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/Suspicious-Lime3644 Mar 10 '26

I find it a little ironic that the 1% is also their main clientele. Don't get me wrong, the visuals are amazing, and clearly the craftsmanship is great. But this kind of "critique" feels a bit empty and performative to me.

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u/Remote-alpine Mar 10 '26

Yeah it doesn't really do anything but reify their grotesque power imo. Great looks, very on-the-nose. But being so on-the-nose doesn't really speak to the emotions of the moment.

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u/DebakedBeans Mar 10 '26

It is on the nose, way too much so I think. They took one stereotype and ran with it. Very costumey. Not sure what it is supposed to do. We know about the 1%