This project is inspired by the true story of Gypsy Rose and the abuse she experienced at the hands of her mother, Dee Dee.

Although not formally diagnosed, Dee Dee suffered from Munchausen Syndrome. As a result, Gypsy was forced by her mother to live a life as a disabled girl who was wheelchair bound with an underdeveloped brain. But in reality Gypsy was a healthy child, without any physical or mental conditions. After portraying Gypsy's experiences throughout my work, I began to portray the irony of Dee Dee's overprotective parenting which led me to create a series of designs and a final outcome, which reflected the effects of an overprotective mother.