Coucou Bebe 75018 presented his first women’s collection for the SS26 season under the title Botox. The designer chose as stage the last porn cinema in Pigalle, a space full of history that will soon disappear from the Parisian landscape.
The presentation was not a conventional runway show, but a series of audiovisual pieces directed by @neosrealm, with the participation of actress and creator @darkstarlette, and musician @pragma.enigma. Featured in them were Zaza, a transvestite filmed in the Bois de Boulogne during a sexual act, Kiki, an OnlyFans creator, and a series of satirical pornographic adverts conceived with humour. All participants were fully consenting.
The cinema chosen is not only a cultural vestige, it also carries a darker past. It functioned as a site of police surveillance and was frequented by figures such as the murderer Guy Georges. For Coucou Bebe 75018, the gesture was not intended as provocation, but to confront the audience with an uncomfortable reality.
The Botox collection moves between fetishism, streetwear and consumer satire. Industrial chains, metallic harnesses and transparent platforms ground the looks. Bomber jackets, crop tops and sculptural panels are printed with slogans such as Parental Advisory: Explicit Content, Breaking the Chains of Poverty, or BBL: 100% Natural.
Botox by Coucou Bebe 75018 is an immersive and honest manifesto, as uncomfortable as the memory of Pigalle itself.
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