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Chalayan's Fashion Week Show Included Swarovski-Encrusted Headgear

What is going on here?

Designer Hussein Chalayan’s London Fashion Week presentation turned a lot of heads.

The design house, which describes itself as alternative luxury fashion, sent models down the runway in Swarovski-encrusted headgear.

Models present creations by British designer Hussein Chalayan during his catwalk at London Fashion Week on Sept. 17.
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Models present creations by British designer Hussein Chalayan during his catwalk at London Fashion Week on Sept. 17.
The models walking out to take their places.
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The models walking out to take their places.
What do you make of the headgear?
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What do you make of the headgear?

Chalayan opened up about the theme of the show and described it as “the idea of the lost individuals in a digital world. And living with the opinion of others, but at the same time being empowered by the entitled state,” according to Vogue.

Many loyal followers of Chalayan described the show as a “masterpiece,” “brilliant” and “one of your best shows ever” on the brand’s Instagram page and New York Times fashion critic Vanessa Friedman described the look as “Motherboard chic and disassociation.”

But, of course, people on Twitter had other thoughts:

Somehow, the headboards aren’t even the craziest thing we’ve seen yet at London Fashion Week. Christopher Kane recently sent models down the runway in rhinestone Crocs:

A model walks the runway at the Christopher Kane Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2018 fashion show on Sept. 18, 2017 in London, England.
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A model walks the runway at the Christopher Kane Ready to Wear Spring/Summer 2018 fashion show on Sept. 18, 2017 in London, England.

And at New York Fashion Week, Helmut Lang introduced us all to bras that double as purses:

A model walks the runway at Helmut Lang Seen By Shayne Oliver show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 11 in New York City.
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A model walks the runway at Helmut Lang Seen By Shayne Oliver show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 11 in New York City.

And let us not forget the “My Pussy, My Choice” show from Berlin-based design house Namilia:

A model walks the runway at the Namilia fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9 in New York City.
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A model walks the runway at the Namilia fashion show during New York Fashion Week on Sept. 9 in New York City.

What will the rest of London Fashion Week bring us?

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