Victoria Bartlett

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. She was the stylist of the first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 1995.[2] Bartlett gained accolades styling[3] for Björk, Madonna, Scarlett Johansson, David 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. In the Fall of 2003, Victoria branched out on her own as the sole designer and originator of VPL. This award-winning line filled a niche between lingerie and sportswear with utilitarian, stylish garments that were meant to be mixed, matched, and layered. Merging comfort, functionality, and fashion, VPL positioned itself well as an everyday uniform for a sophisticated, multi-faced clientele. The line grew in the high-end contemporary collection, and in 2013 it extended into fashion active with the addition of swim, shoes and accessories, with collections sold in more than 25 countries with hundreds of retail partners and a flagship store in SOHO.

Victoria exited VPL in February 2016 to embark on new projects: She is currently consulting a new fashion active line with Stella Ishi and will preview for S/S 2018. Recent costuming projects include costuming for Maria Hassabi’s Staging (2017), Staging Solo (2017) performances as part of Documenta 14 at Kassel, dates 23–25 June. Walker Arts Center,Minneapolis as part of Merce Cunningham, CO:MM:ON TI:ME, for Maria Hassaba’s Staged and Staging (2017) duration February 2017. Staged “At the Kitchen” as part of Crossing The Line Festival, Oct 2016 A collaboration with Artist Kai Althoff for an installation at MOMA, Costuming for Emery Lecrone, “The Most Inner Part of Something” in The New Ballet festival at the Joyce Theatre, Designing the underpinnings for Scarlett Johansson as a manga girl in “Ghost In The Shell.”

More artistic collaborations include: • Costumer, Ugo Rondinone, “A horse with no Name,” and the Public Art Fund in City Hall Park “the Lightness Of Being” 2013 • Costumer, John Giorno’s film ‘”Thanks for Nothing” at the Palais de Tokyo exhibition: “I Love John Giorno” October 2015. • Curator and Catalog Author, ‘Second Skin’ featuring 14 artists including Sarah Lucas, Ugo Rondinone, Jack Pierson, Adam McEwan, Collier Shore, Philip Lorca Di Corsia and Katerina Jebb 2012