Designer Monique Fei explores the intersection of craft and couture, transforming traditional shapes and techniques to create wearable sculptures that interrogate their own material and making process. For Spring/Summer 2025 she presented ‘Monique Fuel’ during Paris Fashion Week. Known for using unconventional materials such as wild rubber, lint and dog hair, this season sees the use of natural latex and textile craftwork.

The collection features a variety of wearable sculptures in a petrol station environment inspired by the designer’s personal tale came to life with styling Emilien Gilbert. Monique Fei explores contemporary topics such as physical perfection and the masculine gaze, sexual identity, the platforming and preservation of fetish and queer communities, and the eco-history of rubber and oil, mechanism, and industry. The eclectic cast of characters you might run into at a gas station included François Sagat as a Mechanic along with a shopkeeper, posh dad, truck driver, and Søren Müller as a deer.

Check it out below:

Credits:
Photography by Chisom Ibe @chisomibh
Hair – Flavien Hymonet @flavien_hym and team
Make up – Shana Montier @shanamontier and team
Set design – Marion Dossikian @dossikian , Ely Bessis @elybessis , Gaëtan Bas Lorant @raboteurdeparquet , Alexandre Denicourt @heureux.inconnu
Casting – Monique Fei and Emilien Gilbert @moniquefei @caprice2stardodue
Latex print – Katie Shannon @katieshannon23
Crochet – Anya Pascaud @anyarysm
Key bags – Leo Costelloe @leocostelloe
Shoe designer – Body Amplification Devices* (BAD) @bodyamplificationdevices
Bespoke glasses – Pauline Pierre @paulinepierrecrafting
Food and beverage design – Lorette Fillon and Paul Charrier @fifitropic