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Thesis, ‘ Kisses and the Kill Shot’
2022-2023



Based on the events of the Assassination of the Archduke and Duchess of Austria that ignited World War I in 1914 ...

How the society of Austria found relief in the arts and agriculture during the times of war ... 

A story of the coexistence of terror & beauty ... 

A story about the assassination of my extended family ...




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Ava Lindley as Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Blue Boiled Wool - Copper Chest Plate w/ Brass Finish,  Swarovski Crystals


















Chloe Hill as Duchess, Sophie of Hohenberg
Black Boiled Wool - Four Flags on Brass Pipes, draped off the back of dress 














Armiya Farooq in Glass Dress
Grey Boiled Wool - Drape & Shattered Glass; Sanded, Stained and Tacked 

















Hannah Setzler in ‘Kiss’ Dress
White Boiled Wool - Swarovski Crystals 
















Alexa Wexler in Wheatgrass Dress
Black Boiled Wool - Half front, Full Back; Real & Metal Wheatgrass
featuring Swarovski Crystals and Metal Wasp Brooch with Crystals














Shoot Day WIP










Direction Research

Deborah Turbeville
Three Colours: Blue (Kieslowski)
AF Vandevorst SS 2001
Steven Meisel Theatre of Fashion Vogue Italia, 1998
Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally / Self Portrait Standing
Inge Gronard (Make Up)
Archive Zoom Magazine
A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick)
Personal Illustration (Vienna Society 1900)