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Many pieces were upcycled from vintage pieces spliced together or repurposed from deadstock leather. A bathrobe was made from the lower-impact leather alternative Lunaform. The bridal gown Demna’s husband closed the show in was spun from seven vintage wedding dresses. Backstage, he produced a picture of the two of them cosplaying in normcore luxury clothes. “We had a very horrible experience in the south of France this summer where people literally asked to change tables because they didn’t want to be seated next to us, because we were scary to them. The day after, we went and bought some clothes to look like them, to try to blend in. It was to experience how it was to be the kind of Demna that the world can tolerate,” he reflected. “It felt disgusting. And it confirmed to me that the only way I want to be – and I want my work to be – is loyal to myself. Because I will never fit in.”
