Jade O'Belle

Jade O'Belle (born 1990 or 1991) is a British artist, model, and film maker.[1]

Based in the United Kingdom, O'Belle's mother is of Indian Tamil descent, and her father has Nigerian Yoruba ancestors.[1][2][3] Early in her career, she worked as a hairdresser.[2] O'Belle identifies as queer.[4]

As a model, O'Belle has worked with designers Gareth Pugh, Michaela Stark, Dimitra Petsa, and Sinéad O'Dwyer.[1][5] Along with Stark and Dodo Potato, she posed for Nick Knight's 2022 3D printed fashion sculpture, Composition I.[6] In 2023, she was featured as an "Angel" in Stark's contribution to that year's filmed Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.[7]

In 2022 she directed her first short film, "Birthright", which stars herself.[2] The film, which is inspired by Yoruba beliefs, uses sculpture and costume to explore feminine identity.[1][2] Her film was shortlisted for "best experimental film" at the 2023 Berlin Fashion Film Festival,[8] and was featured at the 2026 PhotoVogue Festival in Milan.[9][10]

In 2026, O'Belle's form was used to sculpt some of the mannequins used in the New York Metropolitan Museum's annual Costume Institute exhibit, as part of an effort to showcase diverse bodies.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Bijolia, Disha (4 November 2022). "Jade O' Belle's Directorial Debut Reclaims Her Heritage, Body, & Power". Homegrown.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Saint-Louis, Elodie (25 January 2023). "Watch: Jade O'Belle's film Birthright unearths the power of ritual". Dazed.
  3. ↑ Dinsdale, Emily (23 September 2022). "Watch the trailer for Jade O'Belle's mesmerising film Birthright". Dazed.
  4. ↑ "How 'Sex Education' Highlights the Importance of On-Screen Representation". Hypebae. 20 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Pesonen, Linnéa (8 August 2024). "Copenhagen Fashion Week: This is Sinéad O'Dwyer's spring/summer 2025 collection". Vogue Scandinavia.
  6. ↑ Knight, Nick (30 August 2024). "Nick Knight: New Ways Of Seeing". GOAT Magazine.
  7. ↑ Jackson, Hannah (26 September 2023). "Michaela Stark Is Fashioning a New Kind of Victoria's Secret Angel". Vogue.
  8. ↑ "Berlin Fashion Film Festival 2023 Winners". Berlin Fashion Film Festival. Retrieved 25 June 2026.
  9. ↑ "PhotoVogue Festival 2026: All you need to know". Vogue. 11 February 2026.
  10. ↑ Tzeggai, Azmera (25 March 2026). "E se le streghe fossero icone femministe? Lo dimostrano tre artiste afrodiscendenti, recuperando la magia delle origini" [What if witches were feminist icons? Three Afro-descended artists reclaim the magic of their origins]. Vogue Italia (in Italian).
  11. ↑ Friedman, Vanessa (4 May 2026). "The Met Makes a Statement With 9 New Mannequin Bodies". The New York Times.
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