A brief history of shock value on the fashion runway
With Paris fashion week just gone, you've probably seen images of fashion house Schiaparelli's fake lion's head, fastened to the strapless black gown of Kylie Jenner.
The history of shock-factor runway is a long and complicated one and the changes in runway are directly linked to changes in the world on a global scale: a rise in technology, war, pandemics, and even inflation.
Ricarda Bigolin is Associate Dean of Fashion and Textile Design RMIT University, she examines the runway gimmicks of past; from Rick Owens' human backpack in 2015, where models were sent down the runway wearing each otherâ¦.to the famous 1999 Alexander McQueen runway show, where Shalom Harlow stood on a rotating platform while two robots spray-painted a white dress.