Oscar Wilde is the groom of this pair and Orlando from the book by Virginia Woolf is the bride of this pair. The groom is made to fit a woman and the bride to be worn by a man. They were made for gender confusion because homosexuals were not allowed to marry much less be open in these authors’ time.

 

It all began due to the reaction I had when I saw the prison door displayed as art in the Tate Britain Art Museum. You could sense the coldness and despair given to such a great man as Oscar Wilde as he was sentenced to hard labor due to his sexuality and later died from this. 

 

Therefore, he also has a prison door ( made out of purple pvc pipe) that is between him and Orlando. I made Oscar very flamboyant with a jeweled codpiece and the many hats he had to wear symbolically just to live.Oscar was made from thigh high boots I dyed lavender and covered with appliqués and fishnets. The fishnets represent outspoken sexuality to me. I also covered a jock with imitation jewels to create a codpiece. The entire body is covered with a dyed body piece and he wears a dyed wedding jacket. I decorated and dyed different sized hats to complete the look with a purple mask that has a jeweled fake fur beard. The mask and dyed ruffles cover the identity of the person wearing it.