Amelia Gray: the performance of others
T-shirt Amelia's own
The audience becomes the performer on an imagined stage, starring model Amelia Gray.
Culture
Photography: Collier Schorr
Styling: Danielle Emerson
Taken from the winter 24 print issue of THE FACE. Get your copy here.
In 2021, walking down the street in Soho I found a 1984 copy of the feminist magazine Heresies. It was in a box of books belonging to the artist Mary Beth Edelson who had recently died. The issue– focused entirely on women directing, writing and performing– struck me as a time capsule of protest and demonstration. Many of the artists I hadn’t heard of. Some, like Meredith Monk, are legends. I collaged these pages into Amelia’s story as so many of the words seemed applicable to her position; of being a body in a world of images rarely accompanied by words. Amelia and I made these performances together. It is her work and mine.
– Collier Schorr
Amelia wears vest DSQUARED2 and stockings AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Jacket MCQUEEN and top and trousers DSQUARED2
Vest and underwear DSQUARED2 and stockings AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Bra UNDERSTATEMENT, skirt ALAÏA, shoes GIANVITO ROSSI and gloves DOLCE & GABBANA
Bra UNDERSTATEMENT, skirt ALAÏA, shoes GIANVITO ROSSI and gloves DOLCE & GABBANA
Bodysuit LAQUAN SMITH and shoes GIANVITO ROSSI
top archive MAISON MARGIELA courtesy of 20Age, briefs JADE SWIM gloves PAULA ROWAN and stockings AGENT PROVOCATEUR
jacket PALACE, vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION and trousers CALVIN KLEIN
Shirt MOSCHINO, hat custom ATSUKO KUDO and tights FALKE
Bodysuit VAQUERA and shoes GIANVITO ROSSI
Bodysuit VAQUERA and shoes GIANVITO ROSSI
Top archive MAISON MARGIELA courtesy of 20Age, briefs JADE SWIM, gloves PAULA ROWAN and stockings AGENT PROVOCATEUR
Jacket MCQUEEN and trousers DSQUARED2
Jacket PALACE and vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION
Vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION, briefs MONDAY SWIMWEAR and braces stylist’s own
Jacket PALACE, vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION and trousers CALVIN KLEIN
Vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION, briefs MONDAY SWIMWEAR and braces stylist’s own
Bodysuit VAQUERA and shoes GIANVITO ROSSI
T‑shirt MONCLER X PALM ANGELS
Bodysuit LAQUAN SMITH
Jacket, shirt, trousers, glasses and tie SAINT LAURENT BY ANTHONY VACCARELLO
Jacket, shirt, trousers and tie BURBERRY
Vest MICHAEL KORS COLLECTION, briefs MONDAY SWIMWEAR and braces stylist’s own
Coat MARNI, tights FALKE and bag stylist’s own
T‑shirt MONCLER X PALM ANGELS
CREDITS
T-shirt MONCLER X PALM ANGELS
HAIR Joey George at Streeters MAKEUP Dick Page at Bryant Artists PRODUCTION Jemma Hinkly and Brenna Smit PHOTOGRAPHER’S ASSISTANTS Sam Dong and Heins Evander DIGITAL TECH Jarrod Turner STYLIST’S ASSISTANTS Hollie Williamson, Kelsey Logan, Lulu Bullock, Chanti Walker and Tennille Mack
