Victoria Bartlett
| Victoria Bartlett | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gloucester, England |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | London College of Fashion |
| Occupation | Fashion designer |
| Awards |
2012 International Woolmark prize finalist 2012 CFDA Lexus Eco Challenge Winner 2007 CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Finalist 2007 Fashion Group International Rising Start Award Finalist 2006 Ecco Domani Award |
| Labels |
BC |
Victoria Bartlett is a British-born designer and stylist. She graduated from the London College of Fashion.[1] Her career began in design, illustration, and brand consultancy for a prestigious portfolio of brands and designers, including Miu Miu, Versace, DKNY, Moncler, Lacroix, Calvin Klein, and Theory. Bartlett gained accolades styling[2] for Björk, Madonna, Scarlett Johansson, Bowie, Chloe Sevigney, Pharrell Williams, and Venus Williams. She was Fashion Editor at Allure magazine prior to becoming Fashion Director for Interview and BIG Magazine. She has created fashion editorials for i-D, Numéro, V, French, Italian, and L'Uomo Vogue. Victoria launched VPL in 2003 based on the concept of layering building blocks.
List of achievements
- 1999 Participated in the Brooklyn Anchorage Exhibition presented by Creative Time called “Exposing the meaning in Fashion through Presentation", curated an installation called Loud & Unhinged with film director Douglas Keeves, art director Richard Pandiscio and set designers Big Room.[3]
- 2002 Designed the clown sculptures for Ugo Rondinone's exhibition If There Were Anywhere But Desert at Mathew Marks Gallery
- 2005 Participated in the FutureFashion's kickoff event for Christo and Jean-Claude's installation of The Gates in Central Park to benefit the Earth Pledge foundation
- 2009 Curated "A Candid look at the Anatomical fascination of Visible Panty Line" with Susanna Cucco and Gloria Capeletti at Gallery Dopolavoro in Milan[4]
- 2011 Curated the show Squat with Orly Genger hosted by Yvonne le Force Villareal of Art Production Fund and Clarissa Dalrymple[5]
- 2011 Designed costumes in latex for a special performance installation at Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet with choreographer Benoit Swan
- 2011 Collaborated with choreographer Emery LeCrone and Avi Scher for Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum set to the music of Pulitzer Prize composer Elliott Carter[6]
- 2011 Participated in the sartorial exhibition Limited/Unlimited conceived by Silvia Venturini Fendi and curated by Susanna Cucco in Rome[7]
- 2012 Curated the group show Second skin with 14 artists including Ugo Rondinone, John Giorno, Sarah Lucas, Genesis P-Orridge, Collier Schorr, Jack Pierson, Adam McEwen, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, David Armstrong, Judith Eisler, Jessica Mitrani, Shoplifter, Mark Borthwick and Katerina Jebb[8]
- 2012 Winner of the CFDA/Lexus Eco Challenge[9]
- 2013 "Lightness of Being" live clown sculpture collaboration with Ugo Rondinone for the Public Art Fund in City Hall Park[10]
References
- ↑ Wallace, Chris (November 15, 2010). "Victoria Bartlett Says Take Small Steps, Not Giant Leaps". The Business of Fashion.
- ↑ Spindler, Amy M. (June 5, 1994). "Who Needs Designers?". The New York Times.
- ↑ Pasternak, Anne. Creative Time: The Book: 33 Years of Public Art in New York, 2007, p. 267
- ↑ Davies, Olivier. "Milan Fashion Week: Victoria Bartlett & VPL." FreeStyle Magazine, October 6, 2009
- ↑ MacDonell, Nancy (May 10, 2011). "Fashion With a Twist – Orly Genger at VPL". New York Times T Magazine.
- ↑ LeCrone, Emery. ' 'With Thoughtful Lightness' '. The Music of Elliott Carter Interpreted, New Choreography by Emery LeCrone and Avichai Scher (video recording), 2011
- ↑ Spezzigu, Andrea. ' 'Limited/Unlimited Small Objects of Desire' '. Made in Town, February 27, 2011
- ↑ Brown, Alix. "Up Close and Personal/ 'Second Skin' at VPL." New York Times T Magazine, May 16, 2012
- ↑ McCall, Tyler. "CFDA Amps up Commitment to Sustainability with New Committee." Fashionista, April 19, 2013
- ↑ Torkells, Erik. 'Lightness of Being' at City Hall Park." Tribeca Citizen, July 25, 2013.
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