Matières Fécales Fall 2025: ‘Alien-esque Elegance’
Chappell Roan, Rick Owens, Michèle Lamy, Daphne Guinness and Christian Louboutin, who did the shoes, were among attendees at the Paris debut of Matières Fécales, a new fashion label promoting an alien-esque elegance.
That’s how Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran describe their designs, which come after the young Canadian couple logged a decade as content creators, performance artists and DJs fond of zombie makeup and body dysphoria, slowly scrabbling their way on to the international fashion scene.
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As reported, they are now part of the brand development division of Dover Street Market Paris that’s behind the likes of Vaquera, Rassvet, Róisín Pierce, Olly Shinder and ERL.
To be sure, the duo’s training in pattern-making shone through in their fine hunch-shouldered tailoring, balloon-back bomber jackets and handsome, flaring shearlings vaguely reminiscent of Inuit parkas.
Their slow-paced show, performed to live piano music, included a hairy shearling coat that brought to mind an albino Sasquatch; several all-black men’s looks with Grim Reaper vibes, and dramatic finale gowns sprouting giant angel wings made of cock feathers, one modeled by Dalton.
Handsome Thierry trenchcoats — named after Montreal fashion curator Thierry-Maxime Loriot and given subliminal bondage airs by supersizing the wrist belts and relocating them to just over the elbow — were among the more approachable styles. Ditto the cozy sweater and skirt ensembles deliberately frayed here and there, and their tattered Destroy jeans, popularized by Madonna during her “Celebration” tour.
As at Owens’ show the day prior, all the models wore blackout contact lenses, which are quickly losing their disquieting associations. Could they become the new eye shadow?
Launch Gallery: Backstage at Matières Fécales Fall 2025 Ready-to-Wear Collection
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