We last met Pandemonia about a year ago, when we introduced her to our readers on our blog before the artist’s exhibition, The Marketability of Desire in London. Since then, the latex stylista has certainly generated tons of buzz surrounding her towering 7ft tall frame. In fact, the public’s response to the exhibition was, “Does they come in smaller sizes?”
The artist designs all of her latex outfits and creates them by hand in her studio in London. “A few years ago, I was on the London Underground, reading the newspaper,” Pandemonia told Yahoo Style UK. “It was clear that the news we needed was being pushed off the front page and replaced by the glossy, focus-grouped corporate content that we are all familiar with. “I thought, wouldn’t it be good to put an art work in the ‘celebrity slot’?
One that could self-reference popular culture. So I created my own celebrity, one based on the pop aesthetic and fed it back to the media. A sort of existential mystery for all the readers to ponder over on their way to work.” In the past year, Pandemonia has been a regular at major fashion shows around the world, and even starred in a film, “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie” which premiered earlier this year.
At Paris Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017, Pandemonia walked for Manish Arora in a psychedelic outfit featuring a bright sky with rainbows and a dreamy fantasy castle. She’s also been cited as a source of inspiration for Kylie Jenner, who has recently been spotted in similar skin-tight latex dresses. The artist is up to date with the latest events in the art world, creating a dialogue called “Artist as Entrepreneur” and visiting Frieze Week 2016.
KALTBLUT magazine asked, “What will happen if Pandemonia goes out of fashion?” To which she replied, “That begs the question… What if Pandemonia was the fashion!” Touché. Look’s like this is just the beginning for Pandemonia.
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Seeing her go from that London exhibition to walking for Manish Arora in Paris shows how seriously the fashion world is taking this project.
I love how she literally created a celebrity to occupy the media’s “celebrity slot,” it feels like a clever critique of how news gets replaced by glossy distractions.
Ending with “What if Pandemonia was the fashion” ties everything together nicely, especially considering how visible she’s become in just a year.
Her appearance in Absolutely Fabulous feels like a perfect extension of the character, blurring that line between satire and actual celebrity culture.
The comparison to Kylie Jenner wearing similar latex looks highlights how quickly an art concept can seep into mainstream fashion without people realizing the origin.
The detail that she hand-makes all her latex outfits in her London studio makes the whole 7ft persona feel even more intentional and crafted.
That public reaction asking if she comes in smaller sizes says a lot about how people interpret art through a consumer lens.
I find the “Artist as Entrepreneur” dialogue interesting because Pandemonia really embodies that idea, especially with how she manages her image across fashion weeks.
That quote about the Underground and corporate content really stuck with me, especially paired with her decision to build a persona that feeds the same system back to itself.