US star Julia Fox goes near-naked as she channels Mena Suvari in American Beauty for Melbourne exhibition
American actress and model Julia Vos has unveiled her latest jaw-dropping fashion moment in Australia.
The Italian-American ‘It Girl’, 34, has been making waves Melbourne‘s prestigious NGV Gala in a striking chainmail style dress last week, and has now revealed the reason for her appearance.
Julia models almost nude for ‘Flower Obsession’ by world-renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kasuma, 95, whose largest-ever exhibition will be on view at the National Gallery of Victoria until April 2025.
In footage shared by the Uncut Gems star on Instagram, she channels American Beauty in a completely sheer floral catsuit as she reclines on a bed of red flowers.
The style icon appears completely naked, save for a few strategically placed flowers, which recreate Mena Suvari’s iconic dream sequence from the cult film.
“I still can’t wrap my head around it,” Julia wrote in the caption of a post of her American Beauty-inspired artwork.
American model and actress Julia Fox has recreated the iconic dream sequence from the 1999 film American Beauty in ‘Flower Obsession’, an artwork by Japanese artist Yayoi Kasuma
In images shared to Instagram, the Uncut Gems star channels American Beauty in a completely sheer floral catsuit as she reclines on a bed of red flowers
The Uncut Gems actress also poses in an ‘infinity room’ with red dots, which Kasuma is known for as an artist
The outfit was designed by Melbourne-based label Wackie Ju and assisted by Jonty Knight.
Meanwhile, hairstylist John Novonty designed the towering 18th-century French hairstyle, curled atop Julia’s head.
Fans of the New Yorker were stunned.
“Mom carries on Mother,” one follower wrote. Another added, “imagine being a muse to yayoikustama…. you are ethereal.”
Suvari, who plays Angela in American Beauty, thanked Julia for her tribute to the 1999 film.
‘This is so incredibly beautiful and wonderful to see how this film continues to inspire. Thank you for thinking of me and for all the love and support. Means everything,” she noted.
Born in Italy and raised in New York City, Julia wrote about her unconventional upbringing and early career in her best-selling memoir, Down The Drain.
When it came out last year, the book became an instant bestseller.
The outfit was designed by Melbourne-based label Wackie Ju and assisted by Jonty Knight
Meanwhile, hairstylist John Novonty designed the towering 18th-century French hairstyle, curled atop Julia’s head
Mena Suvari, who plays Angela in American Beauty (pictured), thanked Julia for her tribute to the 1999 film
It serves as proof that the model’s brief and highly publicized relationship with rapper Kanye West (following his divorce from ex-wife Kim Kardashian) is just a minor footnote in a much more compelling story.
Julia says the word celebrity makes her “barf.”
“I’ve always been uncomfortable with that term,” she told Stellar.
‘I don’t know when it happened; when I was suddenly a ‘celebrity’. I have no identification with that word. Like, I should look it up. It’s just not me. I guess I’m an artist who just happened to become famous, and that’s it.’
But the single mother is certainly famous.
She has 1.7 million followers on Instagram and is about to launch her own TV show in the US on E! alongside Zendaya’s stylist and starred with Adam Sandler in the 2019 crime thriller Uncut Gems, playing a role that was written for her.
In her memoirs, Julia writes that she became ill the night before the first day of shooting from some ‘bad pills’.
But luckily for her, the scene she had to film was one where her character had been out all night.
The book spares no wild details of her turbulent adolescence, from drug addiction, arrests, physically abusive relationships, losing close friends to overdoses, working as a sugar baby and dominatrix.
Julia Fox opened the exhibition earlier this month at the NGV Gala 2024 in Melbourne
“I really don’t care, I don’t even read the headlines; it actually doesn’t affect me at all,” she said. “I know for every stupid comment there are two positive ones.”
“I really don’t care, I don’t even read the headlines; it actually doesn’t affect me at all,” she said. “I know for every stupid comment there are two positive ones.”
While attending the NGV Gala last week in a silver mermaid chainmail dress made by Catholic Guilt, Julia said Melbourne is her “favorite city” she’s “ever been to in her life.”
“Can we talk about dinner for a moment?” she said, before adding that she had to have her custom-made Catholic guilt dress expanded after indulging in local produce.
‘When we had my fitting three days ago, my dress fit. And today we had some problems,” she joked.
The swoon-worthy dress was inspired by Kusama’s mirror installation titled ‘Chandelier of Grief’.
Julia went on to say that she loves the Australian medical system.
“The people have great and free health care… unfortunately we don’t have many things in our country,” the American said.