A SENSE OF PLACE: With Paris practically emptied of Parisians in August, Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran had Place Vendôme just about to themselves one wonderful morning lately after they shot the marketing campaign for his or her debut Matières Fécales assortment. She modeled; he snapped away.
The long-lasting sq., dwelling to the Ritz lodge and the world’s prime jewellery manufacturers, is as institution and posh because it will get — a pleasant foil to their hanging, hunch-shouldered tailoring, artfully tattered sweaters, opera gloves lined with metallic spikes, and a bushy shearling coat that brings to thoughts an albino Sasquatch.
The photographs break Friday on Matières Fécales’ Instagram channels, which collectively boast greater than one million followers.
“An Instagram submit can go a extremely lengthy solution to talk your values, your message, your imaginative and prescient,” Bhaskaran stated. “The marketing campaign is a method for us to specific ourselves another way than simply by way of the style present…and to showcase the authenticity that we really feel within the garments, and hopefully have that resonate with future purchasers.”
Hannah Rose in Matières Fécales’ fall 2025 marketing campaign.
Steven Raj/Courtesy of Matières Fécales
The most recent addition to the model growth division of Dover Avenue Market Paris, Matières Fécales was offered into round 25 retailers with the debut fall 2025 assortment, together with the likes of H.Lorenzo, Ekseption Madrid, Ssense and 5 Dover Avenue Markets. At its Paris emporium, Matières Fécales’s tailoring, shredded tweeds and mohair knits have been promoting briskly their first week on the rails, regardless of the recent climate, Dalton enthused. “Vogue isn’t just the present and the imagery — it’s a enterprise on the finish of the day.”
“We’re simply excited to see individuals sporting it, to see how they interpret it, how they dwell in it, how they remodel in it,” Bhaskaran piped in. “And that’s what’s tremendous thrilling for us.”
The younger Canadian couple are current transplants to the French capital, having logged a decade as content material creators, efficiency artists and DJs keen on zombie make-up and physique dysphoria, slowly scrabbling their method onto the worldwide trend scene.
They haven’t been welcomed in all places in Paris with open arms, typically refused entries to eating places, or verbally berated for his or her alien-esque look.
Hannah Rose in Matières Fécales’ fall 2025 marketing campaign.
Steven Raj/Courtesy of Matières Fécales
“We expertise such polarizing reactions to what we do,” Bhaskaran stated. “Perhaps what’s shifted is that we don’t really feel as alone anymore on this journey, and we discovered so many like-minded folks that we are able to join with.”
“Now I really feel like we’re extra assured in our pores and skin,” Dalton stated, including with a good-natured chuckle, “So should you prefer it or not, we’re right here.”
Dalton additionally let slip that Matières Fécales will return to Place Vendôme for its subsequent runway present, scheduled for Sept. 30 throughout Paris Vogue Week.
