Virginie Jemmely is a Swiss artist and designer whose work explores identity as a constructed, shifting assemblage. Through clothing, she approaches the body as a site of transformation, where garments act less as finished products than as tools for becoming, but also for questioning the roles and projections they carry.
Working with her own wardrobe, starting from a selection of personal favorite pieces, she stages a series of self-portraits that move between roles, clichés, and fragments of imagined lives. Each look becomes a temporary function, somewhere between costume, uniform, and projection.
Rather than defining a fixed identity, her practice embraces contradiction, layering, and misalignment, treating style as an intuitive and unstable language.
T-shirt Ei Arakawa, Skirt Tommy Hilfiger, Boots Dior
Tailor Gianni Versace, Trousers & Hat no brand, Shoes Signature
Jacket OVS, Coat Comptoir des Cotonniers, Trousers Reebok Shoes no brand
Tailor Karen Millen, Trousers Cop Copine, Boots no brand, Hat Jean-Robert Gase
T-shirt Ei Arakawa, Skirt Josse Bailly, Boots no brand
Jackets OVS, Skirt & Sandals no brand, Boots Dior
Top Undiz, Skirt Barbapapa, Boots Dior
Dress Ferrari, Bag Virginie Jemmely / Talismanie, Boots no brand
Jacket Lonsdale, Trousers no brand, Shoes Van Der Laan, Hat Gucci
Top Faux Real, Skirt Inner light, Boots no brand
Top Kookai, T-shirt as Skirt painted by my sister when she was a child, Boots & Cap no brand
Jacket Marithé François Girbaud, Skirt Smog, Shoes Baldo, Sunglasses Dior
Top Street One, Skirt & Trousers no brand, Shoes Signature, Hat Jean-Robert Gase, Sunglasses Dior
Top Virginie Jemmely / Talismanie, Skirt & Boots no brand
