CRACK

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THIS look from Wang's debut collection for Balenciaga. Sophisticated art student/technician/studio assistant. I can't help the dull practicalities that spring to mind - whether the paint would flake off, how it could be washed. Such a dry cleaner's nightmare.

METAL CLOTHES

I have been cruising the internet for a chainmail tshirt because I thought I wanted one. Off-puttingly the internet is rife with the most varied selection of chafed re-enactment aficionados, belly dancers and posers in S&M bras.

Medieval Russian armourNoughties Balenciaga armour