Matières Fécales
Fashion brand
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Matières Fécales is a high-end avant-garde fashion-house, founded by Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran in 2014. The label came to prominence in 2026, during that year's Paris Fashion Week.[3][4]
History
Dalton cited her inspiration to enter the industry when the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh collapsed in 2013, to "protest against the non-glamorous side of fashion". Bhaskaran's background drawing manga led to his pivot to sketching fashion designs.[3] The two began working together and began a personal relationship soon after they met as fashion students at LaSalle College in Montreal.[5]
Dalton and Bhaskaran launched their label in 2014, naming it after fecal matter to reference the "toxic excesses of fashion" and ironically describe the durability of their clothes.[4] They told reporters this would ensure that customers chose their product for its quality rather than the name on the label.[4]
After producing a small collection for Selfridges in London in 2019, the brand paired with Dover Street Market for its Spring 2025 Paris Fashion Week show.[6] The brand's "post-human aesthetic" included unconventional features such as models with shaved heads and eyebrows,[6] and references to aliens as well as alienation.[7] The brand has been known for skin-covered stiletto heels and blazers with markedly pointed shoulders.[3] Influencer Nikki Lilly walked the runway in the Matières Fécales show during Paris Fashion Week in October 2025.[8]
In 2026, Lady Gaga wore a black feathered Matières Fécales gown to the 68th Annual Grammy Awards,[9] whereas Demi Moore attended the 2026 Cannes Film Festival in a hot pink ballgown with a "decomposing hem"[10] from the label.[2] At the 2026 Met Gala, Sarah Paulson appeared in a shredded gray tulle ballgown, styled with white leather opera gloves and a "money mask" covering her eyes; María Zardoya wore a pink drop-waist dress with padded hips and accessorized with a "haunted doll purse."[2]