Tessa Dykes

Persecution – A Tale of Love’s Triumph’ was inspired by 17th century witch trials and queer opression. The collection is dark with highlights of metallics and my own home grown bio-fabric. The garments were designed to show off bodies, highlighting body parts that are associated with gender stereotyping.

For my collection I used my own models from House of Daze, some identifying as non-binary. On the day of the professional shoot my model was self isolating, I ended up shooting my collection on myself and my other half, who is a drag queen, in my house and garden.