WITH DEEP ROOTS IN ITS
CULTURE, SURREALISM IS
ALIVE AND WELL IN MEXICO.
PERFORMANCE ARTIST
ASTRID HADAD PORTRAYS
THIS TO FULL EFFECT IN
A DADAIST MANTUA OF
HER OWN DESIGN – IT’S THE
PERFECT FOIL TO OLIVIER
THEYSKENS’S SOBER GOWN.
OPPOSITE: FERNANDA WEARS
COTTON GOWN, TO ORDER,
OLIVIER THEYSKENS.
IS THERE ANYTHING
MORE PROVOCATIVE THAN
BUTTONED-ALL-THE-WAY-UP
WHITE LACE WEIGHTED BY
A BUCKLED HARNESS?
HEAVY METAL HOOPS
ADD TO THE NARRATIVE.
THIS PAGE: LACE BLOUSE,
£540, CHOPOVA LOWENA.
CORSET, WORN BACK-TO-
FRONT, £720, FLEET ILYA.
EAR CUFFS, FROM £480
EACH, ALEXANDER
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