Victoria Bartlett | |
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| Born | Gloucester, England |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | London College of Fashion |
| Label(s) | VPL, Never Before, Undisclosed Recipients |
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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, Moncler, Lacroix, and Calvin Klein. She was the stylist of the first Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 1995. [2] Bartlett gained accolades styling [3] for Björk, Madonna, Scarlett Johansson, David Bowie, Pharrell Williams, and Venus Williams etc. 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. She has consulted and still consults for artists and choreographers, including Ugo Rondinone, Kai Althoff, John Giorno, Rosa Barba, Maria Hassabi, and Pam Tanowitz for the Royal Opera House, among others.
Bartlett launched her fashion line VPL (brand) in 2003, filling a niche between lingerie and sportswear. She opened a store in 2009-2016 in SoHo. After VPL she launched a second fashion active line called Never Before with Stella Ishii.
She launched in 2021 her collection of structural forms and furniture called Undisclosed Recipients with Zachary Joslow. They showed in 2021 in a group show with Tschabalala Self at Gallery 495, and in 2025 at CANADA Gallery in partnership with Anthony Cox (producer).
In 2023, Victoria Bartlett participated in the collective show "Sound The Mouth Can’t Make" at CASE Gallery in Los Angeles, together with Rebecca Watson Horn and Andros Zins-Brown.