Would you wear a braided suit tie made entirely of human hair? How about carrying a bag covered in long blonde locks, or buying underwear made to look like a full bush? Probably not on your spring fashion must-haves — but such are the designs introduced recently by high-fashion architects Daniel Roseberry of Schiaparelli, Francesco Risso of Marni, and John Galliano, formerly of Maison Margiela.
Fashion is getting a whole lot hairier. Not long ago, Irish designer Simone Rocha folded long strands of hair (like the ones that inevitably collect on the bathroom floor) into dangly bow earrings in her collection for Jean Paul Gaultier. And one of the most iconic outfits of the 2025 award season was Julia Fox dressed in a gothic sheer gown by Turkish designer Dilara Findikoglu with extensions crawling across her body for the Vanity Fair Oscars afterparty, as if Botticelli’s Birth of Venus had come to life.
