There’s something oddly fascinating about Russian fashion. Perhaps it’s because while the western world has spent much of the last century discarding and recycling haute coutre trends, the former Soviet Union has been rapidly discovering the world of high fashion with fresh eyes since it’s collapse in 1989. Whatever the reason may be, it’s almost impossible not to be a little curious about an upcoming Russian fashion week or style blog.
Recently, Russian fashion designer Vladislav Aksyonov captured the design world’s attention when he opted to use live animals as part of his runway show- which was conveniently held at the St. Petersburg Zoo. Other animals used included a porcupine, owl, hawks, and a dog. While designers like Alexander McQueen have used dead animals and live bugs in their shows in the past, no designer has been gutsy enough to use such large (and often dangerous) animals.
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Well, it’s a step up from using the skin from unborn fetuses like Prada.
May 27th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
Most of the time, fashion people are fairly anal and would not want to be in the great outdoors where they could be subjected to various undesired elements such as the animals droppings, the weather or even the erratic behaviors of the ‘wild animals’. I would assume that the models themselves are not trained to handle unruly animals.
May 28th, 2009 at 6:23 am
So cool!!!!I love it!!
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May 28th, 2009 at 9:20 am