Well here's one I didn't see coming - although I'm sure the crowds of fashionistas who flocked to the show were expecting the unexpected and that they certainly got.
French wig-maker Charlie Le Mindu (he of Lady Gaga fame) provided the eclectic audience who crammed into the Mercer Studios in London's Covent Garden with a sensationalist, dark, 'cabaret' show and they loved it. Hundreds of people had waited in line to get a peek of the show, Daphne Guiness couture collector/muse/fashion icon sat front row.
The show opened with what is now a recurring theme for Le Mindu, a completely naked model. Covered in blood, wearing a head piece stating VIOLENCE in block capital letters, in no uncertain terms the tone of the show was set.
Perspex, lace, plastic, pony-haired clothes came down the runway, as well as gas masks, muzzles, blood dipped tresses and towering mohawks. The soundtrack to it all was just as dramatic, squealing pigs off to slaughter.
A brave, daring show and one that certainly marks Le Mindu out as the new 'enfant terrible' of the fashion world.
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