Victoria Wheeler

RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design)
V.Wheeler@alfred.org.au
@wheelervictoriajane

My work this semester is inspired by Maggie O'Farrell's 'The Marriage Portrait' and Robert Browning’s 'My Last Duchess', depicting the imagined life of duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545-1561).

My collection examines the tension between Lucrezia as a living girl and a curated object/portrait. Drawing from DIY feminist punk aesthetics and the iconic 90s "t-shirt dress" worn by Kathleen Hanna, I reference the gilded frame breaking apart to reveal an inner world of contradiction, chaos and colour.

Utilising scavenged materials, and techniques including digital collaging, sonic welding, laser cutting, painting, stoneware-fired ceramics and trompe l’oeil, I explore different visual narratives to create exuberant, contemporary designs.

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RMIT Bachelor of Fashion (Design)

My work this semester is inspired by Maggie O'Farrell's 'The Marriage Portrait' and Robert Browning’s 'My Last Duchess', depicting the imagined life of duchess Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545-1561).

My collection examines the tension between Lucrezia as a living girl and a curated object/portrait. Drawing from DIY feminist punk aesthetics and the iconic 90s "t-shirt dress" worn by Kathleen Hanna, I reference the gilded frame breaking apart to reveal an inner world of contradiction, chaos and colour.

Utilising scavenged materials, and techniques including digital collaging, sonic welding, laser cutting, painting, stoneware-fired ceramics and trompe l’oeil, I explore different visual narratives to create exuberant, contemporary designs.

'Scorpion in Aristocrat’s Clothes' | Photographer: Arielle Bateman @ariiibat | Producer: Aimee Slates @aimeeslates | Makeup: Millie Brown | Talent: (left) Rene Ongsansoy @rene_soysauce_ and (right) Yauda Rock @yauda_rock | Jewellery (rings, earrings, crucifix necklace): Georgia Sacre @sacreflux | Location: Mountain Studios Coburg @mountainstudio_co

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