Charlie Le Mindu doesn’t require an introduction because his style is difficult to categorize but best experienced. He combines fashion, art, and hair, but it’s the latter that made him famous with his stunningly odd and startling designs. With a provocative spirit, the Haute Coiffeur has joined Haute Couture Week this season SKINS celebrating raw beauty and the power of body hair. Hair acts as our second skin.
This collection challenges gender norms, beauty standards, and the brittle line separating the natural and the manufactured. Skin is the armor, and hair is the skin. The body is neither softened nor rectified. It is intensified. The notion that empowerment needs to be desexualized in order to be taken seriously is rejected by SKINS. It refuses shame and denies consent. You are both desirable and independent. You have the ability to be both gentle and aggressive. You don’t have to belong to anyone to enjoy being seen. The restraint and the reluctance to dilute the message are punk. Photographer Thomas Lizzi takes us for a closer look at the radical creations.
Show Credits:
Designer & Creative Director — Charlie LE MINDU
Art Director — Florence TÉTIER
Stylist — Samia GIOBELLINA
Runway Photographer — Csaba KORNÉL VÁGÓ
Makeup Artist — Karin WESTERLUND
Hair Stylist — Mélissa ROUILLÉ
Nail Artist — Lora DE SOUSA
Casting Director — Conan LAURENDOT
Choreography — Grace LYELL
Jewellery — Stephanie D’HEYGERE
Textile Designer — Léa DOMINGUES
Shoes — ABRA
Lighting Director — Olivier SIMOLA
Soundtrack — Nils BÖ
Production — RAW MATTER
