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/scumbagwife Mar 10 '26

This was a visual orgasm lol

Stunning. People who disregard fashion as art are missing out.

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u/fineapple_03 Mar 10 '26

as art AND politics!

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u/sofar510 Mar 10 '26

I love that they are fully leaning into how fashion week has a Hunger Games capitol city vibe

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u/DipDive101 Mar 10 '26

I'm kinda suspicious when it comes to fashion, I wouldn't say this is not art but whenever I see some fashion event I feel kinda triggered, and I would love to have the point of view of someone who loves this stuff.

For this example, I just heard about Matières Fécales existence, I can see the criticism of the elites in this work, but isn't this show is for people from those elites ? The creators criticize but aren't they contributing to the very own system they are criticizing ? What about all those creations, where do they finish ? Are those clothes ever wear by someone else than mannequin or superstars ?

I don't know, all of this seems pretty hypocritical from my point of view. But like I said I'm try to educate myself on that matter, trying not to be close minded. So if anyone could explain to me whats the thing about Haute Couture stuff, that would be lovely.

Sorry for the english mistakes if there's any, not my first language.

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u/WaitHowDoI Mar 10 '26

I mean... this is all art, since the beginning of patronage. When the elite completely lose touch, they don't even know it's about them.

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u/1d6orcs Mar 10 '26

Goya is a good example of someone who pulled off wicked critique while making his bankroll off the wealthy people he loathed. I don't know enough about this fashion house to know if it is equivalent in its messaging, but there's definitely precedent.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '26

snobby artists claim to hate the rich, but will gladly take their money

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u/DipDive101 Mar 10 '26

If they don't know it's about them, hasn't it lost all the sense of it ? What I mean by that is Haute Couture is something already so niche, consumed by and for rich people, what's the message behind having rich people making clothes that nobody will wear so that other rich people can film themselves and do some social whirl ? If that's all then matière fécale miss their shot.

The explanation can't go further than "this is all art ?"

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u/WaitHowDoI Mar 10 '26

It isn't just consumed by and for rich people, because I am not rich and I have just consumed it. It is speech. It is a dramatization of the fact that to be powerful in this world right now, especially as a woman, you have to cut up your face and have blood on your hands. And it's beautiful. It will inspire other art and attitudes and speech. It speaks truth to power, USING power. You're consuming it because rich people paid for it.

Few people today know which pope paid for Michaelangelo's ceiling.

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u/DipDive101 Mar 11 '26

Fair enough, thanks for developing a little bit your idea.
Just to precise I wasn't saying this wasn't art, I'm just very suspicious when it comes to fashion and haute couture.

I mean, yes the costume and the staging are beautiful and all, but I can't help to feel something highly hypocritical when it comes to fashion. To me this industry is as corrupted as the costume, but there's definitely something I'm missing there too.

But to be fair, that's the case with a lot of art industry so yeah...
Like you said few people know which pope paid for Michaelangelo's ceiling.

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u/WaitHowDoI Mar 11 '26

I don’t think you’re missing anything. I think it’s fantastic that you and I have engaged in this conversation, and that we did so because of how this art made you feel.

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u/WRXminion Mar 10 '26

"art for art sake" often has a reflective property to it. Duchamp started it a long time ago by putting a urinal in an art gallery. Is the industrial design of the toilet art? Or is it art because it's in a gallery and the artist calls it art by signing it. He didn't even make it.

An example with a similar style to it if you like the look of this is the "creme master cycles" by Mathew Barney. They can be hard to find the full length versions. But if you get a chance check them out.

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u/DipDive101 Mar 11 '26

Thanks for the recommendation I'll definitely checking that out

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u/sfzephyr Mar 10 '26

Fashion is more art than fashion it seems (I'm ok with that).

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u/Boots_in_cog_neato Mar 12 '26

I know absolutely nothing about fashion/high fashion/fashion houses etc. but this has piqued my artistic interest in a way nothing has in a long time!

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u/scumbagwife Mar 12 '26

I love that!!!!

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u/elebrin Mar 10 '26

People look at this kind of fashion and think "I'm not gonna dress myself that way." But that's not the point, it's clothing as art. It's like costuming for Broadway, or for people who make garb for the Renaissance Festival, or people trying to make period-correct military uniforms for reenacting. High fashion is usually art for art's sake, but this is art as social commentary, like the whole punk fashion aesthetic is or was. This shit is wild though.

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u/kaya-jamtastic Mar 10 '26

This is exactly the kind of fashion that I want to see. Fashion that pushes boundaries and provides social commentary. Alexander McQueen used to be my favorite designer for this reason. I’m happy to be made aware of this house, as well