At Paris Fashion Week, Matières Fécales staged a runway show inside the historic Palais Brongniart, using caricatured looks to mock the world's elite. Designers Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran incorporated prosthetics and luxury references in a critique of late-stage capitalism. The collection blended grotesque satire with more wearable closing pieces.
The Matières Fécales fall 2026 ready-to-wear collection debuted on March 3, 2026, during Paris Fashion Week at Palais Brongniart, Napoleon’s former stock exchange. The show opened with a cast portraying the filthy rich of the one percent, featuring blood-red palmed opera gloves, dollar bill masks, post-op bandages, and Mr. Monopoly eveningwear. These chic illuminati figures were enhanced by prosthetics created by Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, drawing from luxury fashion icons like Galliano’s Dior, Alexander McQueen, and Demna’s Balenciaga, alongside parodic nods to Chanel and Max Mara. The designs were executed in a frayed, flayed, and tattered style.
The presentation highlighted beautiful grotesques, including Cruella De Vil-like characters and Bilderberg Group supervillains, with a notable sinister bro in a gray quarter-zip. A middle section introduced a cabal of dark figures in hooded jersey robes, bombers, and bikers adorned with the brand’s stitched crucifix motif. These models gathered in a circle before posing for photographers, offering garments that hinted at the brand’s subversive identity without full commitment to its apex pieces. It remained unclear whether this group represented resistance or support for the opening's masters of the universe.
Spectacular Louboutin shoes, including prosthetic feet boots, added flair throughout. Daphne Guinness faced challenges navigating the runway in platforms paired with a train on her narrow-skirted, metallic slivered gown, requiring assistance from Hanan Besovic and other audience members. The less caricatured closing segment showcased the brand’s signature high shrug rounded shoulderline on precisely darted wool dresses. Michèle Lamy appeared in a shaggy armed knit dress, while longevity speculator Bryan Johnson wore fitted rib knit and slacks. The show concluded with a trio of Elizabethan silhouette tailored dresses, evoking real old money.
