Brown – O2 arena ’09
The Gotan Project – Roundhouse London ’08
Slipknot – Hammersmith Apollo ’08
Goldfrapp – Brixton Academy ’08
Burt Bacharach BBC Electric Proms Roundhouse ’08
Robin Gibb BBC Electric Proms Roundhouse ’08
Christina Aguilera – Royal Albert Hall ’08
Christina Aguilera -Wembley Arena ’06
Lou Reed – Royal Albert Hall ’08
The Osmonds – Wembley Arena ’08
Spice Girls – O2 Arena ’08
Kanye West TV Channel 4 - Westminster Hall ’07
Kanye West – O2 Arena ’07
UB40 – Wembley Arena ’07
Take That – Elstree Studios ’07
Prince – O2 Arena ’07
Bryan Ferry – London Bridge ’07
Barbra Streisand – O2 Arena ’07
Rod Stewart – Twickenham Stadium ’07
Rod Stewart – Earls Court Arena ’05
Rolling Stones – Twickenham Stadium ’06
Nathalie Cole – Indigo O2 ’07
Back Street Boys – Wembley Pavilion ’05
50 Cent – Wembley Pavilion ’05
Anita Baker – Royal Albert Hall ’05
R Kelly – TP2 THE TOUR - UK/France ’01
Mariah Carey – Rainbow Tour - France ’00
SHOW Wardrobe Services - DANCE MUSICAL OPERA – London, Oxford '02-'15:
Doctor Who Symphonic – Wembley Arena ’15
Riverdance – Hammersmith Apollo ’09
Kid Creole Oh what a Night– Apollo Theatre Oxford ‘03
Grease – Apollo Theatre, Oxford ’03
Miss Saigon – New Theatre Oxford ’04
Welsh National Opera – Apollo Theatre Oxford ’03 ‘04
Glyndebourne Opera – New theatre Oxford ‘04
Fosse – Apollo Theatre Oxford ’03
Rambert Dance company - New theatre Oxford ‘04
Matthew Bourne’s Swanlake – New theatre, Oxford ‘04
English National Ballet – Cinderella – New theatre ‘04