As a costume designer, Gypsy experiments with nontraditional materials and fabric modification for her designs. Examples of alternative materials utilized for her costumes include window screening, paper, re-purposed materials, fiber optics, Ewire, Angelina Fibers, and “Great Stuff.” Her principal areas of research are on Mid-Eastern and North African costume and dance, performance art costumes with an environmental design focus, and on creating art piece costumes for the International Costumers Guild competitions and other venues. Most recently, she has been exploring with students the process of creation of designs from junk materials, then creating performances inspired by the design.