Indonesian American Stacy Stube spent seven years in London, where she completed a Master’s degree in Fashion Entrepreneurship & Innovation from the London College of Fashion, along with the New Creative Ventures program in partnership with London Business School. She has worked with fashion houses including Alexander McQueen, Burberry, Hugo Boss, Diane von Furstenberg, Temperley London, Heidi Klein, Club Monaco, and others.

In 2013, Stube moved to Bali, Indonesia, to establish the Elsa Fitzgerald fashion house. Inspired by the traditional Indonesian Kebaya, she blended vintage elegance with lace and nostalgia, creating ready-to-wear designs she refers to as outdoor lingerie.

After spending three years on the island, Stube returned to her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland, USA, where she helped awaken a dormant garment industry.

In 2026, she began the process of reshoring the entire Elsa Fitzgerald Bali collection to Baltimore, while continuing to invest in the fine Balinese embroidery work she fell in love with.

It was through her work as Designer-in-Residence for the Fashion Archives at the Maryland Historical Society that a deeper passion emerged for breathing new life into old-world fashion garments.

Today, the made-to-order collection is cut, sewn, and finished in the Atelier in Baltimore’s historic Needle Trades District—keeping sewing machines singing once more in this garment-making town.