Bondage hits the runway at Paris Fashion Week

The odd-couple mix of bondage and big sizes collided on the Paris catwalk Friday, in clothing that was at once roomy and adorned with nude women who were tied up tight. The risque theme did not stop there, with designer Masanori Morikawa saying he sprinkled the autumn and winter collection with embroidered flowers and elephants to represent male and female naughty bits. “This collection is about tying, like everything, like belts, like buckles, like bondage,” Morikawa told AFP after the show, which was inspired by controversial Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki.

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Bondage hits the runway at Paris Fashion Week

Bottega Veneta enlists Raymond Meier for its cruise 2016 ad campaign

The Italian luxury goods firm Bottega Veneta has collaborated with the Swiss-American top photographer Raymond Meier for its 2015-2016 cruise campaign. Following on from Saskia de Brauw and Sung Jin Park photographed by Nobuyoshi Araki for Spring-Summer 2015, and Anna Cleveland and Freddy Drabble this season, now it's Joséphine Le Tutour and Ben Allen's turn to model for Bottega Veneta's latest collection.

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Bottega Veneta enlists Raymond Meier for its cruise 2016 ad campaign