Designer panned for bizarre balloon spectacle where models fell on runway at chaotic fashion week show
NY Post
We want what they’re having.
In what has been dubbed “the most chaotic fashion show ever,” Paolina Russo’s Copenhagen fashion week runway shocked viewers with the bizarre addition of balloons and flailing models.
On Wednesday, the London-based brand debuted its sophomore collection, titled “Cul-de-Sac” — with the label’s notorious knitwear as the focal point — but served with a twist.
Instead of parading down the catwalk in an orderly procession, the models writhed, tumbled and entangled themselves in a bouquet of balloons shaped like animals and the sun meant to emulate “a modern take on monolithic carvings,” per Vogue.
“We wanted to make our own Neolithic-like cul-de-sac; our own Paolina Russo suburb,” Paolina Russo, the brand’s co-founder, told Vogue.
The clothes could barely be appreciated as a gaggle of models thrashed and collapsed on the runway, weaving between the Stonehenge-inspired menhirs.
