Thesis ‘Kisses and the Kill Shot’
2022-2023




Womenswear (5 Dresses)
Creative & Artistic Development
Draping
Pattern Making
Construction
Multi-Medium (Metals, Glass, Crystal)
Embroidery (Swarovski Partnership)
Team Organization (Film, Photo, HMU, Jewlery)













Explore Below
















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 ...







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)