Dark of the Side Moon on the Catwalk

Gareth Pugh, one of Britain’s most avant-garde young designers, has made his debut this season with a stark, futuristic show, entirely in black and white, inspired by Hamlet, Millais’ Ophelia and Elizabeth I.

His models emerged, as if from the ‘dark side of the moon’, in articulated, armour-like designs, which were white at the front and black at the back. The monochromatic theme was echoed in the hose, gloves, ruff-collars, finger- and toe-nail polish and the extreme make-up, with the eyes apparently downcast under black and white plastic false eyelids. Check it out.

"Welcome to the insane world of Gareth Pugh, a young man capable of distorting the human body almost beyond recognition. Get sucked in for a moment, and you can believe you're watching characters from some monstrous sci-fi computer animation coming to life before your eyes." -Style.com