Photography Lea ColomboFashion / ShowVETEMENTS AW15Children of the revolution: inside an underground sex club, the anonymous collective take back subversive ParisShareLink copied ✔️March 6, 2015FashionShowText Isabella Burley Photography Lea Colombo VETEMENTS AW15 Initial reaction: Inside a Parisian sex club, anonymous design collective VETEMENTS (one of the city’s breakout talents) goes hardcore. Institutional Paris is over. Let the rebirth begin. The look: Industrial androgyny pushed to extremes. Deconstructed and oversized shearling jackets were combined with waist-cinched harness belts (complete with a slot for your Oyster card), topped off with skin-tight snakeskin platforms. Continuing to work with street cast models, including Dazed photographer Harley Weir, the show was all about celebrating individualism. It was testament to the community they've created around them – and in fashion, that's the biggest way to make a statement. Paris is burning: “In Paris all of the good clubs shut down in the 70s,” said one of the seven designers that make VETEMENTS after the show. Much like London, the club culture that once gave birth to subversive subcultures might be dead, but the collective are set on injecting the city’s fashion scene with a punk spirit. There was no better place for it, than a seedy, red strip light-lit sex club. “I feel like there is a new energy in here. We want to push it – not necessarily to bring anything back, but to give it a new life. Things are still quite dusty, old and conservative.” Backstage at VETEMENTS AW15Photography Lea ColomboEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingNike celebrates the culture of U.S. soccerAs the world’s biggest soccer moment approaches, Nike’s new Express Collection celebrates U.S. Soccer while continuing its legacy of investing in the culture of the gameFashionFilm & TV7 sex worker-approved films about sex work PumaEventWhat Went Down at Puma x Salehe Bembury launch in LAMusicThe 5 best tracks on Olivia Rodrigo’s new albumBeauty10 of the hottest Instagram accounts fusing art, sex and eroticaMusicOlivia Rodrigo: ‘A breakup can be an opportunity to redirect your life’BeautyThe sexiest flesh-baring Instagram accounts you need to followBeautyWtf is Bimbo Stoicism? Unpacking the internet’s wildest new beauty trendLife & Culture‘We’ve been left to rot’: Inside Britain’s new Bedroom GenerationEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy