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Eli the Spandex Tailor

@ex-shifter

Former owner of Shapeshifters: custom-sized gender-affirming top garments at shapeshifters.co/ They/them.

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But they're over now, and this place is in capable hands. New job starts on Monday.

06.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Today might actually be my last day in the Shapeshifters studio. Wrapping up tax stuff. Looking around and picking up the last personal items. I found a Left Hand of Darkness screenplay and a jar of honey on a high shelf, those are mine.

It's very strange to leave behind ten years of my life.

06.02.2026 15:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

omg they're back 😍 is being monstrous in vogue again??

06.02.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Had a table read of this last summer. I read for the gay man who could have killed Hitler. So many lines resonate with me still.

10.01.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, this looks amazing. I needed more calming and less stressful games!

(been replaying Papers, Please for some reason)

10.01.2026 01:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you to everyone who has reached out to offer to help. Especially you, @neolithicsheep.bsky.social . Seeing your response first steadied me through that whole weekend.

Thanks.

09.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Support Shapeshifters through a Challenging Transition, organized by Eli Coughlin-Galbraith Hi, I'm Eli Coughlin-Galbraith. I owned and ran, with my part… Eli Coughlin-Galbraith needs your support for Support Shapeshifters through a Challenging Transition

And good legal help is not free legal help.

If you have a few outrage dollars to toss at the Shapeshifters GoFundMe for help in responding to the FDA's frankly weird threats, we would all very much appreciate them. $1275 would cover our advisory counsel.

gofund.me/4dd707af7

09.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

With days to spare on the response timeline, we secured good help and were able to send a response.

Though the FDA is now aware that I do not own the company anymore, they have yet to deign to address Bryce and Gwen, the new owners with their concerns. This made responding more complicated.

09.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi folks. Funny story!
Last December I sold Shapeshifters. We signed the contract on 12/18.
On 12/19 we learned that the FDA was sending threatening letters to chest binder companies. I got mine on 12/22. Merry fucking Christmas to me.

Cue the mad scramble for legal advice over the holidays. (1/3)

09.01.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Haha! Hahahahahaha!!!

06.01.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man it sure feels great to be directly under the gaze of the Eye of Sauron, i'm getting a tan over here

19.12.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the trump admin is going after binder distributors

19.12.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 45 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

It hits. A lot of midcentury stuff is dated now, but TLU, I think, will last.

I'm biased, but yknow.

02.09.2025 19:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was such a kid. He was so good at being kind and I didn't even really know how rare that was.

Thanks for bringing this back around today.

02.09.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Dionysus in the woods: purple holographic leopard print spandex bodysuit, silver zebra print chlamys, white gloves and boots.

Dionysus in the woods: purple holographic leopard print spandex bodysuit, silver zebra print chlamys, white gloves and boots.

Costume: Dionysus, from The Bacchae.

It was a new translation. The production involved blacklights and dance parties.

I do, in fact, sometimes take commissions.

02.09.2025 14:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

the sound this made in my head as it skitters gave me ASMR

02.09.2025 12:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Donate to Community Care in Action: Support Vermont Trans Masc Camp, organized by Hunter Kirschner Help support a magical camp weekend for Trans Masc Folks! … Hunter Kirschner needs your support for Community Care in Action: Support Vermont Trans Masc Camp

There is also a GoFundMe if you are inclined to support rural queer community ✨ www.gofundme.com/f/community-...

28.08.2025 06:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Home | Trans Masc Camp A weekend camping retreat for folks of the trans masculine nonbinary (afab) umbrella

NEW ENGLAND FAM! Did you know about TRANSMASC CAMP? It's an AMAZING time run by truly thoughtful and excellent people and they have spots left for this year!

transmasccamp.wixsite.com/transmasccamp

28.08.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They're pricier than off-the-rack but I swear by @shapeshifters.bsky.social - they're customised to you both in measurements and in fabric choices! Mine lasted me for a good 8 years before I finally had my top surgery, with only a little bit of rolling up at the bottom.

16.06.2025 17:55 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Binders Shapeshifters

Today for Pride, I want to highlight my amazing friend Eli's amazing business, Shapeshifters, owned and operated by @shapeshifters.bsky.social. COMFORTABLE, custom binders, bras, dresses, and even kits to sew your own binder! Lots of fun and beautiful fabrics to choose from, too!
#LGBTQIA #Pride

02.06.2025 17:06 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
snowed-over mountains behind a frosty mountain road

snowed-over mountains behind a frosty mountain road

snowed-over mountains behind a frosty mountain road, feat. lonely mountain house

snowed-over mountains behind a frosty mountain road, feat. lonely mountain house

Hi from my mid-April commute

08.04.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Fellas, is it gay to make everything up as you go along because the existing processes don't fit your life?"

-actual thing I said in a podcast interview today

02.04.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You make the best pottery in the world.

02.04.2025 18:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Shapeshifters Shapeshifters

Shapeshifters.co! They are right here on bsky at @shapeshifters.bsky.social - chest binders made to your measurements, lots of nifty customizations, I could do normal things like manual labor outdoors in the south in the summer and go to the all you can eat Chinese buffet in them!

20.03.2025 23:04 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Costuming for THE BACCHAE. Opening this weekend.

12.03.2025 18:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ice seeped out from under a snowbank on a cracked sidewalk

Ice seeped out from under a snowbank on a cracked sidewalk

We thawed for a minute there. Now we're locked up again.

Spring comes in fits and starts.

02.03.2025 16:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Idk, I'm a mouthy trans business owner and the IRS has fucked with me for years over basically nothing, maybe this year I earn it

13.02.2025 02:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Over here the Good Local Farm eggs are $7/doz and the store brand factory shit is $10/doz and i hope that wee tiny farm is making absolute bank right now

12.02.2025 15:45 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey can somebody remind me why I should pay federal taxes

12.02.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Sticker of an angry clown, labeled 'Vampire'.

Sticker of an angry clown, labeled 'Vampire'.

Sticker of a blue fuzzy horned monster, labeled 'Minotaur'.

Sticker of a blue fuzzy horned monster, labeled 'Minotaur'.

Red devil sticker, pointy tail and  no legs, also labeled 'Minotaur'

Red devil sticker, pointy tail and no legs, also labeled 'Minotaur'

Grim Reaper sticker labeled 'Witch'

Grim Reaper sticker labeled 'Witch'

Cursed Item of the Day: this Halloween sticker sheet.

02.02.2025 18:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0