Virginia Burlina
Pictures by MichaĂŤl Smiths Lunatica
Master Collection
Master Collection 2013-2014
2013-2014
The collection was inspired by the story of a female artist from Art Brut, Sir Marguerite, who turned crazy after being abandoned on the altar the day of her wedding. While she was in cure in a mental institution, desiring ardently to experience marriage one day, she began making a bridal gown for an imaginary wedding day using the threads of the bed sheets from the hospital. This extremely romantic and naive vision of love made me think that in fact everyone, at least once in their lives, turn crazy for love. Another source of inspiration have been the poems from Alda Merini, an italian poetess who was also hospitalized in a mental institution, and wrote wonderful poems about love and the otherness of madness in the creative expression. I also looked at a lot of artwork from artists from Art Brut to then make, inspired by them, embroideries on garments telling the story of a woman turned crazy for love, trying to don’t think too much and doing them in a free and spontaneous way. The shapes of the garments are a combination between hospital scrubs, aprons and tailored garments. vvThis way parts of the garments are knotted together and the raw feeling of it is in contrast with the colorful and naive embroideries made with glass beads.
Inspirations
Master Collection
Pictures by Michaël Smiths For Wonder 3th Bachelor Collection 2012-2013
3th Bachelor Collection
For Wonder 2012-2013 The concept of my collection starts from a video from the artist Kiki Smith, in which a document about a women comunity living in New Jersey in the stone age period is found by two scout girls in a forest. The video is clearly ironical since it records the discovery and interpretation of what is, in fact, an invented archeological site. The women are in fact dressed with clothes from the 80’s wrapped around as typical cave women. The video is also a feminist manifesto following the beliefs of second-wave feminism which follows a matriarchal myth, but that in this case is undercut through a video parody.I got particularly inspired by the concept of a fake stone age and the irony used by the artist, and translated this concept of “fake stone age” by working with fabric treatments and overwhelming colors and textures. The clothes are made of flowers in latex, which I made by hand refering to the flowers from vintage swimcaps, fake fur, fabric cut out and metallic leather with animal motif done by applications which gives the feeling of a controlled and artificial wildness. To underline the more typically feminin aspect, I styled the silouhettes with silk scarves on the head, which responds to the stereotype of old divas and sofisticated women. This way I created my own group of women which could come from another time.
Scarfs
Inspirations 3th Bachelor Collection
Illustrations 3th Bachelor Collection
Look Book 3th Bachelor Collection Pictures by Lee Wei Swee
3th Bachelor 2012-2013 Ethnical Costume
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Apapaatai are masks used by the Wauja, an indigenous people from Brazilian Amazonia, in their shamanistic rituals. As abductors of human souls, the apapaatai are the main cause of illnesses. However, when celebrated in rituals with masks, flutes and clarinets the apapaatai can cure and protect the Wauja, for whom the apapaatai are a kind of “vaccine� that strengthens their bodies. The costume is made of raffia woven and then painted with acrylic paint.
Picture by Lee Wei Swee
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3th Bachelor 2012-2013
Pictures by Nikolai Ahn 2th Bachelor Collection 2011-2012
A Garden In Hell
2011-2012
2th Bachelor Collection
The inspiration for this collection started from the infamous picture of Diana Vreeland in her home,which she defined herself as a “Garden in hell�, in which her person is lost in an overloaded space. I took this idea of filling up the space and overdoing elegance, the idea of horror vacui and faiding beuty and translated it into garments. What facinated me the most was this feeling of forced elegance and tried to include it intothe garments by combining rich fabrics like silks, chiffons and organza together with tye dye to express a faiding beauty. The result is a dramatic feeling given by shapes taken from cuture but disturbed by raw edges, tye dye fabrics and beading.
Illustrations
and Inspirations 2th Bachelor Collection
Diana Vreeland “A garden in Hell�
Historical S r a H Costume st e
2011-2012
2th Bachelor
Edouard Manet, Young lady with a parrot, 1886
2th Bachelor Collection 2011-2012
Historical Costume
Pictures by Virginia Burlina
1th Bachelor 2010-2011
Skirt
Picture by Elisabeth Broekaert Make-up Inge Grognard
1th Bachelor
2010-2011
Skirt S r
Publications and Colaborations
TextielLab - Yearbook 2013
Pictures by MichaĂŤl Smiths
Show Off # 4 Picture by Elisabeth Broekaert
Pictures by Ronald Stoops
PRISES
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VIRGINIA BURLINA (GORIZIA, ITALY, 1986) Cuylits Straat 84, 2018, Antwerpen, Belgium Phone: +32 488121867 Email: virgi.b86@hotmail.it
COMPETITIONS AND PRIZES 2013: Mittelmoda International Lab, Winner of Absolute Prize for the best experimental and research collection, handed by Sistema Moda Italia. 2013: Winner of Anne Kurris Award EDUCATION 2013-2014 Master of Fine Arts Degree, Fashion Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen, Belgium 2010-2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree, Fashion Department, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerpen, Belgium 2008-2010 Master in International Law, Universita’ degli studi di Trieste, Italy 2005-2008 Bachelor in Law, Universita’ degli studi di Trieste, Italy 2000-2005 High School degree, Liceo Classico Dante Alighieri, Gorizia, Italy LANGUAGES AND SKILLS Italian: Mother tongue English: Very fluent Spanish: Fluent Dutch: Basic French: Basic Very good at stitching and pattern making, very good at drawing, printmaking and embroidery. Can use Photoshop and Illustrator very well.
PHOTOGRAPHY: Michaël Smiths, Lee Wei Swee, Nikolai Ahn GRAPHIC DESIGN: Elisabeth Mestdagh SPECIAL THANKS: Special thanks to my Mum Ester, my Dad Claudio and my Sister Celeste for supporting me and helping me all these years. Thanks to my teachers, Walter, Dirk, Heidi, Elke, Yvonne. Thanks to Emmanuel for always being at my side, thanks to Yens, Pierre, Felix, Livia, Flo, Wali, Ehssan, Stella, Nadia, Chiara, Ester, Mirella, Cinzia, Verdiana. Thanks To my sponsor Saga Fur and to Malhia Kent.