It was just two months ago that British designer Claire Barrow provocatively staged her Autumn/Winter 2016 collection as a faux art exhibition, The Retro-Spective, at London's ICA. In it, a diverse cast of models occupied plinths in hand-painted silk dresses, oversized sweatshirts and dresses punkishly fastened with elbow-length gloves in the manner of living, breathing sculptures, flanked by classical gold plaques captioning each look-cum-artwork.
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