If you thought high fashion couldn't get any stranger, consider Matières Fécales. The Montreal-born, and now Paris-based fashion house, whose name literally translates to 'fecal matter', has been turning heads after celebrities like Rihanna, Zendaya, and Lady Gaga began stepping out in its designs.
Founded by designers Hannah Rose Dalton and Steven Raj Bhaskaran, the label is known for surreal silhouettes, alien-like prosthetics and sculptural shoes that appear to defy gravity. Its deliberately provocative aesthetic has now found a much bigger audience among some of the world's most recognisable stars.
Rihanna arrives at the Matières Fécales show in Paris. pic.twitter.com/lsQVjNL8Zs
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Rihanna Takes Matières Fécales to Paris
Rihanna offered the latest high-profile example when she attended the brand's Paris Fashion Week show. The Grammy-award singer wore a glittery orange/gold fringe set worn over a sheer bra, finishing the look with Matières Fécales' distinctive curved pumps which was developed in collaboration with Christian Louboutin.
Her front-row appearance was significant for a label that began far outside the traditional luxury fashion system. Rihanna's presence placed its deliberately unsettling aesthetic firmly in the celebrity fashion spotlight.
Zendaya Goes Full Surreal
Zendaya has also embraced the label's otherworldly approach. Styled by Law Roach, she appeared in a white corset gown featuring cascading feathers and structural wings extending beyond her back.
The look captured many of the qualities associated with Matières Fécales: exaggerated proportions, sculptural construction and a silhouette designed to command attention rather than simply blend into a red-carpet crowd. For a celebrity whose fashion appearances regularly generate headlines, the label's theatrical approach offers something different from the traditional luxury gown.
Lady Gaga set the standard at the 2026 Grammys in a custom feathered gown by Matières Fécales. pic.twitter.com/Vj6y9taBxc
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Lady Gaga's Curved-Heel Obsession
Lady Gaga, meanwhile, has been associated with Matières Fécales' distinctive footwear across several appearances.
The singer has been spotted in London, Paris and New York wearing the curved heels created through the label's collaboration with Louboutin. The exaggerated proportions fit naturally with Gaga's long-established preference for theatrical silhouettes and unconventional fashion.
Unlike a one-off red-carpet appearance, her repeated use of the shoes suggests that the appeal extends beyond a single viral fashion moment.
Why Are Stars Drawn to It?
So what makes a label with such an unusual name and confrontational aesthetic appealing to celebrities who have access to virtually every major luxury house? Part of the answer is novelty.
Red-carpet dressing can often revolve around familiar silhouettes and established luxury names. Matières Fécales offers the opposite approach, with designs that challenge conventional ideas of beauty, proportion and the human form.
For celebrities and stylists, that creates an opportunity to produce looks that are immediately recognisable and difficult to ignore. The label's designs can function almost like wearable sculpture, turning an outfit into a talking point in its own right.
From Underground Art to Celebrity Fashion
Dalton and Bhaskaran have pushed tailoring, corsetry and footwear into deliberately unfamiliar territory, treating the body almost like a sculptural canvas. The collaboration with Louboutin has helped bring that experimental approach into a more recognisable luxury-fashion context, while high-profile appearances have introduced the label to audiences far beyond its original underground following.
Matières Fécales may still be one of fashion's strangest names, but its growing presence in celebrity wardrobes shows how far an intentionally confrontational aesthetic can travel. For Rihanna, Zendaya and Gaga, the attraction is clear: when the goal is to create a fashion moment people remember, conventional is not always the point.
