and the rest is drag
spring-summer 2026
bfa thesis collection

i began the research for my thesis with the 1999 cult classic film “but i’m a cheerleader”. i was very interested in the film’s camp aestetics and the hyperreal gender codes the iconography uses to satire heternormative ideals. i wanted to similarly explore gender codes and push them to camp extremes.
as a genderqueer person myself i looked into an archive of my own photography to use my own experiences in the development of this collection.

textile development was very important to my design process. the first techniques i explored in this collection was quilting: sating quilted on a layer of watting and quilting lace ono neoprene and satin underlayers. I also worked with an unconventional material in the pvc garments i designed. since the pvc does not behave like fabric i had to develop top-stitching techniques to construct the garments. i also explored sublimation printing which was the technique that i struggled with the most, because my attempts to print on finished garments came out faded and lighter than i wanted, so i had to pivot and print on new white satin and create patchwork pieces that i then stitched onto the pink satin garments.

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