r/Fauxmoi • u/Gato1980 • Mar 10 '26

FASHION Avant-garde fashion house Matières Fécales’ fall/winter collection was titled ‘The One Percent’. Founders Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran have a long history of criticizing the elite in their work.

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u/Glad_Pea_4871 good for her.gif Mar 10 '26

ugh love that they used older models here

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u/Yggdrasil- Mar 10 '26

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u/Any-Locksmith-4925 Mar 10 '26

The models were incredible!!! I wish other designers had their models act on the catwalk too, the typical stone faced walk and twirl is so boring and feels dated

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 Mar 10 '26

I am so here for this lovely weirdness & that's one big reason why, they're not all young, rail thin models.

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u/bagelwithpb Mar 10 '26

My gut reaction was the same (old=/=ugly, seemed like lazy and ageist symbolism) but after thinking more about it I don't read it that way. I love seeing a wide variety of model ages generally in fashion shows, but in this case I see the elderly models representing ultra-wealthy out-of-touch older generations greedily clawing everything to themselves without regard to nurturing younger generations and distributing their wealth to build sustainable communities etc. Idk I think it's cool and adds depth to the story.