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An image showing the two looks in the collection. On top is a woman dressed in a white button up covered in UFOS with jeans laser engraved with images of conspiracy theories. On the bottom is a woman dressed in a leather top molded to look like a female torso and a denim skirt printed with images of UFOs.

The Conspiracy Collection

Maddie Vassalo

Laser engraving on denim, Wet molded leather, Lino prints on denim, Lino prints on cotton

Undergraduate
This mini collection is an exploration of popular conspiracy theories and how they spread in our online world. The looks represent two popular archetypes in conspiracy culture. The Politician and the Imposter. The Politician is absolutely swallowed in visual representations of common conspiracies, particularly on the jeans which were made by laser engraving on denim. The Imposter is a play on the popular skin suit theory with the skin suit being made of wet molded leather and painted to look like a female torso. The look is supposed to give the viewer a feeling of uncanny valley. It almost looks real but is weirdly stretched and strapped on to the wearers chest.